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

1. Malik AS#, Chand G#, Sharma H#, Mallikarjuna MG#, Kumar P, Sharma NK, Meena BK, Niranjana M, Mallick M, Vinod*, Jha SK* (2025). Conversion of elite bread wheat cultivars HD3086 and HD2932 into cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines and their genetic assessment to develop CMS-based hybrids. BMC Plant Biology. 25: 1539 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-07599-z
2. Chandra AK, Agarwal P, Verma A, Kapoor U, Sharma H, Mallick N, Murugan N, Raghunandan K, Sathee L, Mallikarjuna MG*, Jha SK* and Vinod (2025) Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping Uncovered the Novel and Major QTL and Candidate Genes Controlling Spike Length in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Physiology Reports. 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40502-025-00878-9
3. Keerthi GM, Mallikarjuna MG*, Jha SK, Pandey R, Veeraya P, Lohithaswa HC, Chinnusamy V (2025). Unravelling root system architecture plasticity in response to abiotic stresses in maize. Scientific Reports. 15:20433. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-04123-z
4. Balamurugan A, Mallikarjuna MG*, Bansal S, Nayaka SC, Rajashekara H, Chellapilla TS, G Prakash* (2024). Genome-wide identification and characterization of NBLRR genes in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) and their expression in response to Magnaporthe grisea infection. BMC Plant Biology. 24:75. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04743-z
5. MG Mallikarjuna*, Tomar R, Lohithaswa HC, Sahu S, Mishra DC, Rao AR and V Chinnusamy (2024). Genome-wide identification of potassium channel transporters in maize showed evolutionary patterns and variable functional responses to abiotic stresses. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 206: 108235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108235
6. Vinodh Kumar PV, Mallikarjuna MG*, Jha SK, Mahato A, Lal SK, Yathish KR, Lohithaswa HC, Chinnusamy V (2023). Unravelling structural, functional, evolutionary, and genetic basis of SWEET transporters regulating abiotic stress tolerance in maize. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 229: 539-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.12.326
7. Mallikarjuna MG*, Sharma R, Veeraya P, Tyagi A, Rao AR, Lohithaswa HC and Chinnusamy V (2022). Evolutionary and functional characterisation of glutathione peroxidases showed splicing mediated stress responses in Maize. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 178: 40-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.02.024
8. Mallikarjuna MG*, Thirunavukkarasu N, Sharma R, Shiriga K, Hossain F, Bhat JS, Mithra AC, Marla SS, Manjaiah KM, Rao A, Gupta HS (2020). Comparative transcriptome analysis of iron and zinc deficiency in maize (Zea mays L.). Plants. 9:1812. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121812
9. Jeevan B, Gogoi R, Sharma D, Manjunatha C, Rajashekar H, Ram D, Mishra KK, MG Mallikarjuna* (2020). Genetic analysis of maydis leaf blight resistance in subtropical maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm. Journal of Genetics 99 (89): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-020-01245-3
10. Mallikarjuna MG, Nepolean T, Hossain F, Bhat JS, Jha SK, Rathore A, Agrawal PK, Pattanayak A, Reddy SS, Gularia SK, Singh AM, Manjaiah KM and Gupta HS*. (2015). Stability Performance of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry-Phenotyped Kernel Minerals Concentration and Grain Yield in Maize in Different Agro-Climatic Zones. PLoS One. 10(9): e0139067. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139067

Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :

1. Field corn: PJHM-1

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

1. Early Career Research Grant from DST-SERB, GOI, 2017

2. Interdrought-V Fellowship to participate and present the work in InterDrought-V, Hyderabad.

3. ICAR-Jawaharlal Nehru Award for outstanding doctoral thesis in agricultural and allied sciences - 2016

4. Awarded IARI merit (2016) medal for academic excellence in doctoral degree program