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  1. Yusuf, M., Khan, M. T. A., Saeed, T., Faizan, M., & Gururani, M. A. (2025) Role of Hydrogen Peroxide in Regulation of Photosynthesis and Its Crosstalk with Other Phytohormones under Abiotic Stress. In Hydrogen Peroxide (pp. 101-126). CRC Press.

  2. Karumannil, S., Saeed, T., Khan, M. T. A., Yusuf, M., Kappachery, S., & Gururani, M. A. (2025) Physiological and Molecular Inferences of Plant Hydrogen Peroxide Metabolism During Stress Conditions. In Hydrogen Peroxide (pp. 65-89). CRC Press.

  3. Saraswat, A., Tian, J., Hraiz, F. M., Al Harasi, L. Z., Al Mayahi, M. H., Alyahyaee, Mayank A. Gururani, Yuan Liu, & Kumar, A. (2025). Root and Leaf Traits of Alfalfa Exhibit Distinct Responses to Soil Microbial Communities and Environmental Stresses. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 4(1), e70038.

  4. El-Mahrouk, M., Ekramy, A. M., Gabr, M. K., Aly, M. A., Mohamed, A., Eisa, E., & Gururani, M. A. (2024) Response of Salvia officinalis to Zinc and Silicon Nanoparticles and Pollen Extract as Alternates to Traditional Fertilizers. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1469691.

  5. Abbas, M., Gururani, M. A.*, Ali, A., Bajwa, S., Hassan, R., Batool, S. W., ... & Wei, D. (2024). Antimicrobial Properties and Therapeutic Potential of Bioactive Compounds in Nigella sativa: A Review. Molecules, 29(20), 4914.

  6. AlNeyadi, S., Kappachery, S., Khan, T.A., Karumannil, S., AlHosani, M. and Anand Gururani, M., 2024. Ectopic expression of potato ARP1 encoding auxin-repressed protein confers salinity stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. PloS one, 19(10), p.e0309452.

  7. Bianchetti, R., Ali, A., & Gururani, M. (2024). Abscisic Acid and Ethylene Coordinating Fruit Ripening Under abiotic stress. Plant Science, 112243.

  8. Shala, A. Y., Aboukamar, A. N., & Gururani, M. A. (2024). Exogenous Application of Gamma Aminobutyric Acid Improves the Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical Attributes in Lavandula dentata L. under Salinity Stress. Horticulturae, 10(4), 410.

  9. Kappachery, S., AlHosani, M., Khan, T.A.......... & Gururani, M. A. (2024). Modulation of antioxidant defense and PSII components by exogenously applied acetate mitigates salinity stress in Avena sativa. Scientific Reports 14, 620. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51302-5 

  10. Khan, T. A., Kappachery, S., Karumannil, S., AlHosani, M., Almansoori, N., Almansoori, H., ... & Gururani, M. A. (2023). Brassinosteroid Signaling Pathways: Insights into Plant Responses under Abiotic Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(24), 17246.

  11. Alyammahi, O., Kappachery, S., Sasi, S., Ghosh, R., Venkatesh, J., Varghese, N., ... & Gururani, M. A. (2023). Ectopic Expression of the Potato StD26 Encoding a Ribosomal Protein S27 Enhances Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 1-13.

  12. Bahgat, A. R., Dahab, A. A., Elhakem, A., Gururani, M. A.*, & El-Serafy, R. S.* (2023). Integrated Action of Rhizobacteria with Aloe vera and Moringa Leaf Extracts Improves Defense Mechanisms in Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Cultivated in Saline Soil. Plants, 12(21), 3684.

  13. Saeed, T., Khan, T. A., Ahmad, A., Yusuf, M., Kappachery, S., Fariduddin, Q., ... & Gururani, M. A. (2023). Exploring the Effects of Selenium and Brassinosteroids on Photosynthesis and Protein Expression Patterns in Tomato Plants under Low Temperatures. Plants, 12(19), 3351.

  14. Gururani, M. A. (2023). Photobiotechnology for abiotic stress resilient crops: Recent advances and prospects. Heliyon Vol. 9, Issue 9, e20158.

  15. Parashar, M., Dhar, S. K., Kaur, J., Chauhan, A., Tamang, J., Singh, G. B., ... & Gururani, M. A. (2023). Two Novel Plant-Growth-Promoting Lelliottia amnigena Isolates from Euphorbia prostrata Aiton Enhance the Overall Productivity of Wheat and Tomato. Plants, 12(17), 3081.

  16. Karumannil, S., Khan, T. A., Kappachery, S., & Gururani, M. A. (2023). Impact of Exogenous Melatonin Application on Photosynthetic Machinery under Abiotic Stress Conditions. Plants, 12(16), 2948.

