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Key peer reviewed publications

  • D. M. Firake, K. C. Naga, V. S. Raju Dantuluri, Y. S. Wagh, P. Naveen Kumar, K. V. Prasad, P. Prasanth, S. Tadigiri, J. J. Rajappa, D. Vasanthakumar, R. S. Yadav, K. S. Girish and Sagar Pandit (2024) Blossom midge Contarinia maculipennis Felt infesting tuberose (Agave amica) flowers in India. CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 126, NO. 2. 
    https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/126/02/0263.pdf
     

  • Ghosh R., Metze D., Sant S., Shaikh M., Deshpande A., Firake D. M., Pandit S*. (2023). Chemical ecology of Himalayan eggplant variety's antixenosis: Identification of geraniol as an oviposition deterrent against the eggplant shoot and fruit borer. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18877
     

  • Firake D. M., Ghosh R., Kumar M., Milton A. A. P., Sanjukta R., Behere G. T., Pandit S*. (2022). Bioactivity of Zanthoxylum armatum fruit extracts against Spodoptera frugiperda and Tuta absoluta. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection.  
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-022-00652-1

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  • Shaikh M., Bahulikar R., Chitnis A., and Pandit S.* (2022). GA3-mediated reforestation pioneering mechanism of actinorhizal Elaeagnus conferta Roxb. in the slashed and burnt shifting cultivation lands in India’s megadiversity hotspot. Restoration Ecology, e13705. 
    https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13705
     

  • Umesh K. P., Pandey P. P., Kumar M., & Pandit S. S.* (2021). An untapped plant defense: Eggplant’s steroidal glycoalkaloid solasonine confers deterrence against the Oriental leafworm Spodoptera litura. Entomologia Generalis, 42(1), 101–116. 
    https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2021/1213
     

  • Mitra S., Firake D. M., Umesh K. P., Pandey P. P., & Pandit S*. (2021). Polyphagous caterpillars of Spodoptera litura switch from a trap crop to the main crop, improve fitness, and shorten generation time. Journal of Pest Science, 1-13.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01351-w 

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  • Shaikh M, Pawar M, Pandit S and Mitra S* (2020). Natural predators of the mustard aphid Lipaphis erysimi show differential predation preferences on the aphids feeding on different cole crops. Ind J Hill Farming. 33(2): 356-365.

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  • Sun R., Gols R, Harvey JA, Reichelt M, Gershenzon J, Pandit S, Vassão DG (2020). Detoxification of plant defensive glucosinolates by an herbivorous caterpillar is beneficial to its endoparasitic wasp. Mol Ecol. 29(20): 4014-4031.

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  • Sun R, Jiang X, Reichelt M, Gershenzon J, Pandit S*, and Vassa˜o DG* (2019). Tritrophic metabolism of plant chemical defenses and its effects on herbivore and predator performance. eLife 8: e51029.

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  • Singh SK, Kumar P, Magdum R, Khandelwal U, Deswal S, More Y, Muduli S, Boomishankar R, Pandit S* and Ogale S* (2019). Seed Power: Natural seed and electrospun PVDF nanofibre based triboelectric nanogenerators with high output power density. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2(8), 3164-3170.

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  • Poreddy S, Mitra S, Schöttner M, Chandran JN, Schneider B, Baldwin IT, Kumar P, Pandit S* (2015). Detoxification of hostplant’s chemical defense rather than its anti-predator co-option drives ß-glucosidase-mediated lepidopteran counter-adaptation. Nat Commun, 6: 8525.

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  • Kumar P, Rathi P, Schoettner M, Baldwin IT and Pandit S* (2014) Differences in nicotine metabolism of two Nicotiana attenuata herbivores render them differentially susceptible to a common native predator PLoS ONE, 9(4): e95982.

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  • Kumar P, Pandit S, Steppuhn A, Baldwin IT (2014). Natural history-driven, plant-mediated RNAi-based study reveals CYP6B46’s role in a nicotine-mediated antipredator herbivore defense. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 111(4): 1245-1252.

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  • Kulkarni R, Pandit S, Chidley H, Nagel R, Schmidt A, Gershenzon G, Pujari K, Giri A and Gupta V (2013). Characterization of three novel isoprentenyl diphosphate synthases from the terpenoid rich mango fruit. Plant Physiol Biochem, 71: 121-131.

