Prof. Shashi Pandey

Laboratory of Morphogenesis

Centre of Advance Study Department of Botany

Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India

Email: shashi.bhubotany@gmail.com

Qualifications

2002 Ph.D., Lucknow University, India

1995 M.Sc., Lucknow University, India

1993 B.Sc., Lucknow University, India

Publications (Selected)

1. Kumari, S., Rai, N., Singh, S., Saha, P., Bisen, M. S., & Pandey-Rai, S. (2025). Functional identification of AaDREB-9 transcription factor in Artemisia annua L. and deciphering its role in secondary metabolism under PEG-induced osmotic stress. Plant Physiology Reports, 1-12.
2. Rai, N., Rai, S. P., & Sarma, B. K. (2025). Chickpea defense against dual stresses of salt and Fusarium wilt is enhanced through selected bHLH transcription factors carrying the bHLH-MYC_N domain. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 218, 109314.
3. Maurya, B., Sharma, L., Rai, N., Mishra, V., Kumar, A., & Rai, S. P. (2025). Plant miRNAs: biogenesis, mode of action, and their role. In miRNAomics and stress management in plants (pp. 20-35). CRC Press.
4. Rai, N., Ansari, N., Kumari, S., Singh, S., Saha, P., Bisen, M. S., & Pandey-Rai, S. (2024). Red and blue light-mediated physiological and metabolic insights in Artemisia annua L. Industrial Crops and Products, 222, 119879.
5. Yadav, A., Kumar, S., Verma, R., Narayan, S., Gupta, U., Lata, C., ... & Sanyal, I. (2024). Overexpression of miR166 in response to root rhizobacteria enhances drought adaptive efficacy by targeting HD-ZIP III family genes in Chickpea. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 24(3), 6024-6039.
6. Rai, N., Kumari, S., Singh, S., Saha, P., Pandey, A. K., & Pandey-Rai, S. (2024). Modulation of morpho-physiological attributes and in situ analysis of secondary metabolites using Raman spectroscopy in response to red and blue light exposure in Artemisia annua. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 217, 105563.
7. Sharma, L., Maurya, B., Pandey, S., Rai, K. K., & Pandey-Rai, S. (2023). Structural and functional prediction of WsMYB34 transcription factor in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal by deciphering its role in NaCl-induced secondary metabolism. Industrial Crops and Products, 206, 117682.
8. Singh, S., Saha, P., Rai, N., Kumari, S., & Pandey-Rai, S. (2023). Unravelling triterpenoid biosynthesis in plants for applications in bioengineering and large-scale sustainable production. Industrial Crops and Products, 199, 116789.
9. Yadav, A., Kumar, S., Verma, R., Narayan, S., Jatan, R., Lata, C., ... & Sanyal, I. (2023). Overexpression of PGPR responsive chickpea miRNA166 targeting ATHB15 for drought stress mitigation. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 154(2), 381-398.
10. Rai, N., Kumari, S., Singh, S., Saha, P., & Pandey-Rai, S. (2023). Genome-wide identification of bZIP transcription factor family in Artemisia annua, its transcriptional profiling and regulatory role in phenylpropanoid metabolism under different light conditions. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 29(7), 905-925.
11. Singh, P., Ansari, N., Rai, S. P., Agrawal, M., & Agrawal, S. B. (2023). Effect of elevated ozone on the antioxidant response, genomic stability, DNA methylation pattern and yield in three species of Abelmoschus having different ploidy levels. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(21), 59401-59423.
12. Sharma, L., Maurya, B., & Rai, S. P. (2023). An overview of biotechnological interventions and abiotic elicitors on biomass and withanolide biosynthesis in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. Industrial Crops and Products, 193, 116238.

Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: E-6536-2010

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