Top 10 Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only

1. Meena, S, Arora, A*, Taria, S, Yadav, S, Kumar, S, Pushkar, S, Chinnusamy, V, Kumar, RR and Padaria, JC. 2023. Unraveling the physiological and molecular mechanisms regulating grain yield under combined drought and heat stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 93(8), pp.821-826.
2. Taria S, Arora A*, Krishna H*, Manjunath KK, Meena S, Kumar S, Singh B, Krishna P, Malakondaiah AC, Das R, Alam B. 2023. Multivariate analysis and genetic dissection of staygreen and stem reserve mobilization under combined drought and heat stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Frontiers in Genetics.;14:1242048.
3. Nagar S*, Singh VP, Arora A, Dhakar R, Singh N, Singh GP, Meena S, Kumar S, Shiv Ramakrishnan R. 2021. Understanding the Role of Gibberellic Acid and Paclobutrazol in Terminal Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat. Front. Plant Sci. 12:692252. Doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.692252.
4. Meena, S., Taria, S., Yadav, S., Kousalya, S., Kumar, S., Chinnusamy, V., & Arora, A. 2025. Effects of combined drought and high temperature stress on wheat: Insights into grain yield and quality dynamics. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. (Accepted; Manuscript ID: 154184)
5. Yadav, S, Meena, S, Kalwan, G, Jain, PK*. 2024. DNA methylation: an emerging paradigm of gene regulation under drought stress in plants. Molecular Biology Reports, 51(1), pp.1-16.
6. Taria, S., Arora, A., Kumar, S., Krishna, H., Meena, S., Singh, B., Malakondaiah, A. C., S, K., Padaria, J. C., Singh, P. K., & Alam, B. 2025. Validation of stay-green and stem reserve mobilization QTLs: Physiological and gene expression approach. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16, 1541944. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1541944
7. Yadav S, Yadava YK, Kohli D, Meena S, Kalwan G, Bharadwaj C, Gaikwad K, Arora A, Jain PK*. 2022. Genome-wide identification, in silico characterization and expression analysis of the RNA helicase gene family in chickpea (C. arietinum L.). Scientific Reports. 12(1):9778.
8. Yadav S, Yadava YK, Meena S, Kalwan G, Bharadwaj C, Paul V, Kansal R, Gaikwad K, Jain PK. 2024. Novel insights into drought-induced regulation of ribosomal genes through DNA methylation in chickpea. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 266(1):131380.
9. Yadav, S., Kalwan, G., Meena, S., Gill, S.S., Yadava, Y.K., Gaikwad, K. and Jain, P.K.*, 2023. Unravelling the due importance of pseudogenes and their resurrection in plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 203, p.108062 (Review paper)
10. Yadav S, Yadava YK, Kohli D, Meena, S, Paul V, Jain, PK*. 2023. The SPL transcription factor genes are potential epialleles for crop improvement in chickpea (C. arietinum L.). Molecular Biology Reports.1-9

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

1. Secured first position in Oral presentation on the title “Unravelling the physio-molecular mechanism regulating yield and quality in wheat under combined drought and heat stress” in 3 days international conference on Impact of climate change on Global Food, Livestock, Livelihood and Environment Security: Advanced Approaches and Mitigation Strategies (ICCFGLLES-2023), held on 28-30 December, 2023 at Navsari Agricultural University (NAU) Navsari, Gujarat.

2. Received best poster presentation certificate for the poster entitled “Genetic analysis of staygreen and stem reserve mobilization under drought and heat stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum) at the National Conference of Plant Physiology 2023 on “Physiological and molecular approaches for climate smart agriculture, held on 9th-11th December, 2023 at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research institute, New Delhi-110012.

3. Received Young Women Scientist Award in the 4th International Conference on recent advances in agriculture, food security, veterinary, allied sciences for livelihood and environment sustainability, held on 25-27 April 2025.