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Rathore, Keerti Professor
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My current research interests are in the genetic improvement of important dicot (cotton and tomato) and monocot (rice and sorghum) crops. Protocols for efficient delivery of genes, optimal expression of transgenes, and rapid recovery of transgenic cotton, rice, and sorghum plants have been established in my laboratory. These procedures are being used to conduct both basic and applied research pertaining to crop improvement. Projects include regeneration from cell & tissue cultures, use of new reporter and selectable marker genes to understand and improve the transformation process, promoter analysis, enhancement of disease resistance in plants, conferring draught tolerance to crop plants, conferring insect resistance to crop plants, improving nutritional quality of seeds, and production of recombinant antibodies and vaccines in plants.
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Publications
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academic article
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Vlez Arango, A. M., Darlington, M., Jurat-Fuentes, J. L., Kogel, K., Rathore, K., Smagghe, G., & Whyard, S.
(2024).
RNA Interference in Agriculture: Methods, Applications, and Governance
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Pandeya, D., Campbell, L. M., Puckhaber, L., Suh, C., & Rathore, K. S.
(2022).
Gossypol and related compounds are produced and accumulate in the aboveground parts of the cotton plant, independent of roots as the source. Planta: an international journal of plant biology.
257(1), 21.
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Toinga-Villafuerte, S., Janga, M. R., Isabel Vales, M., & Rathore, K. S.
(2022).
Green fluorescent protein gene as a tool to examine the efficacy of Agrobacterium-delivered CRISPR/Cas9 reagents to generate targeted mutations in the potato genome. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture: an international journal on in vitro culture of higher plants.
150(3), 587-598.
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Toinga-Villafuerte, S., Vales, M. I., Awika, J. M., & Rathore, K. S.
(2022).
CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Mutagenesis of the Granule-Bound Starch Synthase Gene in the Potato Variety Yukon Gold to Obtain Amylose-Free Starch in Tubers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
23(9), 4640-4640.
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Rathore, K. S., Pandeya, D., Campbell, L. M., Wedegaertner, T. C., Puckhaber, L., Stipanovic, R. D., ... Hake, K.
(2020).
Ultra-Low Gossypol Cottonseed: Selective Gene Silencing Opens Up a Vast Resource of Plant-Based Protein to Improve Human Nutrition. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences.
39(1), 1-29.
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Carriere, Y., Yelich, A. J., Degain, B. A., Harpold, V. S., Unnithan, G. C., Kim, J. H., ... Tabashnik, B. E.
(2019).
Gossypol in cottonseed increases the fitness cost of resistance to Bt cotton in pink bollworm. Crop Protection.
126, 104914-104914.
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Hagenbucher, S., Eisenring, M., Meissle, M., Rathore, K. S., & Romeis, J.
(2019).
Constitutive and induced insect resistance in RNAi-mediated ultra-low gossypol cottonseed cotton. BMC Plant Biology.
19(1), 322.
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Hood, E. E., Eversole, K. A., Leach, L., Hogan, M., McHughen, A., Cordts, J., ... Irey, M.
(2019).
Report on the SCRA Nuts and Bolts Workshop II: case studies of citrus greening, Ultra-low Gossypol Cotton, and blight tolerant, low-acrylamide potato. GM crops & food.
10(3), 139-158.
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Janga, M. R., Pandeya, D., Campbell, L. M., Konganti, K., Villafuerte, S. T., Puckhaber, L., ... Rathore, K. S.
(2019).
Genes regulating gland development in the cotton plant. Plant Biotechnology Journal.
17(6), 1142-1153.
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Pandeya, D., Lpez-Arredondo, D. L., Janga, M. R., Campbell, L. M., Estrella-Hernndez, P., Bagavathiannan, M. V., Herrera-Estrella, L., & Rathore, K. S.
(2018).
Selective fertilization with phosphite allows unhindered growth of cotton plants expressing the ptxD gene while suppressing weeds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
115(29), E6946-E6955.
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Alam, M. S., Watanabe, W. O., Carroll, P. M., Gabel, J. E., Corum, M. A., Seaton, P., ... Dowd, M. K.
(2018).
Evaluation of genetically-improved (glandless) and genetically-modified low-gossypol cottonseed meal as alternative protein sources in the diet of juvenile southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma reared in a recirculating aquaculture system. AQUACULTURE.
