Publications

Research Publications (peer-reviewed) (*undergraduate and **graduate students)

Srivastava**, A., P. Venkatachalam, K. Raghothama and S.V. Sahi. Identification of lead-regulated genes by suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) in the heavy metal accumulator plant Sesbania drummondii. Planta (2006) (accepted).

Srivastava**, A., M. Israr, J. L. Gardea-Torresdey, J. G. Parsons , S. V. Sahi. Accumulation, speciation and cellular localization of copper in Sesbania drummondii. Chemosphere (2006) (under review).

Singh, S. R., V.A. Dennis, C.L. Carter, S.R. Pillai, A. Jefferson, S.V. Sahi, S.S. Hollingshead. Recombinant RSV-F protein genetically linked with modified cholera toxin induces Th1/Th2 mixed immune response (2006) (submitted)

       Jain, A. S.V. Sahi and K.G. Raghothama. Molecular Mechanisms of Phosphate Deficiency Responses. Plant Breeding Reviews (2006) (in press).

Sharma, N., S.V. Sahi, S. Nath, J.G. Parsons, J. Gardea-Torresdey and T. Pal. Gold nanoparticles synthesis in a wild shrub and reduction of the toxic pollutant by biomatrix-embedded nanomaterials. Adv. Materials (2006) (under review).

Sajwan, K.S., S. Paramasivam, A.K. Alva, and S. V. Sahi. (2006). Fly Ash-Organic Byproduct Mixture as Soil Amendment. P.p. 387-399. In Viable Methods of Soil and Water Pollution Monitoring, Protection and Remediation. In Irena Twardowska, Herbert E. Allen and Max H. Haggblom, NATO Science Series, Springer Publishers, Netherlands.

Sharma, N.C., D.L. Starnes* and S.V. Sahi. Phytoextraction of Excess Soil Phosphorus. Environ. Poll. (2006) (in press).

Israr, M. and S.V. Sahi. Bioaccumulation and physiological effects of mercury in Sesbania drummondii. Chemosphere 65, 591-598 (2006)

Ruley**,A.T., N. C. Sharma, S.V. Sahi, S. R. Singh, K. S. Sajwan. Effects of lead and chelators on growth, photosynthetic activity and Pb uptake in Sesbania drummondii. Environ. Poll. 144, 11-14 (2006).

Israr, M., J. Jain and S.V. Sahi. Cadmium accumulation and antioxidative responses in the Sesbania drummondii callus. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 121-127 (2006)

Rosa, G., J.L. Gardea-Torresdey, J.R. Peralta-Videa, G. Cruz-Jimenez, M. Duarte-Gardea, A. Martinez, I. Cano-Aguilera, N.C. Sharma, S.V. Sahi. EDTA effect on lead uptake and translocation by Tumbleweed (Salsola kali): agar and hydroponics Studies. Environ. Toxicol. Chem (2006) (accepted)

Roberson*, E., R. Fowler, S. V. Sahi. Development of a quantitative Real Time –PCR method with specificity for a broad spectrum of fungi. Mycological Research (2006) (under review)

Sharma, N.C. and S. V. Sahi. Characterization of phosphate accumulation in Lolium multiflorum for remediation of phosphorus-enriched soils. Environ. Sci. and Technol. 39, 5475-5480 (2005).

Sharma, N. C. and S. V. Sahi. Physiology of lead accumulation and tolerance in a lead accumulating plant (Sesbania drummondii), In: Trace Elements in the Environment: Biogeochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioremediation, eds. M.N.V. Prasad, R. Naidu, K. Sajwan, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp 425-438, (2005).

Sharma, N., S. Sahi, J. Jain. Sesbania drummondii cell cultures: ICP-MS determination of the accumulation of Pb and Cu. Microchem. J. 81, 163-169 (2005)

Fowler, R. F., E. D. Roberson*, S. V. Sahi. Quantitative real-time PCR assays of bacterial DNA in sediments of the Flint-Mammoth Cave System and association of Nitrospira species with speleoactive sites. J. Cave & Karst Res. (under revision) (2005).

Ruley**, A. T., N. C. Sharma, S. V. Sahi. Antioxidant defense in a lead accumulating plant, Sesbania drummondii. Plant Physiol. & Biochem. 42, 899-906 (2004).

Sahi, S.V., N.C. Sharma. Phytoremediation of Lead (Book Chapter). Trace and Ultra-trace Elements in Plants and Soil. Ed. I. Shtangeeva – Advances in Ecological Sciences Series, WIT Press, UK, 209-222, (2004).

