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2025

Duc, N.T., Raju, D., Kumar, S., Pandey, R., Ellur, R.K, Krishnan S.G., Visvakarma, C., Allimuthu, E., Singh, B., Rajendran, A., Sahoo, R.N., & Chinnusamy, V. (2025). Phenomics assisted trait dissection and genotype selection for improved nitrogen use efficiency in rice. Plant Stress, 15, 100909. (IF 6.8)

Bishnoi, P., Ramlal, A.*, Raju, D., Saini, M., Mallikarjuna, B.P.,  Pushpa, R., & Rajendran, A.* (2025). In vitro culture of soybean: Challenges and solutions. Journal of Crop Improvement. 1-26 (IF: 1.0) 

Rajendran, A.*, Ranjan, S., Noru, R.S.R., Rajarajan, K., Harika, A., Bishnoi, P., Jayasri, V., Ramlal, A., Kala, S., Raju, D. (2025). Novel implications of molecular markers and genomic selection in tree breeding. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. (IF: 1.2) 

Duc, N.T., Harika, A., Raju, D., Kumar, S., Pandey, R., Ellur, R.K, Krishnan S.G., Allimuthu, E., Singh, B., Ramlal, A., Rajendran, A., Kumar, R.R., Singh, M.P., Sahoo, R.N., & Chinnusamy, V. (2025). Maximizing nitrogen stress tolerance through high-throughput phenotyping in rice. Plant Stress, 15, 100764. (IF 6.8) 

Rajendran, A.*, Ramlal, A., Raju, D., Saini, M., Bishnoi, P., & Subramaniam, S. (2025). Photoperiod-mediated rapid generation advancement in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). Photosynthesis Research, 163, 24. (IF: 2.9)

Rajendran, A.*, Ramlal, A., Harika, A., Subramaniam, S., Raju, D., and Lal, S. K. (2025). Waterlogging stress mechanism and membrane transporters in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 220, 109579. (IF: 6.1)

2024

Ramlal, A., Harika, A., Jayasri, V., Subramaniam, S., Mallikarjuna, B.P., Raju, D., Lal, S. K., and Rajendran, A.* (2024). Calmodulin: Coping with biotic and abiotic stresses in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). Plant Stress, 14, 100602. (IF: 6.8)

Rajendran, A.*, Ramlal, A., Sarkar, S., Agasti, S., Rajarajan, K., Lal, S. K., Raju, D., and Subramaniam, S. (2024). Autofluorescence-spectral imaging for rapid and invasive characterization of soybean pre-germination anaerobic stress tolerance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1206357. (IF: 4.1)

Ramlal, A., Mehta, S., Nautiyal, A., Baweja, P., Shivam, Sharma, D., Lal, S.K., Vijayan, R., Raju, D., Subramaniam, S., and Rajendran, A.* (2024). Androgenesis in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.): A critical revisit. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 60, 1-15. (IF: 2.2)

2023

Duc, N. T., Ramlal, A., Rajendran, A., Raju, D., Lal, S. K., Kumar, S., Sahoo, R.N., Chinnusamy, V., and Raju, D. (2023). Image-based phenotyping of seed architecture traits and seed weight prediction using machine learning models in soybean. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1206357. (IF: 4.1)

Ramlal, A., Bhat, I., Nautiyal, A., Baweja, P., Mehta, S., Kumar, V., Tripathi, S., Mahto RK, Saini, M., Mallikarjun, B.P., Saluja, S., Lal SK, Subramaniam, S., Fawzy, I M and Rajendran, A.* (2023). In silico analysis of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory compounds obtained from soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Frontiers in Physiology, 14, 1172684. (IF: 3.2)

Ramlal, A., Sharma, D., Lal, S. K., Raju, D., Shivam and Rajendran, A.* (2023). First report of ovary-derived calli induction in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 153(2), 439-445. (IF: 2.3)

Rajendran, A.,* Lal, S. K., Raju, D., Mallikarjun, B. P., Ramlal, A., & Sharma, D. (2023). Waterlogging tolerance evaluation methods for soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) at the pregermination stage. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 1-11. (IF: 1.8) 

Kumar, R., Saini, M., Taku, M., Debbarma, P., Mahto, R. K., Ramlal, A., Sharma, D., Rajendran, A., Pandey, R., Gaikwad, K., Lal, S. K., and Talukdar, A. (2023). Identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and candidate genes for seed shape and 100-seed weight in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 1074245. (IF: 4.1) 

2022

Rajendran, A.,* Lal, S. K., Raju, D., & Ramlal, A. (2022). Associations of direct and indirect selection for pregermination anaerobic stress tolerance in soybean (Glycine max). Plant Breeding, 141(5), 634-643. (IF 2.0) 

Ramlal, A., Nautiyal, A., Baweja, P., Kumar, V., Mehta, S., Mahto, R. K., Tripathi, S., Shanmugam, A., Mallikarujun, B.P., Raman, P., Lal, S.K., Raju, D. and Rajendran, A.* (2022). Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides and isoflavonoids from soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9, 1068388. (IF: 4.0)

Ramlal, A., Nautiyal, A., Baweja, P., Kumar Mahto, R., Mehta, S., Pujari Mallikarunja, B., Vijayan, R., Saluja, S., Kumar, V., Dhiman, S.K., Lal, S.K. and Rajendran, A.* (2022). Harnessing heterosis and male sterility in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]: A critical revisit. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 981768. (IF: 4.1)

2020

Rajendran, A.,* Lal, S.K. (2020). Assessing the need of pre-germination anaerobic stress tolerant varieties in Indian Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merril). National Academy Science Letters, 43, 593-597. (IF: 1.2)

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Books 

3) Title - Genetics and Breeding of Pulse Crops (2014)

Editors - R Vijayan, SH Wani, Rajendran A, Kumar VV 

Publisher - Kalyani Publishers (ISBN:978-93-272-8487-4)

4) Title - Handbook of Cereals

Editors - Madhulika Singh, Ambika Rajendran, Roshni Vijayan and Deepak Kumar Singh 

Publisher - Kalyani Publishers (ISBN:978-93-272-8487-4)

Book Chapters 

Bhat, R.A., Reddy, N.R.S., Mondal, S., Sharma, A., Harika, A., Parab, A.R., Ramlal, A.*, Rajendran, A.*, Subramaniam, S. and Raju, D. (2025). Pangenomics and secondary metabolism. In: Chen, J.-T. (eds) Plant pangenomes and pangenomics, Elsevier (Under production).

Kumari, N., Prakash, A., Tiwari, P., Kumar, A., Ranjan, S., Ray, P., Taku, M., Rajendran, A., & Ramlal, A., (2024). Origin, Diversity, Floral Biology, Pollination and Genetics in Foxtail Millet. In: Mishra, S., Kumar, S., Srivastava, R.C. (eds) Genetic improvement of small millets. pp. 351-364, Springer, Singapore. 

Ramlal, A., Dey, N., Sharma, U.* and Rajendran, A*. (2022). In-silico studies to reveal the potential inhibitory capacity of soy isoflavonoids against angiotensin-converting enzyme. In Coreference Proceedings: Chopra, H., Ghuriani, V., Arora, P.M., Babbar, S., and Baweja P. (eds) Sustainable future for humanity: The new learning curve. pp. 155-167, Imperial Publications, Mumbai, India.  

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