489, 36-45.
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Pandeya, D., Campbell, L. M., Nunes, E., Lopez-Arredondo, D. L., Janga, M. R., Herrera-Estrella, L., & Rathore, K. S.
(2017).
ptxD gene in combination with phosphite serves as a highly effective selection system to generate transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Plant Molecular Biology: An International Journal on Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry.
95(6), 567-577.
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Janga, M. R., Campbell, L. M., & Rathore, K. S.
(2017).
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Plant Molecular Biology: An International Journal on Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry.
94(4-5), 349-360.
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Joshi, S. G., Kumar, V., Janga, M. R., Bell, A. A., & Rathore, K. S.
(2017).
Response of AtNPR1-expressing cotton plants to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum isolates. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants.
23(1), 135-142.
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Richardson, C. M., Siccardi, A. J., Palle, S. R., Campbell, L. M., Puckhaber, L., Stipanovic, R. D., ... Samocha, T. M.
(2016).
Evaluation of ultra-low gossypol cottonseed and regular glandless cottonseed meals as dietary protein and lipid sources for Litopenaeus vannamei reared under zero-exchange conditions. Aquaculture Nutrition.
22(2), 427-434.
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Sahagun-Ruiz, A., Velazquez, L. V., Bhaskaran, S., Jay, C. M., Morales-Salinas, E., Rathore, K., Wagner, G. G., & Waghela, S. D.
(2015).
Reduction of enterotoxin induced fluid accumulation in ileal loops of neonatal calves with anti-F5 fimbriae recombinant antibody. Veterinary Research Communications: an international journal publishing topical reviews and research articles on all aspects of the veterinary sciences.
39(4), 229-236.
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Urriola, J., & Rathore, K. S.
(2015).
Overexpression of a glutamine synthetase gene affects growth and development in sorghum. TRANSGENIC RESEARCH.
24(3), 397-407.
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Kamo, K., Lakshman, D., & Rathore, K.
(2014).
Disease resistance: molecular mechanisms and biotechnological applications. Preface. Plant Science.
228, 1-2.
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Annon, A., Rathore, K., & Crosby, K.
(2014).
Overexpression of a tobacco osmotin gene in carrot (Daucus carota L.) enhances drought tolerance. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology: Plant.
50(3), 299-306.
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Urriola, J., & Rathore, K. S.
(2014).
Temporal and spatial activities of a rice glutelin promoter in transgenic sorghum. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture: an international journal on in vitro culture of higher plants.
116(2), 227-234.
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Gao, S., Damaj, M. B., Park, J., Beyene, G., Buenrostro-Nava, M. T., Molina, J., ... Mirkov, T. E.
(2013).
Enhanced transgene expression in sugarcane by co-expression of virus-encoded RNA silencing suppressors. PLoS ONE.
8(6), e66046-e66046.
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Ren, Y., Bang, H., Lee, E. J., Gould, J., Rathore, K. S., Patil, B. S., & Crosby, K. M.
(2013).
Levels of phytoene and beta-carotene in transgenic honeydew melon (Cucumis melo L. inodorus). Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture: an international journal on in vitro culture of higher plants.
113(2), 291-301.
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Kumar, V., Joshi, S. G., Bell, A. A., & Rathore, K. S.
(2013).
Enhanced resistance against Thielaviopsis basicola in transgenic cotton plants expressing Arabidopsis NPR1 gene. TRANSGENIC RESEARCH.
22(2), 359-368.
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Palle, S. R., Campbell, L. M., Pandeya, D., Puckhaber, L., Tollack, L. K., Marcel, S., ... Rathore, K. S.
(2013).
RNAi-mediated Ultra-low gossypol cottonseed trait: performance of transgenic lines under field conditions. Plant Biotechnology Journal.
11(3), 296-304.
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Ren, Y., Bang, H., Gould, J., Rathore, K. S., Patil, B. S., & Crosby, K. M.
(2013).
Shoot regeneration and ploidy variation in tissue culture of honeydew melon (Cucumis melo L. inodorus). In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology: Plant.
49(2), 223-229.
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Kumar, V., Parkhi, V., Joshi, S. G., Christensen, S., Jayaprakasha, G. K., Patil, B. S., Kolomiets, M. V., & Rathore, K. S.
