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Ten Best Research Papers

1. Saurabh C.S., Salvi, P., Kamble, N.U., Joshi, P.K., Majee, M. and Arora, S. (2020) Ectopic overexpression of cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase gene (Apx1) improves salinity stress tolerance in Brassica juncea by strengthening anti-oxidative defense mechanism. Acta Physiol Plant 42, 45.
2. Avashthi, H., Pathak, R.K., Pandey, N., Arora S., Mishra, A.K., Gupta, V.K., Ramteke, P.W., and Kumar, A. (2018) Transcriptome-wide identification of genes involved in Ascorbate–Glutathione cycle (Halliwell–Asada pathway) and related pathway for elucidating its role in anti-oxidative potential in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.)). 3Biotech 8, 499.
3. Rawat M., Nayan R., Negi B., Zaidi M.G.H. and Arora S. (2017) Physio-biochemical basis of iron-sulfide nanoparticle induced growth and seed yield enhancement in B. juncea. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 118:274-284.
4. Negi B, Salvi P., Bhatt D., Majee M., and Arora S. (2017) Molecular cloning, in-silico characterization and functional validation of monodehydroascorbate reductase gene in Eleusine coracana. PLoS One 12(11): e0187793.
5. Gupta S.M., Arora S., Mirza N., Pande A., Lata C., Puranik S., Kumar J. and Kumar A. (2017) Finger Millet: A “certain” crop for an “uncertain” future and a solution to food insecurity and hidden hunger under stressful environments. Frontiers in Plant Sciences Vol. 8(643).
6. Pandey S., Fartyal D., Agarwal A., Shukla T., James D., Kaul T., Negi Y.K., Arora S. and M. K. Reddy (2017) Abiotic stress tolerance in plants: Myriad roles of ascorbate peroxidase. Frontiers in Plant Sciences Vol. 8(581) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00581.
7. Bartwal A. and Arora S. (2017) Comparative in vitro study of drought stress induced enzyme activity and gene expression of mdar and apx in tolerant and susceptible genotypes of Eleusine coracana. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology – Plants. 53 (1), 41–49
8. Arora P., Mehta C.M., Shrivastava R., Arora S. and Sharma A.K. (2016) Impact assessment of silver nanoparticles on plant growth and soil bacterial diversity. 3Biotech 6(2), 254
9. Priyadarshini, Bhatt D., Zaidi M.G.H., Saradhi P.P., Khanna P.K. and Arora S. (2012) Silver nanoparticle mediated enhancement in growth and antioxidant status of Brassica juncea. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 167:2225–2233.
10. Saradhi P.P., Alia, Arora S. and K.V.S.K Prasad (1995) Proline accumulates in plants exposed to UV radiations and protects them against UV induced peroxidation. Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications 209: 1-5.

Five Best Book Chapters

1. Bartwal A., and Arora, S. (2020) Brassinosteroids: Molecules with Myriad Roles. In: Mérillon JM., Ramawat K. (eds) Co-Evolution of Secondary Metabolites. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96397-6_18
2. Pande A. and Arora S. (2019) Nanotechnological Interventions for Improving Plant Health and Productivity. In: Khurana S., Gaur R. (eds) Plant Biotechnology: Progress in Genomic Era. Springer, Singapore. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8499-8_17
3. Pande A., Rawat M., Nayan R., Guru S.K. and Arora S. (2014) Nanotechnological Interventions for Mitigating Global Warming. In. Climate change effect on crop productivity Eds. Rakesh S. Sengar and Kalpana Sengar. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742.
4. Priyadarshini and Arora S. (2013) Nanotechnology for Plant Productivity. In. Advances in Horticulture Biotechnology Volume VI: Nanotechnology in Agriculture Eds. H.P. Singh, Anil Kumar and V.A. Parthasarathy: Westville Publishing House, New Delhi; 242-247.
5. Arora S., Bhatt D. and Kumar A. (2013) Nano-Bio-Safety: Big Risks of Small Particles In. Advances in Horticulture Biotechnology Volume VI: Nanotechnology in Agriculture Eds. H.P. Singh, Anil Kumar and V.A. Parthasarathy: Westville Publishing House, New Delhi; 318-326.

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