Rakesh K. Upadhyay

Employment

• Bowie State University Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• USDA Agricultural Research Service Visiting Scientist
  2013 - 2024
• Merck Genei Scientist
  2012 - 2013

Education

• National Botanical Research Institute CSIR Doctoral (PhD)
  2006 - 2011
• Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University Master of Science (M.S.)
  1999 - 2001
• Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University Bachelor Of Science
  1996 - 1999

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (25)

• Integrated phenotypic analysis, predictive modeling, and identification of novel trait-associated loci in a diverse Theobroma cacao collection
  BMC Plant Biology 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-025-07128-y
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• An Eligibility-Aware Pipeline for Robust ITS Diagnostics in Fungi: A Cacao Case Study with Generalizable Rules
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.01.686068
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• A comprehensive endogenous phytohormone metabolite landscape identifies new metabolites associated with tomato fruit
  Plant Growth Regulation 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10725-024-01165-7
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• Comparative genomics and evidence for an unusual polyamine oxidation pathway in aquatic duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza L.)
  Current Plant Biology 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpb.2024.100359
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• Unlocking the role of novel primary/di-amine oxidases in crop improvement: Tissue specificity leads to specific roles connected to abiotic stress, hormone responses and sensing nitrogen
  Journal of Plant Physiology 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2024.154374
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• Comprehensive profiling of endogenous phytohormones and expression analysis of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase gene family during fruit development and ripening in octoploid strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa)
  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.01.031
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• SlDREB3, a negative regulator of ABA responses, controls seed germination, fruit size and the onset of ripening in tomato
  Plant Science 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111249
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• Differential Association of Free, Conjugated, and Bound Forms of Polyamines and Transcript Abundance of Their Biosynthetic and Catabolic Genes During Drought/Salinity Stress in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Leaves
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2021 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.743568
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• Genomic analysis of the polyamine biosynthesis pathway in duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza L.: presence of the arginine decarboxylase pathway, absence of the ornithine decarboxylase pathway, and response to abiotic stresses
  Planta 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03755-5
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• Ethylene and RIPENING INHIBITOR Modulate Expression of SlHSP17.7A, B Class I Small Heat Shock Protein Genes During Tomato Fruit Ripening
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2020 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00975
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