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  1. Choudhary A, Mali S, Pandey K, Thorat SA, Kundu P, Vishal, Singh S, Pandey GK, Zinta G. Long-distance trafficking of mineral elements from soil-to-seed under climate change impacts crop nutritional quality. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2026.

  2. Thakur N, Raturi V, Sreeprakash A, Sen S, Yadav SK, Zinta G, Saneja A. Methyl salicylate/methyl-β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex modulates plant defense against cold and heat stress. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 2026.

  3. Vishal, Mali S, Dutta M, Choudhary A, Zinta G. Potato microtuberization: its regulation and applications. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 2025;45(7):1454–1477.

  4. Kundu P, Thorat SA, Kiran A, Goel K, Zinta G. Plant-derived triterpenoid saponins: multifaceted roles and bioengineering prospects. Plant Cell Reports. 2025;44(8):172.

  5. Chen B, Zhang T, Guo Y, Cao L, Zhang X, Ali S, Ma R, Xie L, Wang J, Zinta G. Naturally occurring epialleles and their roles in response to climate change in birch. Molecular Ecology. 2025;34(16):e70031.

  6. Pandey K, Zinta G. Single-base resolution DNA methylation analysis through targeted locus-specific bisulfite sequencing in plants. In: Plant Stress Memory: Methods and Protocols. Springer; 2025. p. 53–70.

  7. Raturi V, Zinta G. Thermo-primed cellular networks for plant stress management. In: Exogenous Priming and Engineering of Plant Metabolic and Regulatory Genes. Academic Press; 2025. p. 543–558.

  8. Dutta M, Mali S, Raturi V, Zinta G. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of tuberization in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 2024;43(1).

  9. Mali S, Zinta G. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis reveal the role of histone methyltransferase and demethylase genes in heat stress response in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – General Subjects. 2024;1868(1):130507.

  10. Raturi V, Mali S, Zinta G. Himalayan moss Takakia: a tale of its evolution, adaptation, and climate crisis. Trends in Plant Science. 2024;29(3):272–274.

  11. Dutta M, Sharma P, Raturi V, Bhargava B, Zinta G. SarCTAB: an efficient and cost-effective DNA isolation protocol from geophytes. 3 Biotech. 2024;14(2):36.

  12. Chen B, Wang M, Guo Y, Zhang Z, Zhou W, Cao L, Zhang T, Ali S, Xie L, Li Y, Zinta G. Climate-related naturally occurring epimutation and their roles in plant adaptation in A. thaliana. Molecular Ecology. 2024;33(21):e17356.

  13. Mali S, Zinta G. Genome Editing for Trait Improvement in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). In: Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants for Food and Health Security, Volume 2. Springer; 2024. p. 405–423.

  14. Raturi V, Zinta G. HSFA1 heat shock factors integrate warm temperature and heat signals in plants. Trends in Plant Science. 2024;29(11):1165–1167.

  15. Vishal, Mali S, Verma V, Zinta G. Genome Editing in Ornamental Crops: Progress and Challenges. In: Ornamental Horticulture: Latest Cultivation Practices and Breeding Technologies. Springer; 2024. p. 193–209.

  16. Wang M, Zhong Y, He Y, Xie J, Xie H, Wang Y, Xue L, Wang X, Zinta G, Verma V. Identifying resistant mutations in the herbicide target site of the plant 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2024;9:1–3.

  17. Kapoor P, Mali S, Verma V, Katoch M, Zinta G, Bhargava B. Genome-wide characterization of melatonin biosynthetic pathway genes in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) and their expression analysis in response to exogenous melatonin. Scientia Horticulturae. 2024;338:113776.

  18. Mali S, Dutta M, Zinta G. Genome editing advancements in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.): operational challenges and solutions. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 2023;32(4):730–742.

  19. AbdElgawad H, Zinta G, Hornbacher J, Papenbrock J, Markakis MN, Asard H, Beemster GTS. Elevated CO₂ mitigates the impact of drought stress by upregulating glucosinolate metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2023;46(3):812–830.

  20. AbdElgawad H, Negi P, Zinta G, Mohammed AE, Alotaibi MO, Beemster G, Saleh AM, Srivastava AK. Nocardiopsis lucentensis and thiourea co-application mitigates arsenic stress through enhanced antioxidant metabolism and lignin accumulation in rice. Science of the Total Environment. 2023;873:162295.