  17. Sasi, S., Kappachery, S., Venkatesh, J., Ghosh, R., & Gururani, M. A. (2023). Overexpression of potato StPIP2-7 ameliorates PEG-induced osmotic stress in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Plant Growth Regulation, 1-15.

  18. Siddique, M. I., Younis, A., Gururani, M. A., & Venkatesh, J. (2023). Application of TILLING as a Reverse Genetics Tool to Discover Mutation in Plants Genomes for Crop Improvement. In: Mutation Breeding for Sustainable Food Production and Climate Resilience (pp. 233-268). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

  19. Gururani, M. A., Atteya, A. K., Elhakem, A., El-Sheshtawy, A. N. A., & El-Serafy, R. S. (2023). Essential oils prolonged the cut carnation longevity by limiting the xylem blockage and enhancing the physiological and biochemical levels. Plos one, 18(3), e0281717.

  20. Gururani, M.A. (2023). Plant RNA-binding proteins as key players in abiotic stress physiology. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences 11 (1), 41-53

  21. Eisa, E. A., Honfi, P., Tilly-Mándy, A., & Gururani, M. A. (2023). Exogenous Application of Melatonin Alleviates Drought Stress in Ranunculus asiaticus by Improving Its Morphophysiological and Biochemical Attributes. Horticulturae, 9(2), 262.

  22. Eisa, E. A., Tilly-Mándy, A., Honfi, P., Shala, A. Y., & Gururani, M. A. (2022). Chrysanthemum: A Comprehensive Review on Recent Developments on In Vitro Regeneration. Biology, 11(12), 1774.

  23. Mudgal, G., Kaur, J., Chand, K., Parashar, M., Dhar, S. K., Singh, G. B., & Gururani, M. A. (2022). Mitigating the Mistletoe Menace: Biotechnological and Smart Management Approaches. Biology, 11(11), 1645.

  24. Gururani, M. A. (2022). In vivo assessment of salinity stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing Solanum tuberosum D200 gene. Biologia plantarum, 66, 123-131.

  25. Shala, A. Y., & Gururani, M. A. (2021). Phytochemical Properties and Diverse Beneficial Roles of Eucalyptus globulus Labill.: A Review. Horticulturae, 7(11), 450.

  26. Kappachery, S., Sasi, S., Alyammahi, O., Alyassi, A., Venkatesh, J., & Gururani, M. A. (2021). Overexpression of cytoplasmic Solanum tuberosum Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) gene improves PSII efficiency and alleviates salinity stress in Arabidopsis. Journal of Plant Interactions, 16(1), 398-410.

  27. Alyammahi, O., & Gururani, M. A. (2020). Chlorophyll-a Fluorescence Analysis Reveals Differential Response of Photosynthetic Machinery in Melatonin-Treated Oat Plants Exposed to Osmotic Stress. Agronomy, 10(10), 1520.​

  28. Varghese, N., Alyammahi, O., Nasreddine, S., Alhassani, A., & Gururani, M. A. (2019). Melatonin Positively Influences the Photosynthetic Machinery and Antioxidant System of Avena sativa during Salinity Stress. Plants, 8(12), 610.​

  29. Akilan, S., Halima, T. H., Sasi, S., Kappachery, S., Baniekal-Hiremath, G., Venkatesh, J., & Gururani, M. A. (2019). Evaluation of osmotic stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing Solanum tuberosum D200 gene. Journal of Plant Interactions, 14(1), 79-86.

  30. Sasi S, Venkatesh J, Daneshi RF, Gururani MA. Photosystem II Extrinsic Proteins and Their Putative Role in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Higher Plants. Plants (2018), 7(4); 100.

  31. Gururani MA*, Venkatesh J, Ghosh R, Strasser RJ, Ponpandian LN, Bae, HH Chlorophyll-a fluorescence evaluation of PEG-induced osmotic stress on PSII activity in Arabidopsis plants expressing SIP1. Plant Biosystems (2018) 152(5), 945-952 (*corresponding author)

  32. Choi, B., Ghosh, R., Gururani, M.A., Shanmugam, G., Jeon, J., Kim, J., Park, S.C., Jeong, M.J., Han, K.H., Bae, D.W. and Bae, H., 2017. Positive regulatory role of sound vibration treatment in Arabidopsis thaliana against Botrytis cinerea infection. Scientific Reports (2017) 7. 

  33. Ghosh R, Gururani MA, Ponpandian, L. N., Mishra, R. C., Park, S. C., Jeong, M. J., & Bae, H. (2017). Expression Analysis of Sound Vibration-Regulated Genes by Touch Treatment in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science (2017), 8. 

