Dr Anjana Jajoo Professor; School of Life Sciences Head; School of Biotechnology Devi Ahilya University, Indore - 452001, INDIA Tel.91-731-477166 E-mail: anjanajajoo@hotmail.com

Introduction Dr. Anjana Jajoo completed her M.Sc. in Biochemistry (1986) and Ph.D. in Life Sciences from Devi Ahilya University, Indore (1993). She is presently working as Professor, at School of Life Sciences, Indore (M.P.). She has teaching experience of 20 years and research experience of 30 years. Her area of research is photosynthesis and abiotic stresses in crop plants. Her research experience is depicted from quality publications and high number of citations. She is reviewer for many International journals of repute and guest editor for some of the renowned journals. She has been awarded many prestigious awards and fellowships at national as well as International level. She has collaborations with scientists and academicians across the world. She has attended several international conferences as an invited speaker and chairperson. Currently she is holding additional responsibility of Head, School of Biotechnology, DAVV, Indore. She has more than 90 original papers and 14 book chapters with cumulative impact factor of around 250. She has publications in journals of high repute such as Nature Plant, BBA (Bioenergetics), FEBS letters, Photosynthesis Research, JBC, BBRC, Journal of Experimental Botany, Physiologia Plantarum, Plant Science, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Ecotoxicological and Environmental Safety, Journal of Photochemistry Photobiology B: Biology etc.

Total citations: 2546, Citations in last 5 years: 2167 (as on 19th Sep. 2019) h-index: 23, i10- 46.

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=rdkWr1kAAAAJ&hl=en

About Photosynthesis Group The photosynthesis group in school of life sciences, Devi Ahilya University focuses on the light reaction of photosynthesis. Our group is also involved in characterization of structural and functional heterogeneity of photosystem II in response to various abiotic stresses. Our recent interest includes effects of environmental pollutants like Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) on photosynthetic performance in crop plants. Profile Professional Qualifications

Ph.D. Life Sciences 1993 M.Sc BioChemistry 1986

Employed as a Lecturer in School of Life sciences, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India, 1999-2003

Senior Lecturer, School of Life sciences, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India, 2003-2008

Reader, School of Life sciences, DAVV, 2008- 2014. Professor, from 2014 - till date. Number of students awarded Ph.D. under supervision : 14 Number of students presently registered for Ph.D.: 05

Honours and Awards

Selected for Research Associate ship by Council for Science and Industrial Development (CSIR) , India, 1996

Selected for Young scientist Project by Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, 1997

Worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Faculty of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, 2002-2003.

Selected for Cultural Fellowship by University Grants Commission (UGC), India to visit Hungary in 2005 (not availed).

Member of Indian delegation of scientists to visit Moscow, Russia under Integrated Long Term Programme (ILTP) of DST-Russian Academy of Science (RAS) 2006.

Awarded grant from Indian National Science Academy (INSA) to attend conference abroad, 2007.

Awarded Overseas Research Associate ship of Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India) to carry out research abroad, 2007

Awarded Hungarian State Scholarship from Hungarian State Board (HSB)to carry out research work in Hungary, 2009

Awarded DST-DAAD fellowship to visit Germany under Exchange of Senior Scientist (2010).

Awarded Best Science Research Award for teachers in Biological sciences, DAVV, by MPCST (2012).

Selected for DBT-CREST (Cutting-edge Research Enhancement and Scientific Training) award (2012)

Awarded Common Wealth Academic Fellowship to carry out research in University of Leeds, UK, 2014.

Awarded Euphrates Erasmus mundus fellowship to visit Poland for one month (2017)

Honored and awarded for great achievements in understanding of Plant stress at International conference on Photosynthesis and Hydrogen energy research for sustainability, at University of Hyderabad, Oct 2017

Memberships of Societies

Member, International Society for photosynthesis Research (ISPR) Member, Japanese Society of Plant Physiology (JSPP), 2003-2004. Member, Indian Photobiology Society Member, Scandinavian Society for Plant Physiology, Sweden. (2005-07) Member, Asia Pacific EPR Society (APES), 2008.

Research Interest

The main focus of my research was the roles and effects of anions in regulating various photosynthetic processes. I had an opportunity to collaborate with Prof. Govindjee (University of Illinois, U.S.A) and Prof. Prasanna Mohanty (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi). We proposed, for the first time, an important role of anions in regulating distribution of absorbed excitation energy, probably by causing state changes. Significant interactive effects of anions and cations on energy distribution has also been shown.

My work in Japan with Prof. Asako Kawamori mainly involved study of the decay kinetics of Tyrosine Z* in formate-inhibited and chloride-depleted PS II membranes by time resolved EPR. My interest has been to characterize PS II heterogeneity under temperature and salinity, the work was done in collaboration with Prof. Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev (Russia). I also worked with Prof. Yasusi Yamamoto

(Okayama University, Japan) and investigated degradation of D1 protein under different stress conditions by SDS-PAGE and western blotting/immunoblotting.I have worked on the investigation of structural reorganizations in Thylakoid membranes under different environmental conditions by the technique of Circular Dichroism (CD). The work was done with Prof. Gyozo Garab (Hungary). I worked on various aspects of membrane structural reorganization in response to stress conditions in the lab of Prof. Eva Mari Aro (Finland).

