Expert View

 Han, Y.,  Fu, J.,  Xiang, P., Cao, Y.,  Rathinasabapathi, B.,  Chen, Y.,  Ma, LQ (2017)     Arsenic and phosphate rock impacted the abundance and diversity of bacterial arsenic oxidase and reductase genes in rhizosphere of As-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata Journal of Hazardous Materials 321: 146-153.

 

 Liu, X., Fu, J., Da Silva, E., Shi, X., Cao, Y., Rathinasabapathi, B., Chen, Y., Ma, LQ (2017)      Microbial siderophores and root exudates enhanced goethite dissolution and Fe/As uptake by As-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata.  Environmental Pollution 223: 230-237. 

 

Fu, J., Liu, X., Han, Y., Mei, H., Cao, Y., de Oliveira, L., Liu, Y., Rathinasabapathi, B., Chen, Y., Ma, LQ (2017) Arsenic-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata efficiently solubilized phosphate rock to sustain plant growth and As uptake.  Journal of Hazardous Materials 330: 68-75.

 

Chen, Y., Han, Y.,  Cao, Y.,  Zhu, Y.,  Rathinasabapathi, B.,  Ma, LQ (2017)        Arsenic transport in rice and biological solutions to reduce arsenic risk from rice. Frontiers in plant science 8

                                                                             

Oliveira, LM., Suchismita, D.,  Gress, J., Rathinasabapathi, B.,  Chen, Y.,  Ma, LQ (2017)            Arsenic uptake by lettuce from As-contaminated soil remediated with Pteris vittata and organic amendment.  Chemosphere 176:                             249-254. 

 

Grigio, ML, Chagas, EA., Rathinasabapathi, B.,Chagas, PC., da Silva, ARV., Sobral, STM.,  de Oliveira, RR. (2017) Qualitative evaluation and biocompounds present in different parts of camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia) fruit.  African Journal of Food Science           11: 124-129. 

 

Han, Y., Liu, X., Rathinasabapathi, B., Li, H., Chen, Y., Ma, LQ (2017) Mechanisms of efficient As solubilization in soils and As accumulation by As-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata.  Environmental Pollution 227:                                     569-577. 

 

Balal, RM., Shahid, MA., Vincent, C., Zotarelli, L., Liu, G., Mattson, NS., Rathinasabapathi, B., Martínez-Nicolas, JJ., Garcia-Sanchez, F (2017) Kinnow mandarin plants grafted on tetraploid rootstocks are more tolerant to Cr-toxicity than those grafted on its diploids one.  Environmental and Experimental Botany 140: 8-18.                                    

                                                                             

Chen Y, Fu JW, Han YH, Rathinasabapathi B, Ma LQ (2016)  High As exposure induced substantial arsenite efflux in As-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata.  Chemosphere 144: 2189-2194. 

 

Han YH, Fu JW, Chen Y, Rathinasabapathi B, Ma LQ (2016)  Arsenic uptake, arsenite efflux and plant growth in hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata:  Role of arsenic-resistant bacteria.  Chemosphere 144: 1937-1942. 

 

De Oliveira LM, Gress J, De J, Rathinasabapathi B, Marchi G, Chen Y, Ma, LQ (2016) Sulfate and chromate increased each other’s uptake and translocation in As-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata.  Chemosphere 147: 36-43. 

 

Goncalves, EC, Wilkie, AC, Kirst M, Rathinasabapathi, B (2016) Metabolic regulation of triacylglycerol accumulation in the green algae:  identification of potential targets for engineering to improve oil yield.  Plant Biotechnol J. 14: 1649-1660.

 

Goncalves, EC, Koh, J., Zhu N, Yoo MJ, Chen S, Matsuo, T, Johnson JV, Rathinasabapathi, B (2016) Nitrogen starvation-induced accumulation of triacylglycerol in the green algae:  Evidence for a role for ROC40, a transcription factor involved in circadian rhythm.  Plant Journal 85: 743-757.

 

Vilarinho, L.B.O., Silva, D.J.H., Greene, A., Salazar, K.D., Alves, C., Eveleth, M., Nichols, B., Tehseen, S., Khoury Jr., J.K., Johnson, J.V., Sargent, S.A., Rathinasabapathi, B. (2015)  Inheritance of fruit traits in Capsicum annuum:  Heirloom cultivars as sources of quality parameters relating to pericarp shape, color, thickness and total soluble solids.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 140: 597-604.  