  34. Gururani MA*, Mohanta TK, Bae H*. Current understanding on the interplay between phytohormones and photosynthesis under environmental stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2015) 16(8), 19055-19085 (*corresponding author)

  35. Gururani MA, Ganesan M, Song PS. Photo-Biotechnology as a tool to improve agronomic traits in crops. Biotechnology Advances (2015) 33:1, 53-63 

  36. Gururani MA, Venkatesh J, Tran LS. Regulation of photosynthesis under abiotic stress induced photoinhibition. Molecular Plant (2015) 8: 1304-1320 

  37. Gururani MA, Ganesan M, Song PS. Transgenic turfgrasses expressing hyperactive Serine599Alanine Phytochrome A mutant exhibit abiotic stress tolerance. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation DOI 10.1007/s00344-015-9502-0 (2015) 

  38. Gururani MA, Venkatesh J, Ganesan M, Strasser RJ, Han YJ, Kim JI, Lee HY, Song PS. In vivo assessment of cold tolerance through chlorophyll-a fluorescence in transgenic zoysiagrass plants expressing mutant phytochrome A. PLoS ONE (2015) 

  39. Gururani MA, Upadhyaya CP, Strasser RJ, Yu JW, Park SW. Physiological and biochemical responses of transgenic potato plants with altered expression of PSII manganese stabilizing protein. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 58 (2012) 182-194 

  40. Gururani MA, Upadhyaya CP, Strasser RJ, Yu JW, Park SW. Evaluation of abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic potato plants with reduced expression of PSII manganese stabilizing protein indicates its role in potato tuberization. Plant Science 198 (2013) 7-16 

  41. Gururani MA, Upadhyaya CP, Baskar V, Nookaraju A, Venkatesh J, Park SW. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria enhance abiotic stress tolerance in Solanum tuberosum through inducing changes in the expression of ROS scavenging enzymes and improved photosynthetic performance. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (2013) 32 (2) 245-258 

  42. Ji SH, Gururani MA,Chun SC. Expression analysis of rice pathogenesis-related proteins involved in stress response and endophytic colonization properties of GFP-tagged Bacillus subtilis CB-R05. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2014) 174(1), 231-241

  43. Ji SH, Gururani MA, Lee JW, Ahn BO, Chun SC. Isolation and characterization of a dwarf rice mutant exhibiting defective gibberellins biosynthesis. Plant Biology (2014) 16 (2), 428-439 

  44. Ji SH, Gururani MA, Chun SC. Isolation and characterization of plant growth promoting diazotrophic bacteria from Korean Rice Cultivars. Microbiological Research (2014) 169 (1), 83-98 

  45. Upadhyaya CP, Gururani MA, Prasad, Verma A. A cell wall extract from Piriformospora indica promotes tuberization in potato (Solanum tuberosum) via enhanced expression of Ca+2 signaling pathway and lipoxygenase gene expression. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2013) 170 (4), 743-755

  46. Gururani MA. Altered expression of 33kDa Photosystem II protein in potato plant. Lambert Acad Publ, Germany ISBN-13: 978-3-659-41808-2 (2013)

  47. Gururani MA, Park SW. Engineered resistance against filamentous pathogens in Solanum tuberosum Journal of General Plant Pathology (2012) 78 (6) 377-388

  48. Gururani MA, Venkatesh Jelli, Upadhyaya CP, Nookaraju A, Pandey SK, Park SW. Plant Disease Resistant Genes: Current status and Future Directions. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (2012) 78: 51-65. (most downloaded article of PMPP since 2012) 

  49. Baskar V, Gururani MA, Yu JW, Park SW. Engineering Glucosinolates in Plants: Current Knowledge and Potential Uses. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2012) 168 (6), 1694-1717

  50. Yu JW, Choi JS, Upadhyaya CP, Kwon SO, Gururani MA, Nookaraju A, Nam JH, Choi CW, Kim SI, Hemavathi A, Kim HS, Jeon JH, Park SW. Dynamic proteome profiles during in vitro potato tuber development. Plant Science (2012) 195, 1-9 

  51. Upadhyaya CP, Venkatesh J, Gururani MA, Asnin L, Sharma K, Hemavathi A, Park SW. Transgenic potato overproducing L-ascorbic acid resisted an increase in methylglyoxal under salinity stress via maintaining higher reduced glutathione level and glyoxalase enzyme activity. Biotechnology Letters (2011) 33 (11), 2297-2307 

  52. Pandey SK, Nookaraju A, Upadhyaya CP, Gururani MA, Venkatesh J, Kim DH, Park SW. An Update on Biotechnological Approaches for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Tomato. Crop Science (2011) 51:1–22. IF 1.5

  53. Mudgal G, Mudgal B Gururani MA, Venkatesh J. 'Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) hyperparasitizing Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f) Ettingsh', Arch Phytopath Plant Prot (2011) 44: 3, 282-286

  54. Upadhyaya CP, Nookaraju A, Gururani MA, Upadhyaya DC, Kim DH, Chun SC, Park SW. An update on the progress towards the development of marker-free transgenic plants. Botanical Studies (2010) 51:3, 277-292. 

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