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Selected Publications, Presentations, and Student Research Highlights

Publications


Degon, Z., Dixon, S., Rahmatallah, Y., Galloway, M., Gulutzo, S., Price, H., Cook, J., Glazko, G., Mukherjee, A. (2023), Azospirillum brasilense improves rice growth under salt stress by regulating the expression of key genes involved in salt stress response, abscisic acid signaling, and nutrient transport, among others. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5, 1216503.


Mukherjee, A. (2022), What do we know from the transcriptomic studies investigating the interactions between plants and plant growth-promoting bacteria? Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:997308, doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.997308.


Wiggins, G., Thomas, J., Rahmatallah, Y., Deen, C., Haynes, A, Degon, Z., Glazko, G., Mukherjee, A. (2022), Common gene expression patterns are observed in rice roots during associations with plant growth-promoting bacteria, Herbaspirillum seropedicae and Azospirillum brasilense, Scientific Reports, 12, 8827, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12285-3.


Cook, J., Degon, Z., Ruiz., D., Pope, J., Rahmatallah, Y., Mukherjee, A. (2022), The plant growth-promoting bacteria, Azospirillum brasilense, induce a diverse array of genes in rice shoots and promote their growth, Plant Growth Regulation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-022-00813-0.


Rainwater, R., Mukherjee, A. (2021), The legume-rhizobia symbiosis can be supported on Mars soil simulants, PLoS ONE 16 (12), e0259957, 2021


Thomas, J., Hiltenbrand, R., Bowman, M.J., Kim, H.R., Winn, M.E., Mukherjee, A. (2020), Time-course RNA-seq analysis provides an improved understanding of gene regulation during the formation of nodule-like structures in rice, Plant Molecular Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-020-00978-0.

Thomas, J., Mukherjee, A. (2019), Hormone-induced nodule-like structures in land plants: An update. The Model Legume Medicago truncatula, Wiley publishers, 785-793.

Thomas, J., Kim, H.R., Rahmatallah, Y., Wiggins, G., Yang, Q., Singh, R., Glazko, G., Mukherjee, A. (2019), RNA-seq reveals differentially expressed genes in rice (Oryza sativa) roots during interactions with plant-growth promoting bacteria, Azospirillum brasilense, PLoS One, 14(5): e0217309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217309

Thomas, J., Bowman, M.J., Vega, A., Kim, H.R., Mukherjee, A. (2018), Comparative transcriptome analysis provides key insights into gene expression pattern during the formation of nodule-like structures in Brachypodium, Functional & Integrative Genomics, DOI: 10.1007/s10142-018-0594-z.

Hiltenbrand R, Thomas J, McCarthy H, Dykema KJ, Spurr A, Newhart H, Winn ME and Mukherjee A (2016). A developmental and molecular view of formation of auxin-induced nodule-like structures in land plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:1692. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01692

Palmer AG, Mukherjee A, Stacy DM, Lazar S, Ané JM, Blackwell HE (2016) Interkingdom responses to bacterial quorum sensing signals regulate frequency and rate of nodulation in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis. ChemBioChem, 17: 2199. doi:10.1002/cbic.201600373.

Mitra S, Mukherjee A, Wiley-Kalil A, Das S, Owen H, Reddy PM, Ané JM, James EK, Gyaneshwar P (2016) A rhamnose-deficient lipopolysaccharide mutant of Rhizobium sp. IRBG74 is defective in root colonization and beneficial interactions with its flooding-tolerant hosts Sesbania cannabina and wetland rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67: 5869-5884. Cover page

Palmer, A., Senechal, A., Mukherjee, A., Ané, J.M., Blackwell, H. (2014), Plant Responses to Bacterial N-Acyl L-Homoserine Lactones are Dependent on Enzymatic Degradation to L-Homoserine. ACS Chemical Biology, 9(8): 1834-1845

Schnabel, E., Karve, A., Kassaw, T., Mukherjee, A., Zhou, X., Hall, T., Frugoli, J. (2012), The M. truncatula SUNN gene is expressed in vascular tissue, similarly to RDN1, consistent with the role of these nodulation regulation genes in long distance signaling, Plant Signaling and Behavior 7 (1): 4-6.