 

Javaid, M.M., Bhan, M., Johnson, J.V., Rathinasabapathi, B., Chase, C.A. (2015) Biological and chemical characterizations of allelopathic potential of diverse accessions of the cover crop Sunn hemp.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 140: 532-541.

 

Ghosh, P., Rathinasabapathi, B., Ma, L.Q. (2015) Phosphorus solubilization and plant growth enhancement by arsenic-resistant bacteria.  Chemosphere 134: 1-6. 

 

Ghosh, P., Rathinasabapathi, B., Teplitski, M., Ma L.Q. (2015) Bacterial ability in AsIII oxidation and AsV reduction:  Relation to arsenic tolerance, P uptake, and siderophore production.  Chemosphere 138 : 995-1000. 

 

El-Zohri, M., Odjegba, V., Ma, L., Rathinasabapathi, B (2015) Sulfate influx transporters in Arabidopsis thaliana are not involved in arsenate uptake but critical for tissue nutrient status and arsenate tolerance.  Planta 241: 1109-1118. 

 

Lessl, J.T., Guan, D.X., Sessa, E., Rathinasabapathi, B., Ma, L.Q. (2015)  Transfer of arsenic and phosphorus from soils to the fronds and spores of arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata and three non-hyperaccumulators.  Plant Soil 390: 49-60. 

 

Wang, X., Peng, B., Tan, C., Ma, L., Rathinasabapathi, B. (2015) Recent advances in arsenic bioavailability, transport and speciation in rice.  Environ Sci Pollut Res 22: 5742-5750.

 

Chen YS, Han YH, Rathinasabapathi B, Ma LQ (2015)  Naming and function of ACR2, arsenate reductase, and ACR3 arsenite efflux transporter in plants.  Environ. Int. 81:  98-99. 

 

Sun, H.J., Rathinasabapathi, B., Wu, B., Luo, J, Pu, L.P., Ma, L.Q. (2014)  Arsenic and selenium toxicity and their interactive effects in humans. Environ. Int. 69: 148-158.  

 

Zhu L.J., Guan, D.X., Luo, J., Rathinasabapathi, B., Ma, L.Q. (2014) Characterization of arsenic-resistant endophytic bacteria from hyperaccumulators Pteris vittata and Pteris multifida.  Chemosphere 113: 9-16.  

 

Tisarum, R., Lessl, J., Dong, X., de Oliverria LM, Rathinasabapathi, B., Ma, L.Q. (2014) Antimony uptake, efflux and speciation in arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata.  Environmental Pollution 186: 110-114.  

 

Goncalves, E., Johnson, J., Rathinasabapathi, B (2013) Nitrogen starvation in biofuel green algae:  Recycling of membrane lipid acyl groups to triacylglycerol and the formation of lipid bodies at early and late time points.  Planta 238: 895-906. 

 

Krishnamurthy, A., Rathinasabapathi, B (2013) Oxidative stress tolerance in plants:  Novel interplay between auixn and reactive oxygen species signaling.    Plant Signaling and Behavior doi 10.4161/psb.25761.

 

Krishnamurthy, A., Rathinasabapathi, B (2013) Auxin and its transport play a role in plant tolerance to oxidative stress from arsenite, high temperature stress and salinity in Arabidopsis thaliana.  Plant Cell, & Environment 36: 1838 - 1849. 

 

Lessl, J.T., Ma, L.Q., Rathinasabapathi, B, Guy C (2013) A novel phytase from Pteris vittata resistant to arsenate, high temperature, and soil inactivation.  Environmental Science and Technology 47: 2204-2211.

 

Wang X, Rathinasabapathi, B., Oliveira, L.M., Guilherme, L.R.G., Ma, L.Q. (2012)  Bacteria-mediated arsenic oxidation and reduction in the growth media of arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L.  Environmental Science and Technology 46: 11259-11266.  

 

Mathew, S., Ma, L.Q., Rathinasabapathi, B. (2011) Uptake and translocation of arsenite and arsenate by Pteris vittata L: effects of glycerol, antimonite and silver. Environmental Pollution (6 pages, in press).

 

Ghosh,P., Rathinasabapathi, B., and Ma, L.Q. (2011) Arsenic-resistant bacteria enhanced arsenic solubilization and promoted the growth of arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. Bioresource Technology 102:8756-8761. 