  21. Goel K, Kundu P, Gahlaut V, Sharma P, Kumar A, Thakur S, Verma V, Bhargava B, Chandora R, Zinta G. Functional divergence of Heat Shock Factors (Hsfs) during heat stress and recovery at the tissue and developmental scales in C4 grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus). Frontiers in Plant Science. 2023;14:1151057.

  22. Goel K, Kundu P, Sharma P, Zinta G. Thermosensitivity of pollen: a molecular perspective. Plant Cell Reports. 2023;42(5):843–857.

  23. Anuradha, Kumari M, Zinta G, Chauhan R, Kumar A, Singh S, Singh S. Genetic resources and breeding approaches for improvement of amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) and quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa). Frontiers in Nutrition. 2023;10:1129723.

  24. Lal MK, Tiwari RK, Gahlaut V, Mangal V, Kumar A, Singh MP, Paul V, Kumar S, Singh B, Zinta G. Physiological and molecular insights on wheat responses to heat stress. Plant Cell Reports. 2022;41(3):501–518.

  25. Kundu P, Goel K, Zinta G. Nutritional imbalance in plants under rising atmospheric CO₂. In: Plant Nutrition and Food Security in the Era of Climate Change. Academic Press; 2022. p. 513–536.

  26. Chourasia KN, More SJ, Kumar A, Kumar D, Singh B, Bhardwaj V, Kumar A, Das SK, Singh RK, Zinta G. Salinity responses and tolerance mechanisms in underground vegetable crops: an integrative review. Planta. 2022;255(3):68.

  27. Gautam T, Dutta M, Jaiswal V, Zinta G, Gahlaut V, Kumar S. Emerging roles of SWEET sugar transporters in plant development and abiotic stress responses. Cells. 2022;11(8):1303.

  28. Dutta M, Raturi V, Gahlaut V, Kumar A, Sharma P, Verma V, Gupta V, Sood S, Zinta G. The interplay of DNA methyltransferases and demethylases with tuberization genes in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes under high temperature. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2022;13.

  29. Satyakam, Zinta G, Singh RK, Kumar R. Cold adaptation strategies in plants—an emerging role of epigenetics and antifreeze proteins to engineer cold resilient plants. Frontiers in Genetics. 2022;13.

  30. Jaiswal V, Kakkar M, Kumari P, Zinta G, Gahlaut V, Kumar S. Multifaceted roles of GRAS transcription factors in growth and stress responses in plants. iScience. 2022;105026.

  31. Dutta M, Singh RK, Zinta G. Genomic approaches to improve abiotic stress tolerance in apple (Malus × domestica). In: Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Resistant Fruit Crops. Springer; 2022.

  32. Verma V, Zinta G, Kanwar K. Optimization of efficient direct organogenesis protocol for Punica granatum L. cv. Kandhari Kabuli from mature leaf explants. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant. 2021;57(1):48–59.

  33. Tiwari RK, Lal MK, Kumar R, Chourasia KN, Naga KC, Kumar D, Das SK, Zinta G. Mechanistic insights on melatonin-mediated drought stress mitigation in plants. Physiologia Plantarum. 2021;172(2):1212–1226.

  34. AbdElgawad H, Schoenaers S, Zinta G, Hassan YM, Abdel-Mawgoud M, Alkhalifah DHM, Hozzein WN, Asard H, Abuelsoud W. Soil arsenic toxicity differentially impacts C3 (barley) and C4 (maize) crops under future climate atmospheric CO₂. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2021;414:125331.

  35. Kiran A, Sharma PN, Awasthi R, Nayyar H, Seth R, Chandel SS, Siddique KHM, Zinta G, Sharma KD. Disruption of carbohydrate and proline metabolism in anthers under low temperature causes pollen sterility in chickpea. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2021;188:104500.

  36. AbdElgawad H, Zinta G, Abuelsoud W, Hassan YM, Alkhalifah DHM, Hozzein WN, Zrieq R, Beemster GTS, Schoenaers S. An actinomycete strain of Nocardiopsis lucentensis reduces arsenic toxicity in barley and maize. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2021;417:126055.

