Publications

After joining BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus (July 2017)


14. Gargi Prasad Saradadevi#, Debajit Das#, Satendra K. Mangrauthia#, Sridev Mohapatra#, Channakeshavaiah Chikkaputtaiah#, Manish Roorkiwal#, Manish Solanki, Raman Meenakshi Sundaram, C.N.Neeraja, Akshay S. Sakhare, Suneetha Kota*, Rajeev K Varshney,*, and Gireesha Mohannath*. Genetic, epigenetic, and genomic approaches to enhance salt tolerance of plants. Biology. (2021). 10, 1255. (Impact factor: 5.079 )

(* Corresponding author; # equal contribution)


- The article has been selected as one of the excellent articles published in Biology journal during November-December 2021

- The article was published as part of the special issue ‘Crop Improvement Now and Beyond’.


13. Gargi Prasad S#., Neha Priyadarshini#, Aveepsha Bera # and Gireesha Mohannath*.(2020). Together we are on; together we are off- A conserved rule for ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene regulation? Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. (2020). 29(4):743-753. (5 year impact factor: 1.238)

(* Corresponding author; # equal contribution)


12. Aaron N. Bruns*, Sizhun Li*, Gireesha Mohannath and David M. Bisaro. (2019). Phosphorylation of Arabidopsis eIF4E and eIFiso4E by SnRK1 Inhibits Translation. FEBS Journal. 286(19): 3778-3796. (5 year impact factor: 4.267)

(* Equal contribution)


-Highlighted as the Editor’s choice: (2019) FEBS Journal. 286(19).

-Highlighted in the commentary article: Miller and Dinesh-Kumar. 'A new mechanism for translational control in plants'. (2019) FEBS Journal. 286(19): 3775-3777.


Before joining BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus (Until July 2017)


11. Gireesha Mohannath, Frederic Pontvianne and Craig S. Pikaard. (2016). Selective nucleolus organizer inactivation in Arabidopsis is a chromosomal position-effect phenomenon. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 137(47): 13426-13431. (5 year impact factor: 10.285)


10. Chinmayi Chandrasekhara, Gireesha Mohannath, Todd Blevins, Frederic Pontvianne and Craig S. Pikaard. (2016). Chromosome-specific NOR inactivation accounts for selective rRNA gene silencing and dosage control in Arabidopsis. Genes & Development 30:177-190. (5 year impact factor: 12.305)


-Highlighted as an “Editor’s Choice” in the journal Science. For rRNAs, its location, location, location. Science, 22 Jan 2016: Vol. 351, Issue 6271, pp. 351.

-Recommended by Faculty 1000 (interesting hypothesis): Renate Schmidt, F1000, 2016: DOI: 10.3410/f.726063326.793521106.

-Highlighted as ‘NORs as units of rRNA gene regulation’ in: McStay B. (2016).Nucleolar organizer regions: genomic ‘dark matter’ requiring illumination. Genes & Development 30:1598-1610.


9. Gireesha Mohannath* and Craig S. Pikaard. (2016). Analysis of rRNA Gene Methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana by CHEF-conventional 2D Gel Electrophoresis. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, NJ) 1455: 183-202. (5 year impact factor: NA)

(* Corresponding author)


8. Gireesha Mohannath, Jamie Wolf, Hui Wang, Cody Buchman, Veena Patil, Youn Lee, Allie Varner and David M. Bisaro. (2014). A complex containing SNF1-related kinase (SnRK1) and adenosine kinase (ADK) in Arabidopsis. PLoS One. 9(1):e87592. (5 year impact factor: 3.702)


7. Lien B. Lai, Pilar Bernal-Bayard, Gireesha Mohannath, Stella M.Lai, Venkat Gopalan and Agustín Vioque. (2011). A Functional RNase P protein subunit of Bacterial origin in some eukaryotes. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 286 (5-6):359-69. (5 year impact factor: 2.907)


6. Cody Buchmann, Shaheen Asad, Jamie N. Wolf, Gireesha Mohannath, and David M. Bisaro. (2009). Geminivirus AL2 and L2 proteins suppress transcriptional gene silencing and cause genome-wide reductions in cytosine methylation. Journal of Virology. 83(10): 5005-5013. (5 year impact factor: 4.609)


-Highlighted by the Editors of Journal of Virology in the ‘Spotlight’ section of the journal: Geminivirus Proteins Suppress Transcriptional Gene Silencing and Methylation. (2009). Journal of Virology p.4717.


5. T.N. Girish, T.M. Gireesha, M.G. Vaishali, B.G. Hanamareddy and Shailaja Hittalmani. (2006). Response of a new IR50/Moroberekan recombinant inbred population of rice (Oryza sativa L.) from an indica x japonica cross for growth and yield traits under aerobic conditions. Euphytica 152: 149-161. (5 year impact factor: 1.866)


4. Nadaradjan, S., Gireesha, T. M., Sheshashayee, M. S., Shankar, A. G., Prasad, T. G., and Udayakumar, M. (2003). Progress in genetic polymorphism studies via molecular markers in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) - A review. Journal of Plant Biology. 30 (3): 285 – 292. (5 year impact factor: NA)


3. Mahmoud Toorchi, H.E. Shashidhar, T.M. Gireesha and Shailaja Hittalmani. (2003). Performance of backcross transgressant doubled haploid lines of rice under contrasting moisture regimes: Yield components and Marker heterozygosity. Crop Science 43:1448-1456. (5 year impact factor: 1.758)


2. Mahmoud Toorchi, H.E. Shashidhar, Shailaja Hittalmani and T.M. Gireesha. (2002). Rice root morphology under contrasting moisture regimes and contribution of molecular marker heterozygosity. Euphytica 126(2): 251-257. (5 year impact factor: 1.866)


1. Gireesha, T. M., Shashidhar, H. E. and Shailaja Hittalmani. (2000). Genetics of root morphology and related traits in an indica-indica based mapping populations of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Research on Crops 1(2): 208-215. (5 year impact factor: 0.103)