Profile of Dr. (Mrs.) Sangita Sahni

• B.Sc. (Ag.): A.N.G.R.A.U, Hyderabad
• M.Sc.(Ag): Mycology and Plant Pathology, B.H.U, Varanasi
• Ph.D.:  Mycology and Plant Pathology, B.H.U, Varanasi
• Post-doc: Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

• Research Area:Plant Pthology
• Research Interests:Integrated Disease Management, Host-Pathogen Interaction
• Memberships/FellowofSocieties:Fellow of World Researchers Associations, Indore; Agriculture Letters (FAGL), Agriculture Letters, Raichur, Karnataka
• Life Member of journal: “Food Legumes”; Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Udaipur (Rajasthan); “Indian Phytopathological society”; World Researchers Associations, Indore; Association of Agrometeorologists,; “Scientific & Applied Research Centre”, Meerut, UP, India.

PUBLICATIONS

• Research articles/Review articles/Short Communication: 78
• Books Authored: 12
• Edited Book: 13
• Book Chapter: 59
• Popular articles: 34

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

1. Sangita Sahni, S. Maurya, R.N. Jha, V.B. Pandey and U.P. Singh (2004). Inhibitory effect of two alkaloids, (-) – corydalmine and (-) Isocorypalmine isolated from Corydalis chaerophylla on several phytopathogenic fungi; Mycobiology 32(4); 160-163.
2. Sangita Sahni, S. Maurya, U.P. Singh, A.K. Singh, V. P. Singh and V.B. Pandey (2005). Antifungal activity of Norsecurinine against some phytopathogenic fungi;Mycobiology33(2): 97-103.
3. Sangita Sahni, B. K. Sarma, D.P. Singh, H.B. Singh and K. P. Singh, (2008). Vermicompost enhances performance of plant growth- promoting rhizobacreria in Cicerarietinum rhizosphere against Sclerotium rolfsii; Crop Protection, 27: 369-376.
4. Sangita Sahni, B. K. Sarma, and K. P. Singh, (2008). Management of Sclerotium rolfsii with integration of non-conventional chemicals, vermicompost and Pseudomonas syringae; World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 24: 517-522.
5. Sangita Sahni, Bishun D. Prasad, Qing Liu, Vojislava Grbic, Andrew Sharpe, Surinder P. Singh, and Priti Krishna (2016). Increased Brassinosteroid Synthesis in Brassica napus: Improves Root Biomass, Necrotrophic Fungal Resistance and Tolerance to Dehydration Stress. Scientific Reports. 6:28298.
6. Mishra A, Sahni S, Prasad BD, Kumar B and Kumar S (2020) Molecular characterization of Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] genotypes for resistance against Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV). Research Journal of Biotechnology 15(6): 123-134. 27.
7. Kumar P, Prasad B.D, Sahni S, Ghatak A, Pal A.K and Jambhulkar SJ (2020) Gamma irradiation enhancing value added architectural modification and tolerance to biotic constrains in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Research Journal of Biotechnology15 (12). 187-198.
8. A.K. Srivastava, D.R. Saxena, , P.R. Saabale,, K.S. Raghuvanshi, , V.P. Anandani, , R.K. Singh,O.P. Sharma, , A.R. Wasinikar, , Sangita Sahni, et al. (2021). Delineation of genotype-by-environment interactions for identification and validation of resistant genotypes in chickpea to fusarium wilt using GGE biplot. Crop Protection 144 (2021) 105571.
9. Sahni, S., S. Kumar and B.D. Prasad: Integration of salicylic acid, vermicompost and bioagent for effective management of chickpea wilt disease. J. Environ. Biol., 42, 1274-1280 (2021).
10. Mohanan, V.C., Chandarana, P., Prasad, B.D. Sahni S. Manjrekar J and Chattoo B. B. (2022) Transcriptome analysis of Magnaporthe oryzae reveals the role of histidine phosphotransferase in pathogenesis and stress adaptation. Australasian Plant Pathol. (2022).

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