Amita Kaundal

Publications | Abstracts

• Adeyemi, O.E, Westra, E., Ransom, C., Kaundal, A., Creech, J.E, Ortiz, M., (2025). Physiological Mechanisms of Glyphosate Resistance in Kochia (Bassia scoparia): Absorption and Translocation. CANVAS *
• Paudel, A., Sun, Y., Kaundal, A., (2023). Response of Punica granatum ‘Wonderful’ to salinity stress. HortScience 58(9): S55-56 (Abstr.)

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Publications | Book Chapters

• Kaundal, A., (2023). Genomic Selection in Maize Breeding: Maize Improvement: Current Advances in Yield, Quality, and Stress Tolerance under Changing Climatic Scenarios. Springer International Publishing
• Sandhu, D., Kaundal, A., (2018). Dynamics of Salt Tolerance: Molecular Perspectives: Biotechnologies of Crop Improvement, Volume 3. Springer International Publishing

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Fact Sheets

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Kaur, S., de Milena Maria Tomaz Oliveira, , Kaundal, A., (2025). Understanding Salt Stress in Watermelon: Impacts on Plant Performance, Adaptive Solutions, and Future Prospects. International Journal of Plant Biology, doi: 10.3390/ijpb16030093
• Wankhade, A., Wilkinson, E., Britt, D.W, Kaundal, A., (2025). A Review of Plant–Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere and the Role of Root Exudates in Microbiome Engineering. Applied Sciences, doi: 10.3390/app15137127
• Chaudhary, A., Poudyal, S., Kaundal, A., (2025). Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Maintaining Sustainable Agroecosystems. Applied Microbiology, 5:1, 6. doi: 10.3390/applmicrobiol5010006
• Oliveira, M., Kaur, S., Kaundal, A., (2025). Understanding Salt Stress in Watermelon: Impacts on Plant Performance and Adaptive Solutions. . International Journal of Plant Biology, 16(3), p. 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijpb16030093.
• Britt, D.W, Kaundal, A., (2025). A Review of Plant–Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere and the Role of Root Exudates in Microbiome Engineering. , 15:13, 7127. doi: doi:10.3390/app15137127
• Kaundal, A., Srivastava, A.K, Yadav, D., (2024). Editorial: The role of the microbiome in plant and soil health in a changing climate. , doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1491438
• Devkota, A.R, Wilson, T., Kaundal, A., , (2024). Soil and root microbiome analysis and isolation of plant growth-promoting bacteria from hybrid buffaloberry (Shepherdia utahensis ‘Torrey’) across three locations. Frontiers , doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1396064
• Devkota, A.R, Kaur, S., Kaundal, A., (2024). Rhizobacterial Isolates from the Native Plant Ceanothus velutinus Promote Growth in Two Genotypes of Tall Fescue. Microbiology Research, 15:4, 2607-2618. doi: 10.3390/microbiolres15040173
• Burlakoti, S., Devkota, A.R, Poudyal, S., Kaundal, A., (2024). Beneficial Plant–Microbe Interactions and Stress Tolerance in Maize. Applied Microbiology, 4:3, 1000-1015.
• Ganesh, J., Hewitt, K., Devkota, A.R, Wilson, T., Kaundal, A., (2024). IAA-producing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from Ceanothus velutinus enhance cutting propagation efficiency and Arabidopsis biomass. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15
• Acharya, B.R, Gill, S.P, Kaundal, A., Sandhu, D., (2024). Strategies for combating plant salinity stress: the potential of plant growth-promoting microorganisms. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15
• Singh, V., Krause, M., Sandhu, D., Sekhon, R.S, Kaundal, A., (2023). Salinity stress tolerance prediction for biomass-related traits in maize (Zea mays L.) using genome-wide markers. Plant Genome, 16:4
• Sandhu, D., Pudussery, M.V, William, M., Kaundal, A., Ferreira, J.F, (2023). Divergent Gene Expression Responses to Salinity Stress in 16 Geographically Diverse Spinach Genotypes. ACS Agricultural Science and Technology, 3:9, 795-804.
• McCord, P., Singh, V., Kaundal, A., Roper, T.R, (2023). Genetic Diversity of New Almond Accessions from Central Asian and Cold-adapted North American Germplasm. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 148:5, 221-228.
• Sandhu, D., Pallete, A., William, M., Ferreira, J.F, Kaundal, A., Grover, K.K, (2023). Salinity responses in 24 guar genotypes are linked to multigenic regulation explaining the complexity of tolerance mechanisms in planta. Crop Science, 63:2, 585-597.
• Ganesh, J., Singh, V., Hewitt, K., Kaundal, A., (2022). Exploration of the rhizosphere microbiome of native plant Ceanothus velutinus – an excellent resource of plant growth-promoting bacteria. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 5049.
• Acharya, B.R, Sandhu, D., Dueñas, C., Dueñas, M., Pudussery, M., Kaundal, A., Ferreira, J.F, Suarez, D.L, Skaggs, T.H, (2022). Morphological, physiological, biochemical, and transcriptome studies reveal the importance of transporters and stress signaling pathways during salinity stress in Prunus. Scientific Reports, 12:1