(2012).
A novel, conditional, lesion mimic phenotype in cotton cotyledons due to the expression of an endochitinase gene from Trichoderma virens. Plant Science.
183, 86-95.
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Rathore, K. S., Sundaram, S., Sunilkumar, G., Campbell, L. M., Puckhaber, L., Marcel, S., ... Wedegaertner, T. C.
(2012).
Ultra-low gossypol cottonseed: generational stability of the seed-specific, RNAi-mediated phenotype and resumption of terpenoid profile following seed germination. Plant Biotechnology Journal.
10(2), 174-183.
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Chidambara Murthy, K. N., Jayaprakasha, G. K., Kumar, V., Rathore, K. S., & Patil, B. S.
(2011).
Citrus limonin and its glucoside inhibit colon adenocarcinoma cell proliferation through apoptosis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
59(6), 2314-2323.
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Kumar, V., Campbell, L. M., & Rathore, K. S.
(2011).
Rapid recovery- and characterization of transformants following Agrobacterium-mediated T-DNA transfer to sorghum. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture: an international journal on in vitro culture of higher plants.
104(2), 137-146.
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Parkhi, V., Kumar, V., Campbell, L. M., Bell, A. A., & Rathore, K. S.
(2010).
Expression of Arabidopsis NPR1 in Transgenic Cotton Confers Resistance to Non-defoliating Isolates of Verticillium dahliae but not the Defoliating Isolates. Journal of Phytopathology.
158(11-12), 822-825.
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Parkhi, V., Kumar, V., Campbell, L. M., Bell, A. A., Shah, J., & Rathore, K. S.
(2010).
Resistance against various fungal pathogens and reniform nematode in transgenic cotton plants expressing Arabidopsis NPR1. TRANSGENIC RESEARCH.
19(6), 959-975.
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Damaj, M. B., Kumpatla, S. P., Emani, C., Beremand, P. D., Reddy, A. S., Rathore, K. S., ... Mirkov, T. E.
(2010).
Sugarcane DIRIGENT and O-methyltransferase promoters confer stem-regulated gene expression in diverse monocots. 231(6), 1439-1458.
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Sunilkumar, G., Waghela, S. D., Campbell, L. M., & Rathore, K. S.
(2009).
Expression of anti-K99 scFv in transgenic rice tissues and its functional characterization. TRANSGENIC RESEARCH.
18(3), 347-360.
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Parkhi, V., Kumar, V., Sunilkumar, G., Campbell, L. M., Singh, N. K., & Rathore, K. S.
(2009).
Expression of apoplastically secreted tobacco osmotin in cotton confers drought tolerance. Molecular Breeding.
23(4), 625-639.
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Kumar, V., Parkhi, V., Kenerley, C. M., & Rathore, K. S.
(2009).
Defense-related gene expression and enzyme activities in transgenic cotton plants expressing an endochitinase gene from Trichoderma virens in response to interaction with Rhizoctonia solani. Planta: an international journal of plant biology.
230(2), 277-291.
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Ren, S., Mandadi, K. K., Boedeker, A. L., Rathore, K. S., & McKnight, T. D.
(2007).
Regulation of telomerase in Arabidopsis by BT2, an apparent target of TELOMERASE ACTIVATOR1. The Plant Cell.
19(1), 23-31.
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Sunilkumar, G., Campbell, L. M., Puckhaber, L., Stipanovic, R. D., & Rathore, K. S.
(2006).
Engineering cottonseed for use in human nutrition by tissue-specific reduction of toxic gossypol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
103(48), 18054-18059.
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Burrell, A. M., Lineberger, R. D., Rathore, K. S., & Byrne, D. H.
(2006).
Genetic variation in somatic embryogenesis of rose. Hortscience.
41(5), 1165-1168.
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Rathore, K. S., Sunilkumar, G., & Campbell, L. M.
(2006).
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.).
343, 267-279.
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Sunilkumar, G., Campbell, L. M., Hossen, M., Connell, J. P., Hernandez, E., Reddy, A. S., Smith, C. W., & Rathore, K. S.
(2005).
A comprehensive study of the use of a homologous promoter in antisense cotton lines exhibiting a high seed oleic acid phenotype. Plant Biotechnology Journal.