Mukherjee, A. and Ané, J.M. (2011), Plant Hormones and Initiation of Legume Nodulation and Arbuscular Mycorrhization, in Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants (eds J. C. Polacco and C. D. Todd), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. pp 354-396.

Mukherjee, A. and Ané, J.M. (2011), Germinating spore exudates from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: molecular and developmental responses in higher land plants and their regulation by ethylene, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24:260-270. Cover page

Schnabel, E.,* Mukherjee, A.,* Smith, L., Kassaw, T., Long, S.R., Frugoli, J. (2010), The lss supernodulation mutant of Medicago truncatula reduces expression of the SUNN gene, Plant Physiology. 154: 1390-1402. *co-first authors

Goodrich-Blair, H., Ané, J.M., Bever, J.D., Bordenstein, S., Bright, M., Chaston, J.M., Clay, K., Currie, C.R., Douglas, A.E., Gerardo, N., Harrison, M.J., Ley, R.E., McFall-Ngai, M., Mukherjee, A., Rader, B., Raffa, K.F., Ruby, E.G., Saffo, M.B., Selosse, M.A., Sonnenburg, J.L., Stock, S.P., Suen, G., Turnau, K., Udvardi, M., Visick, K.L., Weis, V (2010), Symbiosis research, technology, and education: Proceedings of the 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress held in Madison Wisconsin, USA, August 2009, Symbiosis. 51: 1-12.

Mukherjee, A. and Frugoli, J (2007), Advances in Legume/Rhizobial Symbiosis Research, in Recent Developments in Medicinal Plant Research, Capasso, A., Ed, Research Signpost Press, pp 373-392.


Invited Presentations

  • 2018 Rice Technical Working Group Conference, Long Beach, CA, Feb 2018, Regulation of symbiotic gene expression in rice

  • Department of Biology, Hendrix College, Conway, AR, Feb 2017, Using genomic approaches to improve crop productivity by improved N-fixation

  • Department of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Sep 2016, Using genomic approaches to improve crop productivity by improved N-fixation

  • Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), Plant-Biotic Interactions (Mini-symposium, Chair & Speaker), Austin, TX, July 2016, Using genomic approaches to study formation of nodule-like structures in land plants

  • Dale Bumpers Rice Research Center, USDA, Stuttgart, AR, October 2015, Using genetic approaches to improve crop productivity by improved N-fixation

  • Plant Powered Production P3 (NSF-EPSCoR) Annual Symposium, Fayetteville, AR, July 2015, Formation of nodule-like structures and the underlying transcriptomic responses in rice

  • Plant Powered Production P3 (NSF-EPSCoR) Annual Symposium, Little Rock, AR, April 2013, Signaling pathways controlling plant-microbe symbioses

  • Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, Sep 2012, Signaling pathways controlling root endosymbiosis

  • Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Sep 2012, Signaling pathways controlling root endosymbiosis

  • Department of Biology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, Nov 2010, Plant genes and microbial signals controlling root endosymbiosis

Selected Presentations at International, National and Regional Conferences

  • Wiggins, G., Thomas, J., Rahmatallah, Y., Deen, C., Glazko, G., and Mukherjee, A. (2020), Using a comparative transcriptomics approach to identify common gene expression patterns in rice roots during associations with plant growth-promoting bacteria, The Annual Plant and Animal Genomics Congress, San Diego, CA, Jan 11-15.

  • Thomas, J., Kim, H.R., Rahmatallah, Y., Glazko, G., and Mukherjee, A. (2018), Regulation of gene expression in rice roots during interactions with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Montreal, CA, July 14-18

  • Thomas, J., Hiltenbrand, R., McCarthy, H., Dykema, K., Bowman, M., Newhart, H., Spurr, A., Zimulinda, D., Kim, H.R., Vega, A., Singh, R., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2017), Using genomic approaches to study formation of nodule-like structures in land plants, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Honolulu, HI, June 24-28