Cheepala**, S., N. Sharma, S.V. Sahi. Rapid in vitro regeneration of Sesbania drummondii. Biol. Plant. 48(1): 13-18 (2004).

Sharma, N. C., S. V. Sahi, J. C. Jain, K. G. Raghothama. Enhanced accumulation of phosphate by Lolium multiflorum cultivars grown in phosphate-enriched medium. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38, 2443-2448 (2004).

Sharma, N. C., J. L. Gardea-Torresdey, J. Parsons, S. V. Sahi. Chemical speciation and cellular deposition of lead in Sesbania drummondii. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23(9), 134-139 (2004).

Ruley**, A. T., N. C. Sharma, S. V. Sahi. Transport and sequestration of lead by Sesbania drummondii. Proc. 7^th International conference on the biogeochemistry of trace elements. editors: G. R. Gobran and N. Lepp, Vol. 1(I), 194-195 (2003).

Sharma, N.C, J. Jain, S.V. Sahi. Evaluation of phosphate phytoremediation potential of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum). Proc. 2^nd International Congress on Balancing Food and Environmental Security - A continuing challenge, New Delhi, vol 2. 1009-1010 (2002).

Mohamalawari**, D., N. Sharma, P. Cristae, S. V. Sahi. Transformation of maize by 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-2H-1,4-benzoxazine-3(4H)-one resistant Agrobacterium strains. Biotechnol. Letters 24: 197-203 (2002).

Boswell*, C., N.C. Sharma, S.V. Sahi. Copper-tolerance and–accumulation potential of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 69 (4), 546-553 (2002).

S.V Sahi, N. Bryant*, S. R. Singh and N. Sharma. Characterization of a lead hyperaccumulator shrub, Sesbania drummondii. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36, 4676-4680 (2002).

Fowler, R., L. Breeding*, J. Ovesen*, C. Groves, S.V. Sahi. A DNA fingerprinting technique to survey microbial diversity in caves. Proc. 15^th Annual National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Tucson. AZ 131-137 (2001)

Barlow, R**., N. Bryant*, J. Andersland and S.V. Sahi. Lead Hyperaccumulation be Sesbania drummondii. Proc. of the 2000 Conference on Hazardous Waste Research 112-114 (2001).

Hutchinson, M.J., T. Senaratana, S.V. Sahi and P. K. Saxena. Light mediates endogenous plant growth substances in thidiazuron-induced somatic embryogenesis in geranium hypocotyl cultures. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. 9, 1-6 (2000).

Sahi, S. V., V. Faison**, Natalie L. Bryant* and John Andersland. Accumulation of heavy metals by Sesbania species. Proc. 5^th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements. editors: W.W. Wenzel, D.C. Adriano, B. Alloway, H.E. Doner, C. Keller, N.W. Lepp, M. Mench, R. Naidu and G.M. Pierzynski. Vol. I, 582-583 (1999).

Chang, C.-C., R.D. Locy, R. Smeda, S.V. Sahi and N.K. Singh. Photoautotrophic tobacco cells adapted to grow at high salinity. Plant Cell Reports 16: 495-502 (1997).

Faison, V.**, S. V. Sahi, Kirk Manuel and Spyros Pavlostathis. Uptake of copper metal by Crotalaria sp. (Rattle Box). Proceedings of WERC/HSRC-97 Joint Conference on the Environment, Albuquerque, NM, 519-523 (1997).

Sahi, S. V., C.E. Anderson and W.S. Chilton. The corn wound metabolite DIMBOA causes cell death in tobacco and corn. Plant Science 108, 31-40 (1995).

Sahi, S. V., R. Gagliardo, M.-D. Chilton and W.S. Chilton. A thin layer chromatographic technique for detecting inducers of Agrobacterium virulence genes in corn, wheat and rye. Plant Cell Reports 13, 489-492 (1994).

Sahi, S.V., Mary-Del Chilton and W. Scott Chilton. Corn metabolites affect growth and virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 3879-3883 (1990).

Sahi, S.V., M.-D. Chilton and W.S. Chilton. Metabolites in maize which affect virulence induction of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Physiol. 89(4), 86 (1989).

Sahi, S.V., P.K. Saxena, G.D. Abrams, J. King. Identification of the biochemical lesion in a pantothenic requiring auxotroph of Datura innoxia P. Mill. J. Plant Physiol. 133, 277-280 (1988).

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