 

Tu, S., Ma, L.Q., Rathinasabapathi, B. (2011) Characterization of phytase from three ferns with differing arsenic tolerance. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 49: 146-150. 

 

Mathews S., Ma L.Q., Rathinasabapathi, B., Natarajan, S., Saha, U.K. (2010) Arsenic transformation in the growth media and biomass of hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. Bioresource Technology 101:8024-8030.   

 

Huang A**., Teplitski M., Rathinasabapathi B., Ma L.Q. (2010) Characterization of arsenic-resistant bacteria from the rhizosphere of arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 56:236-246. . 

 

Wei S., Ma L.Q., Saha U., Mathews S., Sundaram S., Rathinasabapathi B., Zhou Q (2010) Sulfate and glutathione enhanced arsenic accumulation by arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. Environmental Pollution 158:1530-1535. 

 

Wang X, Ma L.Q., Rathinasabapathi B., Liu Y., Zeng G. (2010) Uptake and translocation of arsenite and arsenate by Pteris vittata L.: Effects of silicon, boron and mercury. Environmental and Experimental Botany 68: 222-229. 

 

Sundaram, S., Rathinasabapathi B (2010) Transgenic expression of fern Pteris vittata glutaredoxin PvGrx5 in Arabidopsis thaliana increases plant tolerance to high temperature stress and reduces oxidative damage to proteins. Planta 231: 361-369. 

 

Brunings A, Datnoff L, Ma JF, Nagamura Y, Rathinasabapathi B, Kirst M. (2009) Effect of silicon amendment on gene expression patterns in rice. Annals of Applied Biology 155: 161-170. 

 

 Kertulis G, Rathinasabapathi B, Ma LQ (2009) Characterization of glutathione reductase and catalase in the fronds of two Pteris ferns upon arsenic exposure. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 47: 960-965. 

 

Sundaram S, Wu S, Ma LQ,  Rathinasabapathi B. (2009)  Expression of a Pteris vittata glutaredoxin PvGRX5 in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana increases plant arsenic tolerance and decreases arsenic accumulation in the leaves.  Plant Cell & Environment 32: 851-858. 

 

 Sethi A, McAuslane HJ, Rathinasabapathi B, Nuessly GS, Nagata RT (2009)  Enzyme induction as a possible mechanism for latex-mediated insect resistance in romaine lettuce.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 190-200.  

 

Rangasamy M, Rathinasabapathi B, McAuslane HJ, Cherry RH, Nagata RT. (2009) Role of leaf sheath lignification and anatomy in resistance against Southern chinch bug (Hemiptera: Blissidae) in St. Augustinegrass. Journal of Economic Entomology 102: 432-439. 

 

Rangasamy M, Rathinasabapathi B,  McAuslane HJ, Cherry RH, and Nagata RT. (2009). Oxidative responses of St.Augustinegrasses challenged by southern chinch bug, Blissus insularis Barber (Hemiptera: Blissidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 796-805.

 

 

Srivastava, M., Ma, L.Q., Rathinasabapathi, B., Srivastava, P. (2008)  Effect of selenium on arsenic uptake in arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata     L.Bioresource Technology 100: 1115-1121.   

 

Sundaram, S., Rathinasabapathi, B., Ma L.Q., Rosen, B.P. (2008) An arsenate-activated glutaredoxin from the arsenic hyperaccumulator fern Pteris vittata L. regulates intracellular arsenite. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283: 6095-6101. 

 

Fayiga, A.O., Ma L.Q., Rathinasabapathi, B. (2008) Effects of nutrients on arsenic accumulation by arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. Environmental and Experimental Botany 62: 231-237. 

 

Ferguson, J., Rathinasabapathi, B., Warren, C.. (2008) Red cedar and Magnolia woodchip mulches for weed suppression in containerized woody ornamentals. Hort Technology 18: 266-270.

 

Rathinasabapathi,B., Rangasamy,M., Froeba,J., Cherry,R.H., McAuslane,H.J., Capinera,J.L., Srivastava, M., Ma, L.Q. (2007). Arsenic hyperaccumulation in the Chinese brake fern (Pteris vittata L.) deters grasshopper (Schistocerca americana (Drury)) herbivore.  New Phytologist 175:363-369.  