  • Thomas, J., Hiltenbrand, R., McCarthy, H., Dykema, K., Bowman, M., Newhart, H., Spurr, A., Zimulinda, D., Kim, H.R., Vega, A., Singh, R., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2017), Using genomic approaches to study formation of nodule-like structures in land plants, The Annual Plant and Animal Genomics Congress, San Diego, CA, Jan 14-18

  • Thomas, J., Kim, H.R., Newhart, H., Singh, R., and Mukherjee, A. (2016), Regulation of symbiotic gene expression in rice, 2016 Annual AR INBRE Conference, Fayetteville, AR, Oct 21-22

  • Thomas, J., Hiltenbrand, R., McCarthy, H., Dykema, K., Bowman, M., Newhart, H., Spurr, A., Zimulinda, D., Kim, H.R., Vega, A., Singh, R., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2016), Using genomic approaches to study formation of nodule-like structures in land plants, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Austin, TX, Jul 9-13

  • Hiltenbrand, R., McCarthy, H., Thomas, J., Newhart, H., Dykema, K., Zimulinda, D., Howell, A., Spurr, A., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2016), Using genomic approaches to study formation of nodule-like structures in land plants, The Annual Plant and Animal Genomics Congress, San Diego, CA, Jan 9-13

  • Hiltenbrand, R., Posey, H., Dykema, K., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2015), Formation of nodule-like structures and the underlying transcriptomic responses in rice in response to auxin, The Third Plant Genomics Congress, London, UK, May 11-12

  • Hiltenbrand, R.,* Posey, H., Thomas, J., Dykema, K., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2015), Formation of nodule-like structures and the underlying transcriptomic responses in rice in response to auxin, 2015 Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Dauphin Island, AL, Mar 28-30, *Oral presentation

  • Thomas, J., Hiltenbrand, R., Posey, H., Dykema, K., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2015), Formation of nodule-like structures and the underlying transcriptomic responses in rice in response to auxin, 2015 Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Dauphin Island, AL, Mar 28-30

  • Hiltenbrand, R., Posey, H., Dykema, K., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2014), Formation of nodule-like structures and the underlying transcriptomic responses in rice in response to auxin, The Second Plant Genomics Congress USA, St. Louis, MO, Sep 11-12

  • Hiltenbrand, R., Posey, H., Dykema, K., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2014), Formation of hormone-induced nodule-like structures in cereals, The Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Center for Plant Powered Production P3 (NSF-EPSCoR), Morrilton, AR, Jul 28-3

  • Hiltenbrand, R., Posey, H., Dykema, K., Winn, M., and Mukherjee, A. (2014), Formation of hormone-induced nodule-like structures in cereals, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Portland, OR, Jul 12-16

  • Posey, H*, Hiltenbrand, R., and Mukherjee, A. (2014), Formation of nodule-like structures in cereals in response to hormones, 2014 Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR, Apr 25-26, *Oral presentation

  • Zimulinda, D., Hiltenbrand, R., Posey, H. and Mukherjee, A. (2014), Regulation of the formation of hormone-induced nodule-like structures in cereals by genes from the common symbiotic pathway, 2014 Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR, Apr 25-26

  • Pennington, J.Z., Rana, A., Radford, S. and Mukherjee, A. (2014), Identification of novel regulators of a calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (DMI3) controlling plant-microbe symbioses, 2014 Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR, Apr 25-26

  • Hiltenbrand, R., Posey, H. and Mukherjee, A. (2014), Formation of hormone-induced nodule-like structures in cereals, 2014 Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Lexington, KY, Mar 29-31

  • Pennington, J.Z., Rana, A., Radford, S. and Mukherjee, A. (2014), Identification of novel regulators of a calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (DMI3) controlling plant-microbe symbioses, 2014 Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Lexington, KY, Mar 29-31

  • Pennington, J.Z. and Mukherjee, A. (2013), Identification of novel regulators of a nuclear cation channel (DMI1) controlling plant-microbe symbioses, 2013 Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR, Apr 26-27

  • Posey, H.G. and Mukherjee, A. (2013), Improving nitrogen fixation in cereals, 2013 Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR, Apr 26-27

  • Rana, A. and Mukherjee, A. (2013), Identification of novel regulators of a calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (DMI3) controlling plant-microbe symbioses, 2013 Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR, Apr 26-27

