MAMTA NEHRA

About

Mamta is a Research Fellow at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. She studied plant science employing several crops. Mamta's area of interest is photosynthesis, and she focuses on understanding and enhancing photosynthesis in C3 species. She has characterized two leaf color mutants in rice utilizing an omics approach.

Employment

• Vedanta PG Girls College Assistant Professor
  2014 - 2015

Education

• International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Pre-Doctoral Fellow
  2016 - 2023
• University of Rajasthan Bachelor in Education (Biology)
  2014 - 2015
• University of Rajasthan Master in Science
  2010 - 2012
• University of Rajasthan Bachelor in Science (Biology)
  2007 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (15)

• Triumphing over hidden hunger: Redesigning rice (Oryza sativa L.) for enhanced nutraceutical grain composition utilizing multiplexed genome editing
  Journal of Plant Physiology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2025.154667
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• Functional characterization of novel mutations in the conserved region of EPSPS for herbicide resistance in pigeonpea: structure-based coherent design
  Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 2024 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2243522
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• Unlocking the Micronutrient Riches of Moringa Oleifera: A Comparative Multi-Omics Study Investigating the Differential Control of Genes Involved in Oxalate Metabolism
  2024 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4865306
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• CRISPR/Cas Enables the Remodeling of Crops for Sustainable Climate‐Smart Agriculture and Nutritional Security
  Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management 2023 DOI: 10.1002/9781119858553.ch9
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• CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated homology donor repair base editing confers glyphosate resistance to rice (Oryza sativa L.)
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1122926
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• RNA-Seq, co-expression network and eQTL analysis identify key genes for chlorophyll and carbon metabolism in rice
  2023 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2517802/v1
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• Rice Bean: A Neglected and Underutilized Food Crop Emerges as a Repertory of Micronutrients Essential for Sustainable Food and Nutritional Security
  Compendium of Crop Genome Designing for Nutraceuticals 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4169-6_32
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• Rice Bean: A Neglected and Underutilized Food Crop Emerges as a Repertory of Micronutrients Essential for Sustainable Food and Nutritional Security
  Compendium of Crop Genome Designing for Nutraceuticals 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3627-2_32-1
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• De novo genome assembly of rice bean (Vigna umbellata) – A nominated nutritionally rich future crop reveals novel insights into flowering potential, habit, and palatability centric – traits for efficient domestication
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.739654
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• An improved protocol for efficient regeneration, transformation and gene-editing using CRISPR/Cas9 in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan(L.) Millsp.)
  2022 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1997719/v1
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