My current research interest includes exploring Chlorophyll a fluorescence as an innovative tool for quick estimation of plant stress.

Research work done Abroad

Worked as a post-doctoral fellow for 1 year with Prof. Asako Kawamori in Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan (April 02-march 03)

Carried out research work under ILTP of DST-RAS for 1 month with Prof. Sulayman I. Allakhverdiev at Institute for Basic Biological Problems, Puschino, Russia, Sep. 2007.

Carried out research work for 3 months in the lab of Prof. Yasusi Yamamoto, Okayama University, Japan., April-June 2008.

Worked for one and a half month in the lab of Prof. Gyozo Garab in Hungary (May-June 2010).

visited lab of Prof Mathais Roegner (Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany) for 2 weeks to discuss future collaborative project (Dec. 2010).

Visited lab of Prof. Hong-Gil Nam in Postech, South Korea, for discussion regarding future collaborations (2011)

visited Puschino to carry out research work (2012) Worked for 3 months in Plant molecular Biology lab of Prof. Eva Mari Aro

(University of Turku, Finland) from March-May 2013. Worked for 3 months in the lab of Prof. Christine Foyer, University of Leeds,

UK from Sep-Dec 2014 under Common wealth Academic fellowship. Visited Puschino, Russia for 2 weeks to discuss research work (June 2015) Visited Puschino, Russia for 2 weeks to discuss research work (June 2016) Visited Warsaw University of life Science, Warsaw, Poland for 1 month

(May-June 2017) . Visited Guangxi University for 3 weeks to discuss ongoing research and

future research collaborations (Oct. 2018)

Projects completed in India

1. DST Young Scientist Project (HR/SY/B-02/95) 1996-98 2. Co-Investigator in DST sponsored project (SP/SO/A-33/98) entitled "Role of

anions in the regulation of photosynthetic processes in thylakoid membranes". 3. Principle Investigator in UGC sponsored project (F.No.3-221/2001/SRII) entitled

"Effect of temperature stress on the photosynthetic processes: role of anions".

Completed International project

1. Joint Indo-Russian Project (INT/ILTP/B-6.27) under Long term integrated Programme (ILTP) sponsored by DST and Russian academy of Science (RAS). Title: Characterization of PS II heterogeneity and its alteration under temperature and salinity stress. Total cost: Rs. 30 lacs

2. Joint Indo-Russian Project DST-RFBR From 2011 to 2013.

3. Joint Indo-Russian Joint project sponsored by DST, India and RFBR (Russia) 2014-16 Title: Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying damaging effects of environment pollutants-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) on photosynthesis.

Conferences/seminars attended

International 1. XIth International Congress on Photosynthesis at Budapest, Hungary (1998),

Travel funded by CSIR, India. 2. 1st Asian Conference on Photobiology at Awaji Island, Japan (2002) 3. 6th EPR Forum, Konan University, Okamoto, Japan (2002) 4. EPR 2002, Tokyo, Japan (2002) 5. 43rd meeting of Japanese Society of plant Physiologists (JSPP) at Nara, Japan

(2003) 6. Member of Indian delegation under ILTP sent to Puschino Russia (2006) 7. Invited speaker in the conference Post genomic developments in photosynthesis

research held at Puschino Russia (Aug. 2006) 8. Invited Speaker in a Joint conference of International symposium on Electron spin

science and the 46th Annual meeting of the Society of Electron Spin Science and Technology (ISESS-SEST2007) held at Shizouka, Japan (Nov. 2007).

9. Invited Speaker in 6th Asia Pacific EPR Symposium (APES 2008) held at Cairns, Australia (July 2008).

10. Co-Convener in an International conference Photosynthesis in the Global perspective held in Indore (Nov. 2008), India

11. Invited speaker in International conference on Photosynthesis research for Sustainability held in from July 24th-30th, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2011.

12. Invited lectures at Postech, Pohang University of science and Technology, South Korea, Oct. 2011.

13. Attended International conference 'Finnish Plant Science Days' held in Helsinki, Finland 13th-15th May 2013.

14. Invited lecture at James Hutton Institute, Dundee, Scotland (Nov. 2014) 15. Invited lecture in Photosynthesis research Conference in Puschino, Russia (June

2015) 16. Invited speaker in International Conference for Sustainability held in Crete,

Greece, 21-26 Sep.2015. 17. Participated in International conference on Photosynthesis Research for

sustainability held in Puschino (Russia), June 2016. 18. Invited lecture in International conference on Photosynthesis and Hydrogen

energy research for sustainability, at University of Hyderabad, Oct 2017 19. Invited lecture at College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, China (Oct.

2018).