  • Posey, H.G. and Mukherjee, A. (2013), Improving nitrogen fixation in cereals, 2013 Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Little Rock, AR, Apr 6-8

  • Rana, A. and Mukherjee, A. (2013), Identification of novel regulators of a calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (DMI3) controlling plant-microbe symbioses, 2013 Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Little Rock, AR, Apr 6-8

  • Pennington, J.Z. and Mukherjee, A. (2013), Identification of novel regulators of a nuclear cation channel (DMI1) controlling plant-microbe symbioses, 2013 Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Little Rock, AR, Apr 6-8

  • Mukherjee, A. and Ané, J.M. (2012), Improving the sustainability of bioenergy crops through symbiotic associations with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, the 2012 Genomic Sciences Contractor-Grantee Meeting, Bethesda, MD, Feb 26-29

  • Mukherjee, A. and Ané, J.M. (2011), Responses of land plants to mycorrhizal fungi and their diffusible symbiotic signals, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Minneapolis, MN, Aug 6-10

  • Mukherjee, A. and Ané, J.M. (2011), Improving the sustainability of bioenergy crops through symbiotic associations with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, the 2011 Genomic Sciences Contractor-Grantee Meeting/ USDA-D.O.E. Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy Awardees Meeting, Crystal City, VA, Apr 10-13

  • Mukherjee, A. and Ané, J.M. (2010), Germinated spore exudates from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: molecular and developmental responses in higher land plants and their regulation by ethylene, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Montreal, Canada, July 31- Aug 5

  • Mukherjee, A., Chen, C., Zhu, H., Ané, J.M. (2009), Diffusible signals from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stimulate plant growth in land plants, The 6th Congress of the International Symbiosis Society, Madison, WI, Aug 9-15

  • Mukherjee, A., Chen, C., Zhu, H., Ané, J.M. (2009), Diffusible signals from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stimulate plant growth in land plants, The XIV Congress of the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Quebec, Canada, July 20-23

  • Mukherjee, A., Smith, L., Schnabel, E., Long, S.R., Frugoli, J. (2007), The lss supernodulation mutant in Medicago truncatula, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Chicago, IL, July 7-11

  • Mukherjee, A., Smith, L., Schnabel, E., Long, S.R., Frugoli, J. (2007), Characterization of a supernodulation mutant, lss, in Medicago truncatula, The Annual Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Mobil, AL, March 3-5

  • Mukherjee, A., Smith, L., Schnabel, E., Long, S.R., Frugoli, J. (2004), Identification of a naturally occurring supernodulation mutant in Medicago truncatula, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Lake Buena Vista, FL, Jul 24-28

Student Research Awards

  • CNSM Outstanding Student Award, CNSM, UCA, March, 2020. Student: Randall Rainwater

  • Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Arkansas, ADHE, 2019, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, Student: Randall Rainwater, $4,000

  • Spring 2017, Student Research Award, UCA, $900. Student: Jacklyn Thomas

  • 2016 NSF EPSCoR TrackII Industry Internship Grant for the Plant Imaging Consortium, NSF/AEDC, $8,500. Student: Raj Singh

  • 2016 Advancement of Undergraduate Research in the Sciences (AURS), UCA, $5,000. Student: Natasha Ledger

  • Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Arkansas, ADHE, 2016, $4,000. Student: Hamilton Newhart

  • Fall 2015, Student Research Award, UCA, $990. Student: Hamilton Newhart

  • 2014 Advancement of Undergraduate Research in the Sciences (AURS), UCA, $4,000. Student: Hannah Posey

  • Spring 2014, Student Research Award, UCA, $950. Student: David Zimulinda

  • Spring 2014, Student Research Award, UCA, $970. Student: Shane Radford

  • Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Arkansas, ADHE, 2014, $4,000. Student: Hannah Posey

  • National Science Foundation (NSF)- Arkansas Science & Technology Authority (ASTA) Summer Internship award, 2013, $4,200. Student: Ashley Spurr

  • Spring 2013, Student Research Award, UCA, $2,866. Students: Hannah Posey, Aakash Rana and Jonathan Pennington

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