Research Interests:

1. Improving Citrus nutritional properties and quality to benefit human health and enhance Citrus utilization

2. RNAi for pest resistance in fruit crops

Research Projects:

1. DBT project on RNAi mediated gene silencing for identification of novel and potential targets in whitefly, Bemisia tabaci for its management (Co-PI), DBT (GOI)
2. DBT project on Functional characterization of knockout mutants of ZmPLA1 orthologue for haploid induction ability in rice through CRISPR/CAS9 ribonucleoprotein complex (Co-PI)

Selected Research Publications :

1. Sumedha Arora, Prashant Mohanpuria*, Gurupkar Singh Sidhu, Inderjit Singh Yadav and Vandna Kumari 2018. Cloning and characterization of limonoid glucosyltransferase from Kinnow mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco). Food Technology and Biotechnology. Special Issue, Original Scientific Paper 56(2): DOI: 10.17113/ftb.56.02.18.5349 (NAAS rating: 7.17)
2. Varun Kaura, Bhupinder Singh, Prashant Mohanpuria*, Ranjit Kaur Gill, Navraj Kaur Sarao 2017. Gamma rays induced protein variations in M₄ generation of black gram (Vigna mungo L.). Special issue on: Protein structure and Dynamics in Health and Agriculture. Research Communication: Journal of Proteins and Proteomics 8(4): 177-182 (NAAS rating: 4.55)
3. Prashant Mohanpuria*, Naveen Duhan, Navraj Kaur Sarao, Manvir Kaur and Mandip Kaur 2017. In silico Identification and Validation of potential microRNAs in Kinnow Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco). Original Research Article, Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences DOI:10.1007/s12539-017-0235-6 (NAAS rating: 6.80).
4. Amita Bhattacharya, Uksha Saini, Robin Joshi, Devinder Kaur, Awadhesh Kumar Pal, Nitish Kumar, Ashu Gulati, Prashant Mohanpuria, Sudesh Kumar Yadav, Sanjay Kumar and Paramvir Singh Ahuja 2014. Osmotin-expressing transgenic tea plants have improved stress tolerance and are of higher quality. Transgenic Research 23: 211-223. (NAAS rating: 8.20)
5. Prashant Mohanpuria, Vinay Kumar, Paramvir Singh Ahuja and Sudesh Kumar Yadav 2011. Producing low-caffeine tea through post-transcriptional silencing of caffeine synthase mRNA. Plant Molecular Biology 76(6): 523-534. (NAAS rating: 9.54)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

1. CSIR (NET)-JRF (2004) for pursuing Ph.D.
2. ICAR (NET) (2004)
3. DBT scholarship during M.Sc.
4. NTS-ICAR during B.Sc.