National

1. A training course on "Bioenergetics of Photosynthesis" at JNU, New Delhi (1988).

2. India-Japan Bilateral workshop on "Stress in Plants" at INSA, New Delhi (1998). 3. Winter school on "Recent techniques in gene Cloning, Sequencing and DNA

profiling" at CIMAP, Lucknow (2001). 4. International symposium on "Light and Life" at University of Hyderabad (2007). 5. Workshop on "Intact Plant Photosynthesis" by Prof. Reto Strasser, at Devi

Ahilya University, Indore (2008)

6. Invited speaker at Seminar on Crop Biotechnology at North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, 7th-8th March 2010.

7. Invited Lecture in University of Goa, Jan 2013. 8. Guest lecture at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT),

Hyderabad, 2015 9. Guest lecture at Indian Agricultural research Institute (IARI), Regional station,

Indore (2016)

Lab Members

Present Lab Members Name Position Project Title Dr. Sonal Mathur UGC-PDF-SA-II

(For Women) Alterations in photosynthetic efficiency of C3 and C4 plants in presence and absence of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza fungi under changing environmental conditions.

Dr. Rupal Singh-Tomar

CSIR-RA Interaction and Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) by microalgae.

Mr. Bhupender Singh

UGC-SRF (Rajiv Gandhi National fellow)

Effects of Fluoride toxicity on photosynthesis in Maize and wheat.

Ms. Lakshmi Jain

CSIR-SRF Assessment of toxicity of Pyrene and Anthracene on photosynthetic processes and its Bioremediation.

Ms. Prabha Rai Kalal

UGC JRF Nano-priming of wheat seeds for improving crop yield.

Mr. Tanim Arpit Singh (Co-Supervisor)

------ Production of high fructose syrup (HFS) using Actinobacteria.

Mr.Saket Mishra (Co-Supervisor)

------ Production and Application of bioactive compounds produced by actinobacteria against some plant pathogens.

Alumni

Name (Year) Present Position Dr. Amit Gautam (2015) Research Associate at ICARDA,Station Amlaha,

Sehore

Dr. Divya Agrawal (2015) ----

Dr. Teena Tongra (2015) ----

Dr. Vimal K. Semwal (2014) Post Doctoral Fellow-Abiotic Stress Tolerance Africa Rice Center Ibadan, Nigeria

Dr. Vajinder Kumar (2013)

Research Associate; ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India

Dr. Pooja Dubey (2013) Faculty at Altius College, Indore Dr. Sulabha Sharma (2011)

Worked at Harward Medical School, USA Presently Faculty at SVVV, Indore

Dr. Pooja Singh(2009) Entrepreneur at Bangalore Dr. Shiv Shankar Verma (2008) Presently working as a Post-doc Fellow in Canada

Dr. Arjun Tiwari (2008)

Worked as a post-doc fellow in Department of Experimental Physics, Palacký University, Czech

Republic. Worked as a Scientist in Avasthagen, Banglore. Working as Post - Doc Fellow in University of Turku, Finland

Dr. Uma Shankar Gautam (2007)

Worked as a post-doc fellow AIIMS New Delhi, India. Research Scientist, Senior and Head Microbiology Unit Research Director, Aerobiology Duke Human Vaccine Institute Duke University School of Medicine 909 S. LaSalle St. Durham NC 27710;United States

Dr. Archna Sahay (2007) Faculty at DY Patil ACS College, Pune

Publications 1. A. Jajoo and S. Bharti (1993) Effect of anions on Photosystem I mediated electron

transport in spinach chloroplasts. Journal of Experimental Botany 44,785-790. 2. A. Jajoo and S.Bharti (1993) On the participation of chloride in bicarbonate

induced reversal of anion inhibition in photosystem II electron transport in spinach thylakoids. Physiologia Plantarum 88, 78-84.

3. A. Jajoo, A.Dube and S.Bharti (1994) Mg2+ induced lipid phase transition in thylakoid membranes is reversed by anions. Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications 202,1724-30.

4. A. Jajoo and S.Bharti (1995) Possible role of anions in the regulation of energydistribution between the two photosystems. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 33,67-72.

5. A. Jajoo, S.Bharti and Govindjee (1998) Inorganic anions induce state changes in spinach thylakoid membranes. FEBS Letters 434, 193-196.

6. A. Jajoo and S.Bharti (1999) Interaction of anions and cations in regulating energy distribution between the two photosystems. Photosynthetica (37), 529-535.

7. A. Jajoo, S.Bharti and P.Mohanty (2001) Evaluation of specific roles of anions on lectron transport and energy transfer reactions in photosynthesis. Photosynthetica, 39(3), 321-327.

8. A. Jajoo, N. Katsuta and A. Kawamori (2002) Role of anions in regulating photosynthetic electron transport studied by EPR spectroscopy. Natural Science Review 7, 9-34.

9. A. Jajoo, S.Bharti and A. Kawamori (2004) Study of decay kinetics of Tyrosine Z n Chloride anion-depleted PS II by time-resolved EPR. Photosynthetica, 42 (1), 59-64.

10. A. Jajoo and S. Bharti (2004) Anions and Photochemistry of Chloroplasts. IPS News Letters 28-31.

11. A. Jajoo and S.Bharti (2005) Decay Kinetics Of Tyrosine Radical Anion as Studied by Time-Resolved EPR In Formate-Treated And Chloride- Depleted PS II Membranes. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 11(2), 1-10.