• Lee, S., Vemanna, R.S, Oh, S., Rojas, C.M, Oh, Y., Kaundal, A., Kwon, T., Lee, H.K, Senthil-Kumar, M., Mysore, K.S, (2022). Functional role of formate dehydrogenase 1 (FDH1) for host and nonhost disease resistance against bacterial pathogens. PLoS ONE, 17:5 May
• Kaundal, A., Sandhu, D., Singh, V., Duenas, M., Acharya, B.R, Nelson, B., Ferreira, J., Litt, A., (2022). Transgenic Expression of Prunus persica Salt Overly Sensitive 2 (PpSOS2) in the atsos2 Mutant Imparts Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
• Hasan, M.S, Singh, V., Islam, S., Islam, M.S, Ahsan, R., Kaundal, A., Islam, T., Ghosh, A., (2021). Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of glutathione S-transferase family under multiple abiotic and biotic stresses in Medicago truncatula L.. PloS one, 16:2, e0247170.
• Sandhu, D., Kaundal, A., Acharya, B.R, Forest, T., Pudussery, M.V, Liu, X., Ferreira JFS, , Suarez, D.L, (2020). Linking diverse salinity responses of 14 almond rootstocks with physiological, biochemical, and genetic determinants.. Scientific reports, 10:1, 21087.
• Kaundal, A., Ramu, V.S, Mysore, K.S, (2020). The ATPase Activity of Escherichia coli Expressed AAA+-ATPase Protein. , 10:15, doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3705.
• Vaidya, A.S, Helander, J., Peterson, F.C, Elzinga, D., Dejonghe, W., Kaundal, A., Park, S.Y, Xing, Z., Mega, R., Takeuchi, J., Khanderahoo, B., Bishay, S., Volkman, B.F, Todoroki, Y., Okamoto, M., Cutler, S.R, (2019). Dynamic control of plant water use using designed ABA receptor agonists.. Science (New York, N.Y.), 366:6464
• Kaundal, A., Sandhu, D., Duenas, M., Ferreira , J., (2019). Expression of the high-affinity K+ transporter 1 (PpHKT1) gene from almond rootstock 'Nemaguard' improved salt tolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis.. PloS one, 14:3, e0214473.
• Elzinga, D., Sternburg, E., Sabbadin, D., Bartsch, M., Park, S.Y, Vaidya, A., Mosquna, A., Kaundal, A., Wendeborn, S., Lachia, M., Karginov, F.V, Cutler, S.R, (2019). Defining and Exploiting Hypersensitivity Hotspots to Facilitate Abscisic Acid Agonist Optimization.. ACS chemical biology, 14:3, 332-336.
• Sandhu, D., Pudussery, M.V, Kaundal, R., Suarez, D.L, Kaundal, A., Sekhon, R.S, (2018). Molecular characterization and expression analysis of the Na+/H+ exchanger gene family in Medicago truncatula. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 18:2, 141-153.
• Kaundal, A., Ramu, V.S, Oh, S., Lee, S., Pant, B., Lee, H.K, Rojas, C.M, Senthil-Kumar, M., Mysore, K.S, (2017). GENERAL CONTROL NONREPRESSIBLE4 Degrades 14-3-3 and the RIN4 Complex to Regulate Stomatal Aperture with Implications on Nonhost Disease Resistance and Drought Tolerance.. The Plant cell, 29:9, 2233-2248.
• Vaidya, A.S, Peterson, F.C, Yarmolinsky, D., Merilo, E., Verstraeten, I., Park, S.Y, Elzinga, D., Kaundal, A., Helander, J., Lozano-Juste, J., Otani, M., Wu, K., Jensen, D.R, Kollist, H., Volkman, B.F, Cutler, S.R, (2017). A Rationally Designed Agonist Defines Subfamily IIIA Abscisic Acid Receptors As Critical Targets for Manipulating Transpiration.. ACS chemical biology, 12:11, 2842-2848.
• Ramegowda, V., Senthil-Kumar, M., Ishiga, Y., Kaundal, A., Udayakumar, M., Mysore, K.S, (2013). Drought stress acclimation imparts tolerance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Pseudomonas syringae in Nicotiana benthamiana.. International journal of molecular sciences, 14:5, 9497-513.
• Kaundal, A., Rojas, C., Mysore, K., (2012). Glycolate Oxidase Activity Assay in Plants. BIO-PROTOCOL, 2:20
• Kaundal, A., Rojas, C., Mysore, K., (2012). Measurement of NADPH Oxidase Activity in Plants. BIO-PROTOCOL, 2:20
• Rojas, C.M, Senthil-Kumar, M., Wang, K., Ryu, C.M, Kaundal, A., Mysore, K.S, (2012). Glycolate oxidase modulates reactive oxygen species-mediated signal transduction during nonhost resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis.. The Plant cell, 24:1, 336-52.
• Srinivasan, V.B, Virk, R.K, Kaundal, A., Chakraborty, R., Datta, B., Ramamurthy, T., Mukhopadhyay, A.K, Ghosh, A., (2006). Mechanism of drug resistance in clonally related clinical isolates of Vibrio fluvialis isolated in Kolkata, India.. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 50:7, 2428-32.
• Kaundal, A., Chowdhury, S.R, Thungapathra, M., Ramamurthy, T., Nair, G.B, Ghosh, A., (2003). Class I integrons and SXT elements in El Tor strains isolated before and after 1992 Vibrio cholerae O139 outbreak, Calcutta, India.. Emerging infectious diseases, 9:4, 500-2.
• Thungapathra, M., Kaundal, A., Sinha, K.K, Chaudhuri, S.R, Garg, P., Ramamurthy, T., Nair, G.B, Ghosh, A., (2002). Occurrence of antibiotic resistance gene cassettes aac(6')-Ib, dfrA5, dfrA12, and ereA2 in class I integrons in non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae strains in India.. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 46:9, 2948-55.

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Publications | Other

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