Sombir Rao

Employment

• University of Massachusetts Assistant Professor- Crop Resilency to Environmental Stresses
  2026 - Present
• Cornell University Research Associate
  2021 - 2026
• Cornell University Research Associate

Education

• National Institute of Plant Genome Research Ph.D.

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (26)

• GLKs directly regulate carotenoid biosynthesis via interacting with GBFs in plants
  New Phytologist 2025 DOI: 10.1111/nph.20457
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• ORANGE family proteins: multifunctional chaperones shaping plant carotenoid level, plastid development, stress tolerance, and more
  Molecular Horticulture 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s43897-025-00169-9
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• Phytoene synthase modulates seed longevity via the action of β-carotene derived metabolites
  Biorxiv 2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.05.658166
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• The MIR169:NF-YA module enhances biomass and yield via ARGOS in Arabidopsis and tomato
  Plant Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.70538
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• Phytoene synthase modulates seed longevity via β-carotene derived metabolites
  Plant Physiology 2025 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf598
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• β-Carotene and its derivatives regulate pollen fertility in tomato
  Plant Physiology 2024 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae442
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• Deciphering the role of MIR169d:NF-YA2 module under individual as well as combined drought and heat stress in Arabidopsis
  Plant Physiology Reports 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s40502-023-00775-z
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• Nudix hydrolase 23 post-translationally regulates carotenoid biosynthesis in plants
  Plant Cell 2024 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae030
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• Co-chaperoning of chlorophyll and carotenoid biosynthesis by ORANGE family proteins in plants
  Molecular Plant 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.05.006
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• Epigenetic manipulation for secondary metabolite activation in endophytic fungi: current progress and future directions
  Mycology 2023 DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2023.2241486
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