12. A. Jajoo, S.Bharti and A. Kawamori (2005) EPR characteristics of Chloride- depleted PS II membranes in the presence of other anions. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 4, 459-462.

13. A. Jajoo, S.Bharti and A. Kawamori (2005) Interaction of chloride and formate at the PS II donor and acceptor side. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 37, 49-54.

14. A. Jajoo, N. Katsuta, and A. Kawamori (2006) pH dependence of formate effects on the donor side of Photosystem II. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 44(4),186-192.

15. A. Jajoo and A. Kawamori (2006) Anions affect structural organisation of thylakoid membranes. Biologia Plantarum 50(3), 444-446.

16. A. Sahay, A. Jajoo and S. Bharti (2006) A Thermoluminiscence study of the effects of nitrite in spinach thylakoids. Luminiscence 21(3),143-147.

17. A. Sahay, A. Jajoo and S. Bharti (2006) Nitrite regulates distribution of excitation energy between the two photosystems by causing state transition. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 44(1),7-12.

18. P. Singh, A. Jajoo, A.Sahay and S. Bharti (2007) Relation between the mode of binding of nitrite and energy distribution between the two photosystems. Physiologia Plantarum 29:447-454.

19. A.Tiwari, A. Jajoo , S. Bharti and P.Mohanty (2007) Differential response of chloride binding sites to elevated temperature: a comparative study in spinach thylakoids and PSII membranes. Photosynth Res. 93(1) 123-132 (DOI:10.1007/s11120-007-930-z).

20. Us Gautam, A. Jajoo, A.Singh, P.K.Chakrabartty and SK Das (2007) The rpoN gene of Mesorhizobium ciceri is required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation and c4 dicarboxylate utilzation. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2007 103(5):1798-807. (DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03432).

21. S.Sharma, A. Jajoo and A.Dube (2007) Studies on accumulation of ALA - induced photoporphyrin and associated phototoxity in macrophages and oral cancer cell lines. Journal of Photochemistry Photobiology B: Biologyl 88(2-3) 156-162 (DOI: 10.1016 / j.jphoto biol. 2007.07.005).

22. A.Tiwari, A. Jajoo and S. Bharti (2008) Heat-induced changes in the EPR signal of tyrosine D (YDOX): a possible role of Cytochrome b559. J Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 40:237 - 243(DOI:10.1007/s10863-007-9099-5).

23. A.Tiwari, A. Jajoo and S. Bharti (2008) Heat-induced changes in photosystem I activity as measured with different electron donors in isolated spinach thylakoids using EPR spectroscopy Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 7 (4) 485-491. (DOI: 10.1039/b719335a)

24. A. Jajoo, A. Sahay, P. Singh, S. Mathur, S. Zharmukhomadev, SI Allakhverdiev, VV Klimov, and S. Bharti (2008) Elucidating Site of Action of Oxalate in Photosynthetic Electron Transport Chain in Spinach Thylakoid membranes. Photosynthesis Research 77(2), 177-184.(DOI 10.1007/s11120-008-9314-1)

25. P. Mehta, A. Jajoo, S. Mathur, S.I. Allakhverdiev and S. Bharti (2009) High salt stress in coupled and uncoupled thylakoid membranes: A comparative study. Biochemistry (Moscow), 74(6) 620-624 (DOI 10.1134/S0006297909060054).

26. A. Jajoo, K. N. Guruprasad, S. Bharti, P. Mohanty (2009) A report on International Conference "Photosynthesis in the Global Perspective" held in honor of Govindjee, November 27-29, 2008, Indore, India. Photosynthesis Research DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9409-3 .

27. M. Khatoon, K. Inagawa, P. Pospisil, A. Yamashita, M. Yoshioka, B. Lundin, J. Horie, N. Morita, A. Jajoo, Y. Yamamoto and Y. Yamamoto (2009) Quality

control of photosystem II: thylakoid unstacking is necessary to avoid further damage to the D1 protien and to facilitate D1 degradation under light stress in spinach thylakoids.Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284,25343-25352. doi/10.1094/jbc. M109.007740.

28. P. Mehta,A. Jajoo, S. Mathur and S. Bharti (2010) chlorophyll a fluorescence studies revealing effects of high salt stress on Photosystem II. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.48 , 16-20. doi.10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.10.006.

29. A. Jajoo,S. Mathur,P. Mehta,M. Yoshioka, SI. Allakhverdiev, Y. Yamamoto (2010) Study on the effects of chloride depletion on photosystem II using different chloride-depletion methods. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 42:47-53. doi.10.1007/S10863-009-9260-4.

30. S. Mathur, A. Jajoo, P. Mehta and S. Bharti (2011) Analysis of elevated temperature induced inhibition of Photosystem II using Chlorophyll a fluorescence induction kinetics in Wheat leaves. Plant Biology, 13 : 1-6 doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00319.x.