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  • Kumar P, Pandit S and Baldwin IT (2012). Tobacco rattle virus vector: a rapid and transient means of silencing Manduca sexta genes by plant mediated RNA interference. PLoS ONE, 7, e31347.

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  • Pandit S, Kulkarni RS, Giri AP, Koellner TG, Degenhardt J, Gershenzon G and Gupta VS (2010). Expression profiling of various genes during the fruit development and ripening of mango. Plant Physiol Biochem, 48: 426-433.

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  • Pandit S, Chidley HG, Kulkarni RS, Pujari KH, Giri AP and Gupta VS (2009). Cultivar relationships in mango based on fruit volatile profiles. Food Chem, 114(1): 363-372.

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  • Pandit S, Kulkarni RS, Chidley HG, Giri AP, Pujari KH, Koellner TG, Degenhardt J, Gershenzon G and Gupta VS (2009) Changes in volatile composition during fruit development and ripening of ‘Alphonso’ mango. J Sci Food Agric, 89: 2071–2081.

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  • Pandit S*, Nair AK, and Naik DD (2008). Towards conservation of threatened Ceropegia species endemic to a biodiversity hotspot: in vitro microtuber production and proliferation, a novel strategy. J Forest Environ Sci, 24(2): 79-88.

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  • Anish Kumar N, Naik DD and Pandit S* (2007). High-frequency in vitro flowering in six species of Ceropegia. J Plant Biol, 50 (3): 374- 377.

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  • Pandit S*, Mitra SS, Giri AP and Gupta VS (2007). A quick method for isolating RNA from raw and ripe fleshy fruits as well as for co-isolating DNA and RNA from polysaccharide- and polyphenol-rich leaf tissues. J. Plant Biol. 50(1), 60-64.

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  • Pandit SS, Mitra SS, Giri AP, Pujari KH, Patil BP, Jambhale ND and Gupta VS (2007). Genetic diversity analysis of mango cultivars using inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. Curr Sci, 93 (8): 1135- 1141.

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  • Bahulikar RA, Lagu MD, Kulkarni BG, Pandit S, Suresh HS, Rao MKV, Ranjekar PK and Gupta VS (2004). Genetic diversity among spatially isolated populations of Eurya nitida Korth. (Theaceae) based on inter-simple sequence repeats; Curr sci, 86 (6): 824- 831.

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  • Ghate HV, Borowiec L, Rane NS, Ranade SP and Pandit S (2003). Tortoise beetles and their host plants from Pune (Maharashtra State, India) and nearby places (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae); Genus 14 (4): 519-539.

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Pre-prints

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  • Bardapurkar, R., & Pandit, S. (2023). Trophic microRNA: Precursor and mature microRNA ingestion downregulates the target transcripts and hampers larval development in Plutella xylostella. bioRxiv, 2023-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.21.572757
     

  • Kumar, M., Umesh, K.P., Pandey, P., Firake, D. M., & Pandit, S. (2023). Eggplant's chlorogenic acid provides resistance against the tropical armyworm. bioRxiv, 2023-02. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.10.527964
     

  • Binayak, G., Deshpande, A., Dahanukar, N., Ingale, P., Subaharan, K., Thirumalahatti Munikrishnappa, V.K., Ghate, H. and Pandit, S. (2023). Sniffer beetles: Odor imaging reveals congeneric herbivores identify their congeneric hostplants based on differential olfactory perceptions. bioRxiv, 2023-01. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.06.522974
     

  • Ghosh, R., Metze, D., Shaikh, M., Deshpande, A., Firake, D. M., & Pandit, S. (2022). Chemical ecology of Himalayan eggplant variety’s antixenosis: Identification of geraniol as an oviposition deterrent against the eggplant shoot and fruit borer. bioRxiv, 2022-04. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.28.489959 [Now published in New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.18877]
     

Book chapter

  • Gupta VS, Giri AP, Pandit S, Kulkarni RS, Chidley HG, Deshpande AB, Dar MS, Oak PS (2013). Alphonso mango flavor: Blend and Biosynthesis, In: Biotechnology Beyond Borders, Edited by M. V. Deshpande and J. Ruiz-Herrera. CSIR-NCL, Pune, India, pp 103-121.

     

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