Poonam Mehra

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 673 citations indexed

About

Poonam Mehra is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Poonam Mehra has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 673 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Poonam Mehra's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (16 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers). Poonam Mehra is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (16 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers). Poonam Mehra collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. Poonam Mehra's co-authors include Jitender Giri, Bipin K. Pandey, Lokesh Verma, Ajit Singh, Malcolm J. Bennett, Swarup K. Parida, Thierry Heitz, Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay, Akhilesh K. Tyagi and Guoqiang Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Poonam Mehra

22 papers receiving 664 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

ABA-auxin cascade regulates crop root angle in response to drought

2025 16 citations Poonam Mehra, Suhang Yu et al. Current Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Poonam Mehra India	13	610	140	35	31	29	24	673
Wu‐Sheng Liang China	10	267 0.4×	127 0.9×	30 0.9×	29 0.9×	29 1.0×	14	358
Xiaobo Song China	10	259 0.4×	195 1.4×	45 1.3×	11 0.4×	22 0.8×	20	407
Jieyu Chen Canada	7	888 1.5×	160 1.1×	22 0.6×	8 0.3×	17 0.6×	11	946
Jiangbo Hai China	12	194 0.3×	112 0.8×	46 1.3×	36 1.2×	9 0.3×	24	334
Miing‐Tiem Yong Australia	10	420 0.7×	154 1.1×	34 1.0×	15 0.5×	25 0.9×	16	513
Xihui Liu China	10	375 0.6×	114 0.8×	62 1.8×	9 0.3×	31 1.1×	31	449
Dekun Dong China	15	543 0.9×	128 0.9×	26 0.7×	8 0.3×	16 0.6×	22	591
Xingchu Yan China	9	235 0.4×	103 0.7×	10 0.3×	16 0.5×	26 0.9×	18	347
Jizhu Yu China	9	319 0.5×	92 0.7×	34 1.0×	4 0.1×	10 0.3×	21	403
Diego M. Almeida Portugal	7	676 1.1×	221 1.6×	32 0.9×	11 0.4×	27 0.9×	7	752

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Poonam Mehra

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bennett, Malcolm J., et al.. (2025). Roles of hormones in regulating root growth–water interactions. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(7). 1987–1995. 2 indexed citations

Mehra, Poonam, Kevin Bellande, Raquel Martín-Arevalillo, et al.. (2025). Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses. Science. 389(6757). eadu1470–eadu1470. 7 indexed citations

Zhu, Mingyuan, Che‐Wei Hsu, Isaiah Taylor, et al.. (2025). Single-cell transcriptomics reveal how root tissues adapt to soil stress. Nature. 642(8068). 721–729. 10 indexed citations

Verma, Lokesh, et al.. (2025). Phosphate deficiency inducible OsGDPD5 affects root growth by regulating sugar‐auxin crosstalk. The Plant Journal. 121(3). e17249–e17249. 3 indexed citations

Mehra, Poonam, Jason Banda, Gabriel Castrillo, et al.. (2025). Root Growth and Development in “Real Life”: Advances and Challenges in Studying Root–Environment Interactions. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 76(1). 467–492. 4 indexed citations

Mehra, Poonam, et al.. (2025). ABA-auxin cascade regulates crop root angle in response to drought. Current Biology. 35(3). 542–553.e4. 16 indexed citations breakdown →

Mehra, Poonam, Naveen Malik, Pinky Agarwal, et al.. (2024). OsMED14_2, a tail module subunit of Mediator complex, controls rice development and involves jasmonic acid. Plant Science. 346. 112146–112146.

Mehra, Poonam, et al.. (2023). Turning up the volume: How root branching adaptive responses aid water foraging. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 75. 102405–102405. 11 indexed citations

Huang, Guoqiang, Michal Karády, Jiao Zhang, et al.. (2022). Ethylene inhibits rice root elongation in compacted soil via ABA- and auxin-mediated mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2201072119–e2201072119. 75 indexed citations

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Mehra, Poonam, Bipin K. Pandey, Lokesh Verma, et al.. (2022). OsJAZ11 regulates spikelet and seed development in rice. Plant Direct. 6(5). e401–e401. 21 indexed citations

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Pandey, Bipin K., Lokesh Verma, Ajit Singh, et al.. (2021). OsJAZ11 regulates phosphate starvation responses in rice. Planta. 254(1). 8–8. 35 indexed citations

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Singh, Ajit, Bipin K. Pandey, Poonam Mehra, Thierry Heitz, & Jitender Giri. (2020). OsJAZ9 overexpression modulates jasmonic acid biosynthesis and potassium deficiency responses in rice. Plant Molecular Biology. 104(4-5). 397–410. 40 indexed citations

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Bandyopadhyay, Tirthankar, et al.. (2017). Morpho-physiological and transcriptome profiling reveal novel zinc deficiency-responsive genes in rice. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 17(5). 565–581. 32 indexed citations

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Singh, Ajit, et al.. (2017). Identification of Purple Acid Phosphatases in Chickpea and Potential Roles of CaPAP7 in Seed Phytate Accumulation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11012–11012. 56 indexed citations

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Mehra, Poonam, Bipin K. Pandey, & Jitender Giri. (2017). Improvement in phosphate acquisition and utilization by a secretory purple acid phosphatase (OsPAP21b) in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 15(8). 1054–1067. 123 indexed citations

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Pandey, Bipin K., et al.. (2017). OsHAD1, a Haloacid Dehalogenase-Like APase, Enhances Phosphate Accumulation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(4). 2316–2332. 65 indexed citations

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Mehra, Poonam, Bipin K. Pandey, & Jitender Giri. (2016). Comparative Morphophysiological Analyses and Molecular Profiling Reveal Pi-Efficient Strategies of a Traditional Rice Genotype. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 1184–1184. 47 indexed citations

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Mehra, Poonam & Jitender Giri. (2016). Rice and chickpea GDPDs are preferentially influenced by low phosphate and CaGDPD1 encodes an active glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase enzyme. Plant Cell Reports. 35(8). 1699–1717. 33 indexed citations

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Mehra, Poonam, Bipin K. Pandey, & Jitender Giri. (2015). Genome-wide DNA polymorphisms in low Phosphate tolerant and sensitive rice genotypes. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13090–13090. 22 indexed citations

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Sharma, Santosh Kumar, Poonam Mehra, Jyoti Kumari, et al.. (2012). Physical localization and probable transcriptional activity of 18S–5.8S–26S rRNA gene loci in some Asiatic Cymbidiums (Orchidaceae) from north-east India. Gene. 499(2). 362–366. 11 indexed citations

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