31. P. Singh - Rawal, A. Jajoo and S. Bharti (2010) Fluoride distributes the absorbed excitation energy more in favor of Photosystem I. Biologia Plantarum, 54 (3) 556-560..

32. P. Singh, A. Jajoo, S. Mathur, P. Mehta and S. Bharti (2010) Evidence that pH can drive state transitions in isolated thylakoid membranes from spinach. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 9, 830–837. doi.10.1039/C0PP00055H.

33. P. Mehta, S.I. Allakhverdiev and A. Jajoo (2010) Characterization of Photosystem II heterogeneities in response to high salt stress in wheat leaves during early developmental stage (Photosynthesis Research, doi 10.1007/s11120-010-9588-y.).

34. T. Tongra, P. Mehta, S. Mathur, D. Agrawal, S. Bharti, D. Los, S.I. Allakhverdiev, A. Jajoo (2011) Computational analysis of pH induced changes in Chlorophyll a fluorescence transients (Biosystems, doi 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.07.019).

35. S. Mathur, S.I. Allakhverdiev and A. Jajoo (2011) Analysis of high temperature stress on the dynamics of antenna size and reducing side heterogeneity of Photosystem II in Wheat leaves (Triticum aestivum) (Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1807 :22- 29 DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.09.001).

36. S. Mathur, P. Singh,P. Mehta , A. Jajoo (2011) A comparative study to evaluate the effects of high temperature and low pH on PSII photochemistry in spinach thylakoid membranes. Biologia Plantarum 55 (4): 747-751, 2011.

37. Singh. P, Ziros. O, Bharti. S, Garab. G, Jajoo. A (2011) Mechanism of action of Anions on the electron transport chain in thylakoid membranes of higher plants (Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes DOI: 10.1007/s10863-011-9346-7 ).

38. Mehta P, Krasnovsky V, Bharti S, Allakhverdiev SI, Jajoo A (2011) Analysis of salt-stress induced changes in Photosystem II heterogeneity by prompt fluorescence and delayed fluorescence in wheat (Triticum vulgare)leaves.(DOI. 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.02.016 Journal of Photochemistry Photobiology B:Biology)

39. R. Khanna-Chopra , A. Jajoo, V. Semwal (2011) Chloroplasts and mitochondria have multiple heat tolerant isozymes of SOD and APX in leaf and inflorescence in Chenopodium album, Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications, doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2011

40. A. Jajoo, M. Szabom, Z. Otto and G. Garab (2012) Low pH induced structural reorganizations in thylakoid membranes of higher plants. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1817(8) 1388-1391, doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.01.002 .

41. Jajoo A and Bharti S (2012) Book Chapter: A comprehensive study of the effects of nitrite anion on photosynthetic electron transport chain. In: Photosynthesis: Overviews on recent progress and future prospective, Eds. Itoh S, Mohanty P, Guruprasad KN, I. K. International Publishers, India, pp. 146-157.

42. V. Kumar, DR Thakare, DN Saha, A Jajoo, PK Jain, SR Bhat, R Srinivasan (2012) Characterization of Atprx18 a peroxidase gene and its upstream sequence from Arabidopsis thaliana. J Plant Biochem Biotech DOI 10.2007/s13562-011-0068-z.

43. A. Jajoo (2012) Changes in Photosystem II in response to salt stress. Book Chapter in P. Ahmad et al. (eds.), Ecophysiology and Responses of Plants under Salt Stress, Springer publishers, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4747-4_5, pp 149-168.

44. Rupal Singh-Tomar, Sonal Mathur, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Anjana Jajoo (2012) Changes in PS II heterogeneity in response to osmotic and ionic stress in wheat leaves (Triticum aestivum). Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 44:411-419 DOI 10.1007/s10863-012-9444-1

45. S. Mathur, P. Mehta, A. Jajoo (2012) Effects of dual stress (high salt and high tempera-ture) in wheat leaves (Triticum aestivum) Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, DOI 10.1007/s12298-012-0151-5 .

46. Anjana Jajoo (2012) Changes in photosystem II heterogeneity in response to high salt stress. Book Chapter in Modern (Current) Problems Of Photosynthesis e-book, Moscow.

47. R. Singh - Tomar and A. Jajoo (2013) Alterations in PS II heterogeneity under the influence of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (Fluoranthene)in wheat leaves (T. aestivum) Plant Science doi 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.04.007 .

48. S. Mathur and A. Jajoo (2013) Effect of high temperature stress on growth and crop yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum). In Book "Physiological Mechanisms and Adaptation Strategies in Plants under changing Environment" Springer publishers. (In press)

49. RS Tomar and A Jajoo (2013) A Quick Investigation Of The Detrimental Effects Of Environmental Pollutant Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Fluoranthene On The Photosynthetic processes. Ecotoxicology DOI : 10.1007/s10646-013-1118-1

50. K Nath, A Jajoo, R Sharma-Poudyal, R Timilsina, Y-S Park, E-M Aro, HG Nam, C-H Lee (2013) Towards critical understanding of photosystem II repair mechanism and its regulation during stress conditions.FEBS Letters http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2013.09.015

51. A Gautam, SV Sai Prasad, A Jajoo and Prakash Malviya (2013) Heritability and correlation of yield and its contributing trait under terminal heat (late sown) situations in durum wheat. Progressive Research 8 (2): 203-208

52. A. Gautam, SV Sai Prasad, A Jajoo, P. Malviya (2013) Stability Analysis of yield and its contributing traits in durum wheat under late sown terminal heat stress conditions. Progressive Research 8: 267-272.