3(3), 319-330.
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Jay, C. M., Bhaskaran, S., Rathore, K. S., & Waghela, S. D.
(2004).
Enterotoxigenic K99+ Escherichia coli attachment to host cell receptors inhibited by recombinant pili protein. Veterinary Microbiology.
101(3), 153-160.
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Sunilkumar, G., Mohr, L., Lopata-Finch, E., Emani, C., & Rathore, K. S.
(2002).
Developmental and tissue-specific expression of CaMV 35S promoter in cotton as revealed by GFP. Plant Molecular Biology: An International Journal on Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry.
50(3), 463-474.
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Sunilkumar, G., Connell, J. P., Smith, C. W., Reddy, A. S., & Rathore, K. S.
(2002).
Cotton alpha-globulin promoter: isolation and functional characterization in transgenic cotton, Arabidopsis, and tobacco. TRANSGENIC RESEARCH.
11(4), 347-359.
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Emani, C., Sunilkumar, G., & Rathore, K. S.
(2002).
Transgene silencing and reactivation in sorghum. Plant Science.
162(2), 181-192.
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Sunilkumar, G., & Rathore, K. S.
(2001).
Transgenic cotton: factors influencing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and regeneration. Molecular Breeding.
8(1), 37-52.
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Rao, K. V., Rathore, K. S., Hodges, T. K., Fu, X., Stoger, E., Sudhakar, D., ... Gatehouse, J. A.
(1998).
Expression of snowdrop lectin (GNA) in transgenic rice plants confers resistance to rice brown planthopper. The Plant Journal.
15(4), 469-477.
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RAO, K. V., RATHORE, K. S., & HODGES, T. K.
(1995).
PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL-PARAMETERS FOR ELECTROPORATION-MEDIATED GENE DELIVERY INTO RICE PROTOPLASTS. TRANSGENIC RESEARCH.
4(6), 361-368.
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Rathore, K. S., Chowdhury, V. K., & Hodges, T. K.
(1993).
Use of bar as a selectable marker gene and for the production of herbicide-resistant rice plants from protoplasts. Plant Molecular Biology: An International Journal on Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry.
21(5), 871-884.
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Rathore, K. S., Cork, R. J., & Robinson, K. R.
(1991).
A cytoplasmic gradient of Ca2+ is correlated with the growth of lily pollen tubes. Developmental Biology.
148(2), 612-619.
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Rathore, K. S., Hotary, K. B., & Robinson, K. R.
(1990).
A Two-Dimensional Vibrating Probe Study of Currents around Lateral Roots of Raphanus sativus Developing in Culture. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.
92(2), 543-546.
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Wang, C., Rathore, K. S., & Robinson, K. R.
(1989).
The responses of pollen to applied electrical fields. Developmental Biology.
136(2), 405-410.
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Rathore, K. S., & Robinson, K. R.
(1989).
Ionic Currents Around Developing Embryos of Higher Plants in Culture. Biological Bulletin.
176(2S), 46-48.
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Rathore, K. S., Hodges, T. K., & Robinson, K. R.
(1988).
Ionic basis of currents in somatic embryos of Daucus carota. Planta: an international journal of plant biology.
175(2), 280-289.
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RATHORE, K. S., & GOLDSWORTHY, A.
(1985).
ELECTRICAL CONTROL OF SHOOT REGENERATION IN PLANT-TISSUE CULTURES. Bio/technology (Nature Publishing Company).
3(12), 1107-1109.
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GOLDSWORTHY, A., & RATHORE, K. S.
(1985).
THE ELECTRICAL CONTROL OF GROWTH IN PLANT-TISSUE CULTURES - THE POLAR TRANSPORT OF AUXIN. Journal of Experimental Botany.
36(168), 1134-1141.
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RATHORE, K. S., & GOLDSWORTHY, A.
(1985).
ELECTRICAL CONTROL OF GROWTH IN PLANT-TISSUE CULTURES. Bio/technology (Nature Publishing Company).
3(3), 253-254.
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Vlez Arango, A. M., Darlington, M., Jurat-Fuentes, J. L., Kogel, K., Rathore, K., Smagghe, G., & Whyard, S.
(2024).
RNA Interference in Agriculture: Methods, Applications, and Governance
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chapter
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Rathore, K. S., Campbell, L. M., Sherwood, S., & Nunes, E.
