Publications
Publications
Selected Peer Reviewed Articles
- Ma, Y., Devi, M.J., Feng, X., Li, Y., Song, L., Gao, H. and Cao, B., 2023. Transcriptome analysis reveals the fruit color variation in Ailanthus altissima. Physiologia Plantarum, p.e13867. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppl.13867
- Ma, Y., Cao, B., Devi, M.J., Feng, X., Li, Y., Song, L. and Gao, H., 2023. Characterization of GALA (α-galactosidase) gene family and studying its response to elevated CO2 in Lycium barbarum. Environmental and Experimental Botany, p.105270. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847223000655
- Devi, M.J., Reddy, V.R. and Timlin, D., 2022. Drought-Induced Responses in Maize under Different Vapor Pressure Deficit Conditions. Plants, 11(20), p.2771. https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/20/2771
- Ma, Y., Devi, M.J., Song, L., Gao, H. and Cao, B., 2022. Genome survey sequencing of and identification of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Silvae Genetica, 71(1), pp.47-53. DOI:10.2478/sg-2022-0006
- Matusinec, D., Maule, A., Wiesman, E., Atucha, A., Devi, M.J. & Zalapa, J., 2022. The New Cranberry Wisconsin Research Station: Renovation Priorities of a ‘Stevens’ Cranberry Marsh Based on Visual Mapping, Genetic Testing, and Yield Data. International Journal of Fruit Science, 22(1), 121-132.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15538362.2021.2014016
- Ma, Y., Devi, M.J., Reddy, V.R., Song, L., Gao., H., & Cao., B. 2021.Cloning and characterization of three sugar metabolism genes (LBGAE, LBGALA, and LBMS) regulated in response to elevated CO2 in Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum L.). Plants 10 (2), 321.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10020321
- Singh, S.K., Reddy, V.R., Devi, M.J. and Timlin, D.J., 2021. Impact of water stress under ambient and elevated carbon dioxide across three temperature regimes on soybean canopy gas exchange and productivity. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-13.
|https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96037-9
- Barnaby, J.Y., Kim, J., Devi, M.J., Fleisher, D.H., Tucker, M.L., Reddy, V.R. and Sicher, R.C., 2020. Varying Atmospheric CO2 Mediates the Cold-Induced CBF-Dependent Signaling Pathway and Freezing Tolerance in Arabidopsis. International journal of molecular sciences, 21(20), 7616.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21207616
- Devi, M.J. and Reddy, V.R., 2020. Stomatal closure response to soil drying at different vapor pressure deficit conditions in maize. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 154, pp.714-722.
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.07.023
- Devi, M.J. and Reddy, V.R., 2020. Cotton genotypic variability for transpiration decrease with progressive soil drying, Agronomy, 10(9), 1290.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10091290
- Ma, Y., Reddy, V. R., Devi, M. J., Song, L., and Cao, B. (2019). De novo characterization of the Goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) fruit transcriptome and analysis of candidate genes involved in sugar metabolism under different CO2 concentrations. Tree physiology, 39(6), 1032-1045 https://academic.oup.com/treephys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/treephys/tpz014/5368476
- Devi, M. J., and Reddy, V. R. (2018). “Effect of temperature under different evaporative demand conditions on maize leaf expansion.” Environmental and Experimental Botany, 155, 509-517.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.07.024
- Devi, M. J., and Reddy, V. R. R. (2018). “Transpiration response of cotton to vapor pressure deficit and its relationship with stomatal traits.” Frontiers in plant science, 9, 1572.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01572
- Sinclair, T. R., Devi, M.J., Shekoofa, A., Choudhary, S., Sadok, W., Vadez, V., Riar, M., and Rufty, T. (2017). “Limited-transpiration response to high vapor pressure deficit in crop species.” Plant Science, 260, 109-118.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.04.007
- Devi, M. J., Sinclair, T. R., Jain, M., and Gallo, M. (2016). “Leaf aquaporin transcript abundance in peanut genotypes diverging in expression of the limited‐transpiration trait when subjected to differing vapor pressure deficits and aquaporin inhibitors.” Physiologia plantarum, 156(4), 387-396.
doi: 10.1111/ppl.12378
- Devi, M. J., Sinclair, T. R., and Taliercio, E. (2016). “Silver and zinc inhibitors influence transpiration rate and aquaporin transcript abundance in intact soybean plants.” Environmental and experimental botany, 122, 168-175.