53. S Mathur, D Agrawal A Jajoo (2014) Photosynthesis: Limitations in Response to High Temperature Stress. J Photochem Photobiol B:Biol. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.01.010

54. S Kataria, A Jajoo, KN Guruprasad (2014) Impact of Increasing Ultraviolet -B (UV-B) Radiation on Photosynthetic Processes. J Photochem Photobiol B:Biol. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol. 2014.02.004

55. A. Jajoo (2014) Changes in Photosystem II heterogeneity in response to high salt stress. Book Chapter in Contemporary problems in Photosynthesis Vol II (eds. AI Allakhverdiev, AB Rubin, VA Shuvalov), Izhevsk, Moscow, ISBN 978-5-4344-0183-8, pp 397-414

56. A Jajoo, NR Mekala , T Tongra, A Tiwari, M Greico, M Tikkanen, E- M Aro (2014) Low pH induces spillover of energy between two photosystems. FEBS Letters 588: 970-974. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet. 2014.01.056

57. HM. Kalaji, A Jajoo, A Oukarroum, M Brestic, M Zivcak, I Samborska, D. Cetner, V Goltsev, RJ. Ladle, P Ahmad, P Dabrowski (2014) Studying photosynthetic apparatus performance of plants growing under unfavourable growth conditions through the use of chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics analysis. Book Chapter In Emerging Technologies in Crop Stress Tolerance, Elsevier Publishers (In Press).

58. A Jajoo, NR Mekala, RS Tomar, M Grieco, M Tikkanen, E-M Aro (2014) Inhibitory effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on photosynthetic performance are not related to their aromaticity. J Photochem Photobiol B:Biol. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.03.11

59. T Tongra , S Bharti , A Jajoo (2014) Low pH of thylakoid membranes can regulate energy distribution between the 2 photosystems . (Photosynthetica52 (4): 636-640, DOI: 10.1007/s11099-014-0066-1.)

60. Kalaji et al (2014) Frequently Asked Questions about chlorophyll fluorescence: practical issues. Photosynthesis Research doi: 10.1007/s11120-014-0024-6

61. A Jajoo (2014) Stress and Photosynthesis. Editorial for the special issue of J Photochem Photobiol B: Biol, doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol. 2014.05.006

62. S Mathur and A Jajoo (2014) Alterations in photochemical efficiency of photosystem II in wheat plant on hot summer day. Physiol Mol Biol Plants, doi: 10.1007/s12298-014 -0249-z

63. T Tongra, S Bharti, A Jajoo (2014) Cyclic electron flow around PS I is enhanced at low pH. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry,doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.08.002

64. . A Gautum, D Agrawal, SV Saiprasad, A Jajoo (2014) A quick method to screen high and low yielding wheat cultivars exposed to high temperature. Physiol Mol Biol Plants doi: 10.1007/s12298-014-0252-4

65. RS Tomar, A Jajoo (2014) Fluoranthene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, inhibits light as well as dark reactions of photosynthesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum).Ecotoxicology and Environmental safety, doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.08.009.

66. S Tiwari, BC Tripathy, A Jajoo, AB Das, N Murata, PV Sane, Govindjee (2014) Tribute: Prasanna K. Mohanty (1934�2013): a great photosynthetiker and a wonderful human being who touched the hearts of many. Photosynth Res, doi: 10.1007/s11120-014-0033-5

67. Rupal S Tomar, A Sharma, A Jajoo (2015) Assessment of phytotoxicity of Anthracene in Soybean (Glycine max.) by the quick method of chlorophyll fluorescence. Plant Biology doi:10.1111/plb.12302

68. M. Grieco; M. Suorsa; A. Jajoo; M. Tikkanen; Eva-Mari Aro (2015) Light-harvesting II antenna trimers connect energetically the entire photosynthetic

machinery - including both photosystem II and I. Biochim Biophys Acta- Bioenergetics DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.03.004

69. A.Gautum, A.Jajoo, S.V.Saiprasad (2015) Canopy temperature as selection parameter for grain yield and its components in durum wheat under terminal heat stress in late sown conditions. Agricultural Research DOI: 10.1007/s40003-015-0174-6

70. S. Mathur and A. Jajoo (2015) Investigating deleterious effects of Ultra violet (UV) radiations on Wheat by a quick method. Acta Physiologia Plantarum DOI :10.1007/s11738-015-1874-z.

