Publications

Recent Publications (Selected)

2025

Jain, R., Yadav, G., Dhaka, N.*, Vashisht, I., Maheshwari, A., Thalor, A., Sharma, M.K., & Sharma, R. A. (2025). Small RNA sequencing unveils predominant expression patterns and miRNA-target modules active during seed development in sorghum (Under Review).

2024

Yadav, P., Priyam, P., Yadav, G., Yadav, A., Jain, R., Sunderam, S., Sharma, M.K., Kaur, I. and Dhaka, N.*, (2024). Identification of lncRNAs regulating seed traits in Brassica juncea and development of a comprehensive seed omics database. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 24(5), p.189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-024-01470-4.

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Jain, R., Dhaka, N.*, Krishnan, K., Yadav, G., Priyam, P., Sharma, M.K. and Sharma, R.A., (2024). Temporal gene expression profiles from pollination to seed maturity in sorghum provide core candidates for engineering seed traits. Plant, Cell & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15134

2023

Jain, R., Dhaka, N*, Yadav, P., Sharma, M.K., Danish, M., Sharma, S., Kumari, S., Vashisht, I., Singh, R.B. and Sharma, R., (2023). Integrated analysis of transcriptomic and small RNA sequencing data provides miRNA candidates for engineering agronomically important seed traits in Brassica juncea. Current Plant Biology, 35, p.100306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2023.100306

Pinky, Jain R., Yadav A., Sharma R., Dhaka N.* (2023) Emerging roles of long non-coding RNAs in regulating agriculturally important seed traits. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 108019, ISSN 0981-9428, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108019.

Rani, A., Singh, S., Yadav, P., Arora, H., Kaur, I., & Dhaka, N.* (2023). MicroRNAs for understanding and improving agronomic traits in oilseed Brassicas. Plant Gene, 100422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2023.100422 

Vashisht I.#, Dhaka N.#, Jain R., Sood A., Sharma N., Sharma M.K., Sharma R., (2023) Non-coding RNAs mediated environmental surveillance determines male fertility in plants, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 108030, ISSN 0981-9428, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108030. #Equal contribution

2022

Dhaka, N.*, Jain, R., Yadav, A. et al. (2022) Transcriptome analysis reveals cell cycle-related transcripts as key determinants of varietal differences in seed size of Brassica juncea. Scientific Reports, 12, 11713. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15938-5

2021

Dhaka, N.* and Sharma, R*. MicroRNA-mediated regulation of agronomically important seed traits: a treasure trove with shades of grey! (2021). Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2021.1873238