(2015).
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.).
AGROBACTERIUM PROTOCOLS, VOLUME 2, THIRD EDITION.
(pp. 11-23).
Springer Nature.
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Rathore, K. S.
(2010).
Cotton. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry.
GENETIC MODIFICATION OF PLANTS: AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY.
(pp. 269-285).
Springer Nature.
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Rathore, K. S., Sunilkumar, G., Cantrell, R. G., Reding, H. K., & Hague, S.
(2008).
Cotton. Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants.
(pp. 199-238).
Wiley.
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Hodges, T. K., Lyznik, L. A., Rao, K. V., Kononowicz, H., Rathore, K. S., & Su, R.
(2008).
FLP/ FRT -mediated manipulation of transgenes in the plant genome. Rice Genetics Collection.
(pp. 207-221).
World Scientific Publishing.
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Rathore, K. S.
(2007).
Cotton. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry.
Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry.
(pp. 107-127).
Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
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Rathore, K. S., Sunilkumar, G., & Campbell, L. M.
(2006).
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.).
Agrobacterium Protocols.
(pp. 267-280).
Springer Nature.
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Rathore, K. S., Campbell, L. M., Sherwood, S., & Nunes, E.
(2015).
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.).
AGROBACTERIUM PROTOCOLS, VOLUME 2, THIRD EDITION.
(pp. 11-23).
Springer Nature.
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conference paper
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Rathore, K. S., Sunilkumar, G., Puckhaber, L., Stipanovic, R. D., Monjur, H. M., Hernandez, E., & Smith, C. W.
(2003).
Improvements in the nutritional quality of the cottonseed. 417-420.
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Rathore, K. S., & Stipanovic, R. D.
(1999).
Analysis of gossypol and related terpenoids in antisense transgenic cotton plants. 445.
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Rathore, K. S., Sunilkumar, G., Puckhaber, L., Stipanovic, R. D., Monjur, H. M., Hernandez, E., & Smith, C. W.
(2003).
Improvements in the nutritional quality of the cottonseed. 417-420.
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patent
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Rathore, K. S., Sunilkumar, G., & Campbell, L. M.
(2019).
Cotton plant with seed-specific reduction in gossypol
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Mirkov, E., Damaj, M., Reddy, A., Thomas, T., Rathore, K., Emani, C., & Kumpatla, S.
(2011).
Stem-regulated, plant defense promoter and uses thereof in tissue-specific expression in monocots
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Damaj, M., Mirkov, E., Reddy, A., Thomas, T., Rathore, K., Emani, C., & Kumpatla, S.
(2010).
Stem-regulated, plant defense promoter and uses thereof in tissue-specific expression in monocots
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Mirkov, E., Damaj, M., Reddy, A., Thomas, T., Rathore, K., Emani, C., & Kumpatla, S.
(2008).
Stem-regulated, plant defense promoter and uses thereof in tissue-specific expression in monocots
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Damaj, M., Mirkov, E., Reddy, A., Thomas, T., Rathore, K., Emani, C., & Kumpatla, S.
(2007).
Stem-regulated, plant defense promoter and uses thereof in tissue-specific expression in monocots
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Rathore, K. S., Sunilkumar, G., & Campbell, L. M.
(2019).
Cotton plant with seed-specific reduction in gossypol
Research
principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- MEPS691 Research Instructor
- SCSC691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Annon, Ali Hani Hamza (2012-10). Overexpression of Tobacco Osmotin Protein in Carrot (Daucus carota L.) to Enhance Drought Tolerance.
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Jauregui, Rosa Noemi (2015-05). Introgression of the Ultra-Low Gossypol Cottonseed Trait in Elite Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Cultivars.
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Urriola Simons, Jazmina Itzel (2013-08). Biotechnological Approaches for Genetic Improvement of Sorghum.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Plant Physiology, Imperial College London - (London, Westminster, United Kingdom) 1981
Contact
first name
- Keerti
has last name
- Rathore
mailing address
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Texas A&M Agrilife Research
Institute For Plant Genomics & Biotechnology-Ipgb
2123 TAMUS
College Station, TX 77843-2123
USA
Other
In the News
- USDA announces new plant biotechnology regulations News Release
- rathore@tamu.edu