71. Teena Tongra and Anjana Jajoo (2015) Investigating changes in the redox state of Photosystem I at low pH. Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B: Biology DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.06.021

72. Rupal Singh Tomar and Anjana Jajoo (2015) Photo- modified fluoranthene exerts more harmful effects as compared to intact fluoranthene by inhibiting growth and photosynthetic processes. Accepted in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

73. S. S Verma, R. K Sinha and A. Jajoo (2015) (E)-b-farnesene gene reduces Lipaphis erysimi colonization in transgenic Brassica juncea lines. Plant Signaling & Behavior http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2015.1042636

74. D. Agrawal, S.I. Allakhverdiev and A. Jajoo (2015) Cyclic electron flow plays an important role in protection of Spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracia) under high temperature stress. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology , 63(2), 210-215, doi: 10.1134/S1021443716020023.

75. D. Agrawal and A. Jajoo (2015) Investigating primary sites of damage in Photosystem II in response to hightemperature. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology 20(4):304 - 309, DOI: 10.1007/s40502-015-0176-1

76. A. Gautam, S.V.Saiprasad, A.Jajoo, D. Ambati (2015) Study on relationship and selection index of durum wheat genotypes for heat stress conditions (early and late heat stress) in the present scenario of climate change in India. Accepted in Journal of Agricultural Studies.

77. S. Mathur, HM Kalaji, A. Jajoo (2016) Investigation of deleterious effect of Chromium phytotoxicity and photosynthesis in wheat plants.Photosynthetica 54:1-8.

78. A. Jajoo (2016) Effects of environmental pollutants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) on photosynthetic processes. Book Chapter, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

79. A. Jajooand SI Allakhverdiev (2016) High Temperature Stress in Plants: Consequences and Strategies for Protecting Photosynthetic Machinery. Book Chapter, CABI Press, UK.

80. HM.Kalaji, A.Jajoo, A.Oukarroum, M. Brestic, M. Zivcak, IA. Samborska, MD. Cetner, I. Lukasik, V.Goltsev, RJ. Ladle (2016) Chlorophyll a fluorescence as a tool to monitor physiological status of plants under abiotic stress conditions. Acta Physiologia plantarum 38:102 DOI 10.1007/s11738-016-2113-y

81. A.Tiwari, F.Mamedov, M.Grieco, M.Suorsa, A. Jajoo, S.Styring, M.Tikkanen and E-M Aro (2016) Photosystem I functions in non-photochemical energy dissipation when its iron-sulphur clusters are photodamaged. NATURE PLANTS DOI: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.35.

82. A Gautam, SV Sai Prasad, D Ambati, D Agarwal, A Jajoo (2016) Performance of durum wheat genotypes under drought and terminal heat stress conditions in changing climatic conditions. Research and Reviews: J of Botanical Sciences (5), 17-23

83. Kalaji et al (2016) frequently asked questions about Chlorophyll fluorescence, the sequel. Photosynthesis research DOI 10.1007/s11120-016-0318-y

84. Amit Gautum , SV Sai Prasad, D Ambati and A. Jajoo (2017) Genetic analysis of grain yield and its contributing components in diallel crosses of durum wheat (Triticum durum L.) under terminal heat stress conditions. Journal of Wheat Research 8(2): 12-18

85. R Unnep, O Zsiros, Z Horcsik, M Marko, A Jajoo, J Kohlbrecher, G Garab and G Nagy (2017) Low-pH induced reversible reorganizations of chloroplast thylakoid membranes - as revealed by small-angle neutron scattering. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1858, 360-365.

86. J.Olechowicz, C.Chomontowski, P. Olechowicz, S. Pietkiewicz, A. Jajoo, M.H. Kalaji (2017) Impact of intraspecific competition on photosynthetic apparatus efficiency in potato plants. Photosynthetica 10.1007/s11099-017-0728-x

87. C Sharma, RS Tomar, S Mathur, A Jajoo (2017) Investigating role of Triton X-100 in ameliorating deleterious effects of anthracene in wheat plants. Photosynthetica DOI: 10.1007/s11099-017-0715-2

88. M Dhote, A Kumar, A Jajoo, A Juwarkar (2017) Assessment of hydrocarbon degradation potentials in plant-microbe interaction system with oil sludge contamination: A sustainable solution. International journal of Phytoremediation doi: 10.1080/15226514.2017.1328388

89. D Kreslavski, M Brestic, SK Zharmukhamedov, VY Luybimov, AV Lankin, A Jajoo, SI Allakhverdiev (2017) Mechanism of inhibitory effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the primary processes of photosynthesis in pea leaves and thylakoid preparations. Plant Biology DOI: 10.1111/plb/12598

90. S Mathur, V Tripathi, A Jajoo (2017) Damaging effects of Ultra Violet Radiations (UVR) on photosynthetic apparatus. Book chapter Studium Press, USA.

91. Rupal S. Tomar and A. Jajoo (2017) Photosystem I is more tolerant to fluoranthene toxicity by initiating cyclic electron flow. Functional Plant Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/FP17121.