 

Rathinasabapathi, B. (2006) Ferns represent an untapped biodiversity for improving crops for environmental stress tolerance. New Phytologist 172:385-390.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B., Wu, S., Sundaram, S, Rivoal, J., Srivastava, M., Ma, L.Q. (2006) Arsenic resistance in Pteris vittata L: Identification of cytosolic triosephosphate isomerase based on cDNA expression cloning in Escherichia coli. Plant Molecular Biology 62:845-857.

 

Berry, A.D., Stall, W.M., Rathinasabapathi, B., Macdonald, G.E., Charudattan, R. (2006) Smooth pigweed (Amaranthus hybridus L.) and livid amaranth (A. lividus) interference with cucumber (Cucumis sativus). Weed Technology 20:227-231.  

 

Berry, A.D., Stall WM, Rathinasabapathi, B., Macdonald, G.E., Charudattan, R. (2006) Aggressivity: cucumber vs. amaranth. Weed Technology 20:986-991.  

 

Rathinasabapathi, B., Raman, S.B., Kertulis, G., Ma, L.Q. (2006) Arsenic-resistant proteobacterium from the phyllosphere of arsenic-hyperaccumulating fern Pteris vittata reduces arsenate to arsenite.  Canadian Journal of Microbiology 52:695-700.

 

Fouad, WM, Rathinasabapathi, B. (2006) Expression of bacterial L-aspartate-alpha-decarboxylase in tobacco increases beta-alanine and pantothenate levels and improves thermotolerance. Plant Molecular Biology 60: 495-505. 

Singh, N.., Ma, L.Q., Srivastava, M., Rathinasabapathi, B. (2006) Metabolic adaptations to arsenic-induced oxidative stress in Pteris vittata L. and Pteris ensiformis L. Plant Science 170:274-282.

 

Fayiga, A.O., Ma, L.Q., Santos, J., Rathinasabapathi, B., Stamps, B., Littell, R.C. (2005). Effects of arsenic species and concentrations on arsenic accumulation by different fern species in a hydroponic system.  International Journal of  Phytoremediation 7:231-240.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B, Raman, S.B. (2005). Exogenous supply of pantoyl lactone to excised leaves increases their pantothenate levels. Annals of Botany 95:1033-1037.  

 

Rathinasabapathi, B., Ferguson, J., M. Gal. (2005). Evaluation of allelopathic potential of wood chips for weed suppression in horticultural production systems. HortScience 40:711-713. 

 

Rathinasabapathi, B. (2004). Survival of Salmonella Montevideo on tomato leaves and mature green tomatoes. Journal of Food Protection 67:2277-2279.

 

Buker, R.S., Rathinasabapathi, B, Stall, W.M., MacDonald, G., Olson, S.M. (2004) Physiological basis for differential tolerance of tomato and pepper to rimsulfuron and halosulfuron. Site of action study. Weed Science 52:201-205.

 

Raman, S.B., Rathinasabapathi, B. (2004). Pantothenate synthesis in plants. Plant Science 167:961-968. 

 

Fayiga, A.O., Ma, L.Q., Cao, X., Rathinasabapathi, B. (2004) Effects of Cd, Ni, Zn and Pb on plant growth and arsenic uptake of the hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata in a contaminated soil. Environmental Pollution 132:289-296.

 

Raman, S.B., Rathinasabapathi, B. (2003) Beta-alanine N methyltransferase of Limonium latifolium. cDNA cloning and functional expression of a novel N- methyltransferase implicated in the synthesis of the osmoprotectant beta-alanine betaine. Plant Physiology132:1642-1651.

 

Aly, M.A.M., Rathinasabapathi, B., Bhalsod, S. (2002) Somatic embryogenesis in members of the Plumbaginaceae: ornmental statice Limonium and sea thrift Armeria maritima. HortScience 37:1122-1123.

 

Aly, M.A.M., Rathinasabapathi, B., Kelly, K. (2002) Somatic embryogenesis in perennial statice Limonium bellidifolium (Gouan) Durmort. Plumbaginaceae. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 68:127-135.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B (2002) Propionate, a source of β-alanine, is an inhibitor of β-alanine methylation in Limonium latifolium, Plumbaginaceae. Journal of Plant Physiology 159:671-674.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B., Fouad, W.M., and C.A. Sigua (2001) β-Alanine betaine synthesis in the Plumbaginaceae. Purification and characterization of a trifunctional, S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent N-methyltransferase from Limonium latifolium leaves. Plant Physiology 126:1241-1249.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B., Sigua, C., Ho, J. and Gage D.A. (2000) Osmoprotectant β-alanine betaine synthesis in the Plumbaginaceae: S-adenosyl-L-methionine dependent N-methylation of β-alanine to its betaine is via N-methyl and N,N-dimethyl β-alanines. Physiologia Plantarum 109:225-231.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B. (2000) Metabolic engineering for stress tolerance: installing osmoprotectant synthesis pathways. Annals of Botany 86:709-716.