DOI : 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2015.10.006
- Devi, M. J., Sinclair, T. R., and Taliercio, E. (2015). “Comparisons of the effects of elevated vapor pressure deficit on gene expression in leaves among two fast-wilting and a slow-wilting soybean.” PloS one, 10(10), e0139134.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139134
- Devi, M. J., Taliercio, E. W., and Sinclair, T. R. (2015). “Leaf expansion of soybean subjected to high and low atmospheric vapour pressure deficits.” Journal of experimental botany, 66(7), 1845-1850.
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru520
- Beebe, S. E., Rao, I. M., Devi, M. J., and Polania, J. (2014). “Common beans, biodiversity, and multiple stresses: challenges of drought resistance in tropical soils.” Crop and Pasture Science, 65(7), 667-675.
https://doi.org/10.1071/CP13303
- Devi, J. M., Sinclair, T. R., Chen, P., and Carter, T. E. (2014). “Evaluation of elite southern maturity soybean breeding lines for drought-tolerant traits.” Agronomy Journal, 106(6), 1947-1954.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212700
- Devi, J. M., Rowland, D. L., Payton, P., Faircloth, W., and Sinclair, T. R. (2013). “Nitrogen fixation tolerance to soil water deficit among commercial cultivars and breeding lines of peanut.” Field crops research, 149, 127-132.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2013.04.026
- Devi, M. J., and Sinclair, T. (2013). “Fixation drought tolerance of the slow-wilting soybean PI 471938.” Crop Science, 53(5), 2072-2078.
https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2013.02.0095
- Devi, M. J., Sinclair, T. R., Beebe, S. E., and Rao, I. M. (2013). “Comparison of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes for nitrogen fixation tolerance to soil drying.” Plant and Soil, 364(1-2), 29-37.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1330-4
- Shekoofa, A., Devi, J. M., Sinclair, T. R., Holbrook, C. C., and Isleib, T. G. (2013). “Divergence in drought-resistance traits among parents of recombinant peanut inbred lines.” Crop Science, 53(6), 2569-2576.
https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2013.03.0153
- Devi, M. J., Sadok, W., and Sinclair, T. R. (2012). “Transpiration response of de-rooted peanut plants to aquaporin inhibitors.” Environmental and Experimental Botany, 78, 167-172.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.01.001
- Devi, M., Bhatnagar‐Mathur, P., Sharma, K., Serraj, R., Anwar, S., and Vadez, V. (2011). “Relationships between transpiration efficiency and its surrogate traits in the rd29A: DREB1A transgenic lines of groundnut.” Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 197(4), 272-283.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-037X.2011.00464.x
- Devi, M. J., and Sinclair, T. R. (2011). “Diversity in drought traits among commercial southeastern US peanut cultivars.” International Journal of Agronomy, 2011.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/754658
- Devi, M. J., Sinclair, T. R., and Vadez, V. (2010). “Genotypic variation in peanut for transpiration response to vapor pressure deficit.” Crop Science, 50(1), 191-196.
https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2009.04.0220
- Devi, M. J., Sinclair, T. R., and Vadez, V. (2010). “Genotypic variability among peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) in sensitivity of nitrogen fixation to soil drying.” Plant and Soil, 330(1-2), 139-148.
DOI:10.1007/s11104-009-0185-9
- Bhatnagar-Mathur, P., Devi, M. J., Vadez, V., and Sharma, K. K. (2009). “Differential antioxidative responses in transgenic peanut bear no relationship to their superior transpiration efficiency under drought stress.” Journal of plant physiology, 166(11), 1207-1217.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2009.01.001
- Bhatnagar-Mathur, P., Vadez, V., Devi, M.J., Lavanya, M., Vani, G., and Sharma, K. K. (2009). “Genetic engineering of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with the P5CSF129A gene for osmoregulation with implications on drought tolerance.” Molecular Breeding, 23(4), 591-606.
DOI 10.1007/s11032-009-9258-y
- Devi, M. J., Sinclair, T., Vadez, V., and Krishnamurthy, L. (2009). “Peanut genotypic variation in transpiration efficiency and decreased transpiration during progressive soil drying.” Field Crops Research, 114(2), 280-285.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2009.08.012
- Mathur, P., Devi, M. J., Reddy, D. S., Lavanya, M., Vadez, V., Serraj, R., Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K., and Sharma, K. K. (2007). “Stress-inducible expression of At DREB1A in transgenic peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) increases transpiration efficiency under water-limiting conditions.” Plant Cell Reports, 26(12), 2071-2082.
doi: 10.1007/s00299-007-0406-8
- Krishnamurthy, L., Vadez, V., Devi, M. J., Serraj, R., Nigam, S., Sheshshayee, M., Chandra, S., and Aruna, R. (2007). “Variation in transpiration efficiency and its related traits in a groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) mapping population.” Field Crops Research, 103(3), 189-197.