  37. He L, Zhao C, Zhang Q, Zinta G, Wang D, Lozano-Durán R, Zhu JK. Pathway conversion enables a double-lock mechanism to maintain DNA methylation and genome stability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2021;118(35):e2107320118.

  38. AbdElgawad H, Zinta G, Hamed BA, Selim S, Beemster G, Hozzein WN, Wadaan MAM, Asard H, Abuelsoud W. Maize roots and shoots show distinct profiles of oxidative stress and antioxidant defense under heavy metal toxicity. Environmental Pollution. 2020;258:113705.

  39. Bhaskarla V, Zinta G, Ford R, Jain M, Varshney RK, Mantri N. Comparative root transcriptomics provide insights into drought adaptation strategies in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020;21(5):1781.

  40. Madany MMY, Zinta G, Abuelsoud W, Hozzein WN, Selim S, Asard H, Abd Elgawad H. Hormonal seed-priming improves tomato resistance against broomrape infection. Journal of Plant Physiology. 2020;250:153184.

  41. Gahlaut V, Zinta G, Jaiswal V, Kumar S. Quantitative epigenetics: a new avenue for crop improvement. Epigenomes. 2020;4(4):25.

  42. Yang X, Liu Y, Zhang H, Wang J, Zinta G, Xie S, Zhu W, Nie WF. Genome-wide identification of circular RNAs in response to low-temperature stress in tomato leaves. Frontiers in Genetics. 2020;11:1336.

  43. Miki D, Zinta G, Zhang W, Peng F, Feng Z, Zhu JK. CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing toolbox for Arabidopsis thaliana. In: Arabidopsis Protocols. Springer; 2020. p. 121–146.

  44. AbdElgawad H, Abuelsoud W, Madany MMY, Selim S, Zinta G, Mousa ASM, Hozzein WN. Actinomycetes enrich soil rhizosphere and improve seed quality as well as productivity of legumes by boosting nitrogen availability and metabolism. Biomolecules. 2020;10:165.

  45. Srivastava AK, Lu Y, Zinta G, Lang Z, Zhu JK. UTR-dependent control of gene expression in plants. Trends in Plant Science. 2018;23(3):248–259.

  46. He L, Wu W, Zinta G, Yang L, Wang D, Liu R, Zhang H, Zheng Z, Huang H, Zhang Q. A naturally occurring epiallele associates with leaf senescence and local climate adaptation in Arabidopsis accessions. Nature Communications. 2018;9(1):1–11.

  47. Zinta G, AbdElgawad H, Peshev D, Weedon JT, Van den Ende W, Nijs I, Janssens IA, Beemster GTS, Asard H. Dynamics of metabolic responses to periods of combined heat and drought in Arabidopsis thaliana under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO₂. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2018;69(8):2159–2170.

  48. Hamed SM, Zinta G, Klöck G, Asard H, Selim S, AbdElgawad H. Zinc-induced differential oxidative stress and antioxidant responses in Chlorella sorokiniana and Scenedesmus acuminatus. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2017;140:256–263.

  49. AbdElgawad H, Zinta G, Hegab MM, Pandey R, Asard H, Abuelsoud W. High salinity induces different oxidative stress and antioxidant responses in maize seedlings organs. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2016;7:276.

  50. Zinta G, Khan A, AbdElgawad H, Verma V, Srivastava AK. Unveiling the redox control of plant reproductive development during abiotic stress. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2016;7:700.

  51. Khan A, Zinta G. Drought stress and chromatin: an epigenetic perspective. In: Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol. 2: Molecular and Genetic Perspectives. Springer; 2016. p. 571–586.

  52. AbdElgawad H, Zinta G, Beemster GTS, Janssens IA, Asard H. Future climate CO₂ levels mitigate stress impact on plants: increased defense or decreased challenge? Frontiers in Plant Science. 2016;7:556.

  53. Hamad I, AbdElgawad H, Al Jaouni S, Zinta G, Asard H, Hassan S, Hegab M, Hagagy N, Selim S. Metabolic analysis of various date palm fruit (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars from Saudi Arabia to assess their nutritional quality. Molecules. 2015;20(8):13620–13641.

  54. Pandey R, Zinta G, AbdElgawad H, Ahmad A, Jain V, Janssens IA. Physiological and molecular alterations in plants exposed to high CO₂ under phosphorus stress. Biotechnology Advances. 2015;33:303–316.