 

Nuccio, M.L., Russell, B.L., Nolte, K.D., Rathinasabapathi, B., Gage, D.A. and A.D. Hanson (1998) The endogenous choline supply limits glycine betaine synthesis in transgenic tobacco expressing choline monooxygenase. Plant Journal 16:487- 496.

 

Russell, B.L., B. Rathinasabapathi, and A.D. Hanson (1998) Osmotic stress induces expression of choline monooxygenase in sugar beet and other crops. Plant Physiology 116:859-865.

 

Trossat, C., B. Rathinasabapathi, E. A. Weretilnyk, T.-L. Shen, Z.-H. Huang, D.A. Gage and A.D. Hanson (1998) Salinity promotes accumulation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and its precursor S-methylmethionine in chloroplasts. Plant Physiology 116:165-171.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B, M. Burnet, B.L. Russell, D.A. Gage, P. Liao, G.J. Nye, P. Scott, J. Golbeck and A.D. Hanson (1997) Choline monooxygenase, an unusual iron-sulfur enzyme catalyzing the first step of glycine betaine synthesis in plants: prosthetic group characterization and cDNA cloning. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94: 3454-3458.

 

Trossat, C., B. Rathinasabapathi, and A.D. Hanson (1997)  Transgenically expressed betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase efficiently catalyzes oxidation of dimethylsulfonio-propionaldehyde and omega-amino aldehydes. Plant Physiology 113: 1457-1461.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B., K.F. McCue, D.A. Gage and A.D. Hanson (1994). Metabolic engineering of glycine betaine synthesis: plant betaine aldehyde dehydrogenases lacking typical transit peptides are targeted to tobacco chloroplasts where they confer betaine aldehyde resistance. Planta  193: 155?162.

 

Hanson, A.D., B. Rathinasabapathi, J. Rivoal, M. Burnet, D.A. Gage and M.O. Dillon (1994) Osmoprotective compounds in the Plumbaginaceae: A natural experiment in metabolic engineering of stress tolerance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (U.S.A.) 91: 306?310.  

 

Paquet, L., B. Rathinasabapathi, H. Saini, L. Zamir, D.A. Gage, Z.?H. Huang and A.D. Hanson (1994) Accumulation of the compatible solute 3?dimethylsulfoniopropionate in sugarcane and its relatives, but not other Gramineous crops. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 21: 37?48.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B., D.A. Gage, D.J. Mackill and A.D. Hanson (1993). Cultivated and wild rices do not accumulate glycinebetaine due to deficiencies in two biosynthetic steps. Crop Science 33: 534?538.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B. and J. King (1992). Physiological response of herbicide?resistant cell variants of Datura innoxia to branched?chain amino acids. Plant Science 81: 191?198. 

 

Rathinasabapathi, B. and J. King (1992). An ultrastructural investigation on the uptake of isolated nuclei and micronuclei by plant protoplasts. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 29: 207?214.

 

Hanson, A.D., B. Rathinasabapathi, B. Chamberlin and D.A. Gage (1991). Comparative physiological evidence that ß?alanine betaine and choline?O?sulfate act as compatible osmolytes in halophytic Limonium species. Plant Physiology 97: 1199?1205. 

 

Rathinasabapathi, B. and J. King (1991). Herbicide resistance in Datura innoxia: Kinetic characterization of acetolactate synthase from wild?type and sulfonylurea?resistant cell variants. Plant Physiology 96: 255?261.

 

Mukherjee, S.K., Rathinasabapathi, B., and N. Gupta (1991) Low sugar and osmotic requirements for shoot regeneration from leaf pieces of Solanum melongena L. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 25:13-16.

 

Rathinasabapathi, B., Williams, D., and J. King (1990) Altered feedback sensitivity to valine, leucine and isoleucine of acetolactate synthase from herbicide-resistant variants of Datura innoxia. Plant Science 67:1-6.