92. Cetner MD, Kalaji HM, Goltsev V, Aleksandrov V, Kowalczyk K, Borucki W, Jajoo A (2017) Effects of Nitrogen-deficiency on efficiency of light-harvesting apparatus in radish. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.08.016 119, 81-92

93. V Kumar, D Saha, D Thakare, A Jajoo, P Jain, S Bhat (2017)A part of the upstream promoter region of SHN2 gene directs trichome specific expression in Arabidopsis thaliana and heterologous plants. Plant Science DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.09.005

94. S. Allakhverdiev and A Jajoo (2017) Mutually beneficial cooperation of Russian and Indian scientists � the basis for the successful development of science. Russian Foundation for basic research, DOI: 10.22204/2410-4639-094-02-78-87

95. A Jajoo, B Singh and RS Tomar (2017) Organic pollutants and Plant growth. e-Book, ISBN 978-620-2-06775-1, Lap Lambert academic publishers, Germany.

96. M Dhote, A Kumar, A Jajoo, A Juwarkar (2018) Assessment of microbial diversity in plant-microbe interaction system with oil-sludge contamination. Accepted in International J of Phytoremediation.

97. IA Samborska, L Sieczko, V Goltsev, W Borucki, HM Kalaji, A Jajoo (2018) Structural and functional disorder in the photosynthetic apparatus in radish plants under magnesium deficiency. Functional Plant Biology, https://doi.org/10.1071/FP17241

98. S Mathur, L Jain and A Jajoo (2018) Photosynthetic efficiency in sun and shade plants. Photosynthetica, 56 (1): 354-365

99. S Mathur, MP Sharma, A Jajoo (2018) Mycorrhizal inoculation improved photosynthetic performance under extreme high temperature conditions. J Photochem Photobiol B:Biol 180 149 154

100. S Mathur, RS Tomar, A Jajoo (2018) Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) protects photosynthetic apparatus of wheat under drought stress. Photosynthesis research, DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0538-4

101. Rupal S Tomar and A Jajoo (2019) Photosynthetic performance of two photosystems during the photo-toxicity of fluoranthene. (accepted in Functional Plant Biology)

102. S Tomar, B Singh, A Jajoo (2019) Effects of organic pollutants on photosynthesis. Book Chapter, Publisher John Wiley, UK. In Press

103. S Mathur, P Raikalal, A Jajoo (2019) Physiological effects of various abiotic stresses on wheat. Book Chapter, Springer Publishers. In Press

104. L Jain, M Dhote, A Jajoo (2019) Assessment of role of Bacillus subtilis (NCIM 5594) in suppressing toxic effects of anthracene on wheat photosynthesis. Accepted in Research in Environment and Life Sciences

105. A Gautum, S.V. SaiPrasad, D Ambati, R Phuke, U Choudhary, A Jajoo (2019) AMMI and GGE Biplot analysis of Indian Durums under terminal heat stress. (Submitted)

106. D Agrawal and A Jajoo (2019) Initiation of cyclic electron flow around PSI stabilizes Photosystem I under high temperature stress. (Submitted)

107. TA Singh; A Jajoo, S Bhasin (2019) Designing Methodology for Immobilization of Actinobacterial Glucose Isomerase. (Submitted)

108. JVS Sunoj, Y Wena, A Jajoo, N I Elsheery, A W Shorta, W-H Zenga, and K-F Cao ((2019) Photosynthetic response and light energy dissipation in six tropical tree species encountering seasonal chilling temperature incidence. (Submitted)

109. S Mathur, A Jajoo (2019) Changes in Photosystem II Heterogeneity with AMF under high temperature stress. (Submitted)

110. D Agrawal and A Jajoo (2019) Role of Magnesium ions in protecting plants from heat stress (under preparation)

Gene Bank Submission Uma Shankar Gautam, Jajoo A, Singh A and Das SK (2006) Identification of

ABC transporter ATP binding protein encoding gene of Mesorhizobium ciceri. Accession No. EF079828, National Centre on Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Bethesda, Maryland USA.

Uma Shankar Gautam, Jajoo A, Singh A and Das SK (2006) Isolation of dctA gene from Mesorhizobium ciceri. TAL620. Accession No. EF103134.

Kumar V, Thakure DR, Jajoo A , Jain PK and Srinivasan R (2009) Isolation of a trichome spacific promoter from T-DNA tagged mutant population of Arabidopsis thaliana. Accession No. GU183401. GenBank, Bethesda, Maryland USA.

Kumar, V., Jajoo, A., Thakare, D.R., Saha, D.N., Jain, P.K., Bhat, S.R. and Srinivasan, R. (2010) Mutant Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 5 trichome-specific protein gene, promoter region. Accession No. HM804860.

Kumar, V., Jajoo, A., Thakare, D.R., Saha, D.N., Jain, P.K., Bhat, S.R. and Srinivasan, R. (2010) Mutant Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 4 GTP-binding protein (At4g39890) gene, partial sequence; and pGKB5 right border T-DNA flanking genomic sequence. Accession No. M804859.

Kumar,V., Jajoo, A., Thakare, D.R., Saha, D.N., Jain, P.K., Bhat, S.R. and Srinivasan, R. (2010) Mutant Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 4 GTP-binding protein (At4g39890) mRNA, 5' UTR. Accession No. HM804858.

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