  55. AbdElgawad H, De Vos D, Zinta G, Domagalska MA, Beemster GTS, Asard H. Grassland species differentially regulate proline concentrations under future climate conditions: an integrated biochemical and modelling approach. New Phytologist. 2015;208(2):354–369.

  56. Pandey R, Dubey KK, Ahmad A, Nilofar R, Verma R, Jain V, Zinta G, Kumar V. Elevated CO₂ improves growth and phosphorus utilization efficiency in cereal species under sub-optimal phosphorus supply. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 2015;38(8):1196–1217.

  57. Sinha AK, Zinta G, AbdElgawad H, Asard H, Blust R, De Boeck G. High environmental ammonia elicits differential oxidative stress and antioxidant responses in five different organs of a model estuarine teleost (Dicentrarchus labrax). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C. 2015;174:21–31.

  58. Sinha AK, AbdElgawad H, Zinta G, Dasan AF, Rasoloniriana R, Asard H, Blust R, De Boeck G. Nutritional status as the key modulator of antioxidant responses induced by high environmental ammonia and salinity stress in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). PLoS One. 2015;10(8):e0135091.

  59. AbdElgawad H, Zinta G, Markakis MN, Avramova V, Beemster GTS, Asard H. Plant responses to drought stress in future climate CO₂: a multi-level analysis. Procedia Environmental Sciences. 2015;29:150–151.

  60. AbdElgawad H, Peshev D, Zinta G, Van den Ende W, Janssens IA, Asard H. Climate extreme effects on the chemical composition of temperate grassland species under ambient and elevated CO₂: a comparison of fructan and non-fructan accumulators. PLoS One. 2014;9(3):e92044.

  61. Sinha AK, AbdElgawad H, Giblen T, Zinta G, De Rop M, Asard H, Blust R, De Boeck G. Anti-oxidative defences are modulated differentially in three freshwater teleosts in response to ammonia-induced oxidative stress. PLoS One. 2014;9(4):e95319.

  62. Zinta G, AbdElgawad H, Domagalska MA, Vergauwen L, Knapen D, Nijs I, Janssens IA, Beemster GTS, Asard H. Physiological, biochemical, and genome-wide transcriptional analysis reveals that elevated CO₂ mitigates the impact of combined heat wave and drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana at multiple organizational levels. Global Change Biology. 2014;20(12):3670–3685.

  63. Zinta G, Abdelgawad H, Janssens IA, Beemster GT, Asard H. Repeated selection of Arabidopsis thaliana under heat stress. Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences. 2014;79(1):83–85.

  64. El-Soud WA, Hegab MM, AbdElgawad H, Zinta G, Asard H. Ability of ellagic acid to alleviate osmotic stress on chickpea seedlings. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 2013;71:173–183.

  65. Hegab MM, Abdelgawad H, Abdelhamed MS, Hammouda O, Pandey R, Kumar V, Zinta G. Effects of tricin isolated from jungle rice (Echinochloa colona L.) on amylase activity and oxidative stress in wild oat (Avena fatua L.). Allelopathy Journal. 2013;31(2):345.

  66. Zinta G, AbdElgawad H, Domagalska M, Vergauwen L, Nijs I, Beemster G, Asard H, Janssens I. Elevated CO₂ mitigates the impact of a combination of heat wave and drought in Arabidopsis thaliana. BioTechnologia. 2013;94(2).

  67. Sharma A, Zinta G, Rana S, Shirkot P. Molecular identification of sex in Hippophae rhamnoides L. using isozyme and RAPD markers. Forestry Studies in China. 2010;12(2):62–66.

  68. Suhasini H, Bhardwaj SV, Rattan RS, Kanwar K, Zinta G. Inference on coat protein evolution of Lily Symptomless Carlavirus in India and abroad based on motifs study and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 2010;3:204–211.

  69. Shirkot P, Bhuria M, Zinta G. Identification of gender in dioecious Hippophae salicifolis using isozyme as sex markers. Indian Journal of Forestry. 2009;32(2):231–237.

  70. Patial H, Shirkot P, Bhalla R, Zinta G. Assessment of genetic variability in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus Linn.) using isozymes as molecular markers. Journal of Ornamental Horticulture. 2007;10(2):78–84.

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