Combined Stresses in Plants_Climate Resilience

Stress Combinations and their Interactions in Plants Database ( Developed and Maintained by Muthappa Senthil-Kumar Lab NIPGR

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Stress combinations and their interactions in plants database: a one‐stop resource on combined stress responses in plants - Priya - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/uHnmZNjRsi

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Stressors such as heat and drought are provided as independent inputs to the model. The network learns complexities, ultimately generating an output (plant biomass/ yield). This framework enables the prediction of how stress combinations influence overall plant performance.

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Publication:
An ANN-based deep learning model to predict combined stress impacts and interactions in plants, enabling insights into complex nonlinear biological responses 🌾

Read more 👇
https://t.co/S7xFwUkML8…
#AI #SCIPdb #NIPGR #CoStressNet
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Dr. Muthappa Senthil-Kumar delivered a talk on “How Mycorrhizal Fungi Help Chickpea Fight Combined Drought and Dry Root Rot?” at APEI 2026 & 17th Plant Sciences Colloquium, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (Feb 25–27, 2026)

#APEI2026 #PlantResearch #SCIPdb #NIPGR

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Dharwad Field Visit on 23 Feb 

Mr. Shubhaish Ranjan (PhD Scholar in the lab) conducted dry root rot hotspot field assessments at Dharwad location.

Ground-level insights driving impactful research.

#DRR #FieldResearch #SCIPdb #MuthappaSenthilKumar #NIPGR

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Bangalore | 21 Feb
Field visit conducted by Mr. Shubhaish Ranjan, PhD Scholar from the lab, for screening genotypes for dry root rot disease at GKVK, Bangalore.

Field insights → Stronger outcomes

#DRRResearch #FieldWork #SCIPdb #MuthappaSenthilKumar #NIPGR

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Kadapa | 20 Feb 📷
Dry root rot hotspot Kadapa location field visit by Mr. Shubhaish Ranjan, PhD Scholar from the lab.

On-ground research for real-world impact 📷

#FieldVisit #DRR #Research #SCIPdb #MuthappaSenthilKumar #NIPGR

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Congratulations to Shubhashish on receiving the Best Poster Award at #ICPP2025, held at TNAU, Coimbatore (15–18 Dec 2025)!
His PhD work on genomic loci for dry root rot resistance in chickpea under osmotic stress was highly appreciated.
#ChickpeaResearch #Genomics #SCIPdb #NIPGR

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Dr. Muthappa Senthil-Kumar presented a thought-provoking talk at ICPP-2025 on “Rhizosphere engineering: a novel approach to improve chickpea water status and protect against dry root rot under drought.”

An important step toward climate-resilient agriculture.
#ICPP2025 #SCIPdb

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Dr. Senthil Kumar Muthappa delivered an excellent talk on “How mycorrhizal fungi help chickpea fight combined drought and dry root rot disease?” at the National Conference & 52nd MSI Annual Meeting, IIT Delhi
#MSI2025 #SCIPdb #MuthappaSenthilKumar #NIPGR #Mycology

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Congratulations to Aswin Chilakala for winning the Best Poster Award at the 2nd International Symposium on Microbes for Climate Resilient Agriculture, IIT Delhi
Awarded by Dr. Lars Jeksbak (DTU, Denmark)
Poster: AM fungi + diazotrophic bacteria combat dry root rot under drought

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#Congratulations to Anjali on the successful defense of her thesis, titled “Role of SWEET transporter(s) in plant-pathogen interaction”! The research was supervised by Dr. Muthappa Senthil-Kumar.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Anjali on the successful defense of her thesis, titled “Role of SWEET transporter(s) in plant-pathogen interaction”! The research was supervised by Dr. Muthappa Senthil-Kumar.

#SCIPdb #MuthappaSenthilKumar #NIPGR #PhDDefense

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Congrats to Dr. Rubi Jain on the ANRF Post-Doctoral Fellowship!
Her project deciphers how chickpea tackles combined drought & dry root rot stress using multi-omics — a step toward climate-resilient crops.

#ANRF #MultiOmics #ChickpeaResearch #SCIPdb #MuthappaSenthilKumar #NIPGR

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Congrats to Dr. Nidhi Singh on the DBT-BioCARe Award!

Her project on SWEET transporters & gene editing will tackle combined stresses in chickpea (dry root rot + abiotic stress), boosting crop resilience.

#BioCARe #GeneEditing #Chickpea #SCIPdb #MuthappaSenthilKumar #NIPGR

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How does a weed resist a deadly fungus?
Parthenium hysterophorus blocks Macrophomina phaseolina from colonizing roots—thanks to induced post-invasive defenses. A step toward durable dry root rot resistance in chickpea?
Read more:  https://t.co/3b2ecOI37w
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Low soil moisture makes chickpea crops more vulnerable to Dry Root Rot disease. 🌱☀️
Using AI-based modeling, researchers achieved 84.6% prediction accuracy for DRR incidence.
👉 Read more: https://t.co/V6K7wkoA61
#Chickpea #ClimateImpact #SCIPdb #MuthappaSenthilKumar #NIPGR

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India’s crops face a perfect storm: evolving pests, pathogens & climate change. The real threat? Combined stresses — working together to devastate yields.
This article highlights urgent need for research in this area.
👉https://t.co/56jwTJeJht
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🌱The insights into chickpea defense!
CaProDH2-mediated proline metabolism enhances resistance to Ascochyta rabiei under drought
Fine-tuning the proline–P5C–ROS pathway may hold the key to stress resilience.
Read more: https://t.co/pcM6xpf4cs
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A reproducible, field-based "sick plot" protocol for dry root rot in chickpea is here.
🔍Macrophomina phaseolina
✅Enriched inoculum
✅Soil moisture variation
✅Large-scale phenotyping
Read the methodology: https://t.co/D75k42H2Mi
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🌿 Sweet defense! Arabidopsis uses AtSWEET12 to starve Pseudomonas syringae by restricting sugar in the apoplast. A novel plant immunity strategy!
📄 Read more: https://t.co/WlCGkI9pLD
#PlantImmunity #PlantScience #SWEETs #SCIPdb #MuthappaSenthilKumar #NIPGR