Team Member

Ghatak, A., Kanellopoulos, A. E., López-Hidalgo, C., Malits, A., Meng, Y., Schindler, F., Zhang, S., Li, J., Waldherr, S., Ribeiro, H., Kerou, M., Hodgskiss, L. H., Dreer, M., Mir, R. R., Sharma, S., Bachmann, G., Karpouzas, D. G., Schleper, C., Papadopoulou, E. S., ... Weckwerth, W. (2025). Natural variation of the wheat root exudate metabolome and its influence on biological nitrification inhibition activity. Plant Biotechnology Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70248

Weckwerth, W., Chaturvedi, P., Ghatak, A., Kerou, M., Garg, V., Bohra, A., Subbarao, G. V., Stein, L., Schleper, C., Varshney, R. K., & Snapp, S. (2025). Natural variation of the holobiont for sustainable agroecosystems. Trends in Plant Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.05.006

Ghatak, A., Pierides, I., Singh, R. K., Srivastava, R. K., Varshney, R. K., Prasad, M., Chaturvedi, P., & Weckwerth, W. (2025). Millets for a sustainable future. Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(6), 1534-1545. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae507

Routray, D., Ghatak, A., Chaturvedi, P., Petijová, L., Weckwerth, W., Ručová, D., Bačkor, M., Lang, I., & Goga, M. (2024). Comparative analysis of geotypic variations in the proteome of Nostoc commune. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 19(1), Article 2370719. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2024.2370719

Chaturvedi, P., Pierides, I., López-Hidalgo, C., Garg, V., Zhang, S., Barmukh, R., Bellaire, A., Li, J., Bachmann, G., Valledor, L., Varshney, R. K., Ghatak, A., & Weckwerth, W. (2024). Natural variation in the chickpea metabolome under drought stress. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 22(12), 3278-3294. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14447

Roychowdhury, R., Ghatak, A., Kumar, M., Samantara, K., Weckwerth, W., & Chaturvedi, P. (2024). Accelerating wheat improvement through trait characterization: advances and perspectives. Physiologia Plantarum, 176(5), e14544. Article e14544. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14544

Zhang, S., Ghatak, A., Mohammad Bazargani, M., Kramml, H., Zang, F., Gao, S., Ramšak, Ž., Gruden, K., Varshney, R. K., Jiang, D., Chaturvedi, P., & Weckwerth, W. (2024). Cell-type proteomic and metabolomic resolution of early and late grain filling stages of wheat endosperm. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 22(3), 555-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14203

Kudapa, H., Ghatak, A., Barmukh, R., Chaturvedi, P., Khan, A., Kale, S., Fragner, L., Chitikineni, A., Weckwerth, W., & Varshney, R. K. (2024). Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals drought stress response mechanism in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Plant Genome, 17(1), Article e20337. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20337

Zwander, S., Chaturvedi, P., Ghatak, A., Weckwerth, W., Marko, D., & Castejon Caballero, N. (2024). Integrating eco-friendly approaches to produce protein extracts and hydrolysates with antioxidant properties from Microchloropsis gaditana. Algal Research, 77, Article 103368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103368

Shanmugam, T., Chaturvedi, P., Streit, D., Ghatak, A., Bergelt, T., Simm, S., Weckwerth, W., & Schleiff, E. (2024). Low dose ribosomal DNA P-loop mutation affects development and enforces autophagy in Arabidopsis. RNA Biology, 21(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15476286.2023.2298532

Kitashova, A., Brodsky, V., Chaturvedi, P., Pierides, I., Ghatak, A., Weckwerth, W., & Nägele, T. (2023). Quantifying the impact of dynamic plant-environment interactions on metabolic regulation. Journal of Plant Physiology, 290, Article 154116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154116

Carbó, M., Chaturvedi, P., Álvarez, A., Pineda-Cevallos, D., Ghatak, A., González, P. R., Cañal, M. J., Weckwerth, W., & Valledor, L. (2023). Ferroptosis is the key cellular process mediating Bisphenol A responses in Chlamydomonas and a promising target for enhancing microalgae-based bioremediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 448, Article 130997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.130997

Kumar, R., Ghatak, A., Goyal, I., Sarkar, N. K., Weckwerth, W., Grover, A., & Chaturvedi, P. (2023). Heat-induced proteomic changes in anthers of contrasting rice genotypes under variable stress regimes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Article 1083971. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1083971

Ghatak, A., Chaturvedi, P., Waldherr, S., Subbarao, G. V., & Weckwerth, W. (2023). PANOMICS at the interface of root-soil microbiome and BNI. Trends in Plant Science, 28(1), 106-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.08.016

Jan, N., Rather, A. M.-U.-D., John, R., Chaturvedi, P., Ghatak, A., Weckwerth, W., Zargar, S. M., Mir, R. A., Khan, M. A., & Mir, R. R. (2023). Proteomics for abiotic stresses in legumes: present status and future directions. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 43(2), 171-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2021.2025033

Ghatak, A., Schindler, F., Bachmann, G., Engelmeier, D., Bajaj, P., Brenner, M., Fragner, L., Varshney, R. K., Subbarao, G. V., Chaturvedi, P., & Weckwerth, W. (2022). Root exudation of contrasting drought-stressed pearl millet genotypes conveys varying biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) activity. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 58(3), 291-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-021-01578-w

Zhang, S., Ghatak, A., Bazargani, M. M., Bajaj, P., Varshney, R. K., Chaturvedi, P., Jiang, D., & Weckwerth, W. (2021). Spatial distribution of proteins and metabolites in developing wheat grain and their differential regulatory response during the grain filling process. The Plant Journal, 107(3), 669-687. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15410

Chaturvedi, P., Wiese, A. J., Ghatak, A., Drábková, L. Z., Weckwerth, W., & Honys, D. (2021). Heat stress response mechanisms in pollen development. New Phytologist, 231(2), 571-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17380

Shabrangy, A., Ghatak, A., Zhang, S., Priller, A., Chaturvedi, P., & Weckwerth, W. (2021). Magnetic Field Induced Changes in the Shoot and Root Proteome of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 622795. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.622795