ICAR –INDIAN INSTITUTEof SUGARCANE RESEARCH

LUCKNOW 226002, UTTAR PRADESH

Personal Information
Name Dr. Ranjit Singh Gujjar

ranjit.gujjar@icar.gov.in

Date of joining: 28/04/2011

Designation Senior Scientist (Plant Biotechnology)

Division/Section Crop Improvement

Research Area Proteomics, Transcriptomics, Transgenic

development, Red rot resistance in sugarcane,
Tissue culture, Biotic and abiotic stress
tolerance, Transcription factors

Institutional Projects

 Investigating the differentially expressed proteins in red rot susceptible

and resistant sugarcane cultivars during C. falcatum interactions.
 Transcriptomics based identification of host and pathogen genes involved
in red rot disease of sugarcane and their validation.

External Funded Projects

Enhancing climate resilience and ensuring food security with genome editing
tools in sugarcane.
 Publications

 Gujjar RS, Kumar R, Goswami SK, Singh A, Baidya A (2024)

Colletotrichum falcatum infection influences the abundance of sucrose
transporters and disease resistant proteins in sugarcane stalk. Journal of
Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-
024-00899-9 (IF: 1.9; NAAS: 7.9).
 Gujjar RS, Supaibulwatana K, Srivastava S, Upadhyay AK (2024)
Regulation of stress-responsive transcription factors of rice by CPPU, a
synthetic cytokinin, during water deficit stress at protein level. Cereal
Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-024-00540-4
(IF: 1.6; NAAS: 7.6).
 Gujjar RS*, Kumar R, Goswami SK, Srivastava S, Upadhyay AK
(2024). Colletotrichum falcatum influences sucrose accumulation in
sugarcane stalks by modulating the expression of SPS, SPP, SuSy, and
invertases. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 130:102237;
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2024.102237 (IF: 2.8; NAAS: 8.8).
 Kumar R, Kumari VV, Gujjar RS, Kumari M, Goswami SK, Datta J, Pal
S, Jha SK, Kumar A, Pathak AD, Skalicky M (2024) Evaluating the
imazethapyr herbicide mediated regulation of phenol and glutathione
metabolism and antioxidant activity in lentil seedlings. PeerJ, 12:e16370;
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16370 (IF: 2.7; NAAS: 8.7).
 Gujjar RS*, Kumar R, Goswami SK, Srivastava S, Kumar S (2024)
MAPK signaling pathway orchestrates and fine-tunes the pathogenicity of
Colletotrichum falcatum. Journal of Proteomics, 292:105056;
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2023.105056 (IF: 3.8; NAAS: 9.8).
 Goswami SK, Kashyap AS, Kumar R, Gujjar RS*, Singh A, Manzar N
(2024) Harnessing Rhizospheric Microbes for Eco-friendly and
Sustainable Crop Production in Saline Environments. Current
Microbiology, 81(1):1-5; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-023-03538-z (IF:
2.8; NAAS: 8.8).
 Kumar R, Sagar V, Verma VC, Kumari M, Gujjar RS, Goswami SK, Jha
SK, Pandey H, Dubey AK, Srivastava S, Singh SP, Prasad PV (2023)
Drought and salinity stresses induced physio-biochemical changes in
sugarcane: an overview of tolerance mechanism and mitigating
approaches. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14: 1225234;
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1225234 (IF: 6.6; NAAS: 12.6).
 Worakan P, Gujjar RS and Supaibulwatana K (2022) Stable and
reproducible expression of bacterial ipt gene under the control of SAM-
specific promoter (pKNOX1) with interference of developmental patterns
in transgenic Peperomia pellucida plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:
984716; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.984716 (IF: 6.6; NAAS: 12.6).
 Gujjar RS, Roytrakul S, Chuekong W and Supaibulwattana K (2021) A
synthetic cytokinin influences the accumulation of leaf soluble sugars and
sugar transporters, and enhances the drought adaptability in rice. 3
Biotech, 11:369 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-021-02908-3 (IF:
2.9; NAAS: 8.9).
 Gujjar RS, Banyen P, Chuekong W, Worakan P, Roytrakul S, and
Supaibulwatana K (2020) A synthetic cytokinin improves photosynthesis
in rice under drought stress by modulating the abundance of proteins
related to stomatal conductance, chlorophyll contents, and rubisco
activity. Plants, 9(9):1106; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091106 (IF: 4.7;
NAAS: 10.7).
 Gujjar RS, and Supaibulwatana K (2019). The Mode of cytokinin
functions assisting plant adaptations to osmotic stresses. Plants,
8(12):542; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8120542 (IF: 4.7; NAAS: 10.7).
 Gujjar RS*, Pathak AD, Karkute SG, and Supaibulwatana K (2019)
Multifunctional proline rich proteins and their role in regulating cellular
Pro level in plants under stress. Biologia plantarum, 63(1):448-454;
https://doi.org/10.32615/bp.2019.078 (IF: 1.4; NAAS: 7.4).
 Gujjar RS*, Karkute SG, Rai A, Singh M, and Singh B (2018) Proline-
rich proteins may regulate free cellular proline levels during drought stress
in tomato. Current Science,114(4):915-920;
https://doi.org/10.18520/cs/v114/i04/915-920 (IF: 1.1; NAAS: 7.1).
 Karkute SG, Gujjar RS*, Rai A, Akhtar M, Singh M, and Singh B (2018)
Genome wide expression analysis of WRKY genes in tomato (Solanum
lycopersicum) under drought stress. Plant Gene, 13(1):8-17;
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2017.11.002 (IF: 0.7; NAAS: 6.7).
 Karkute SG, Easwaran M, Gujjar RS, Piramanayagam S and Singh M*
(2015) Protein modeling and molecular dynamics simulation of
SlWRKY4 protein cloned from drought tolerant tomato (Solanum
habrochaites) line EC520061. Journal of Molecular Modelling,
21(10):255; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-015-2798-7 (IF: 1.8; NAAS:
7.8).
  Gujjar RS*, Akhtar M and Singh M (2014) Transcription factors in
abiotic stress tolerance. Indian Journal of plant physiology, 19:306-316;
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40502-014-0121-8 (IF: 0.8; NAAS: 6.8).
 Gujjar RS*, Akhtar M, Rai A and Singh M (2014) Expression analysis of
drought induced genes in wild tomato line (Solanum habrochaites).
Current Science, 107(3):496-502 (IF: 1.1; NAAS: 7.1).
 Ali K, Gujjar RS, Niwas R, Gopal M and Tyagi A (2011) A rapid
method for estimation of abscisic acid and characterization of aba
regulated gene in response to water deficit stress from rice. American
Journal of Plant Physiology, 6(3):144-156 (IF: 0.1; NAAS: 6.1).

Books or Chapter Published

 Ranjit Singh Gujjar (2016) Transcription Factors in Abiotic Stress

Tolerance.Recent advances in plant stress physiology, Chapter 3, Page 49-
67.
 Singh M, Prasanna HC, Tiwari S, Gujjar RS, Karkute SG (2016) Biology
of Solanum lycopersicum (tomato). New Delhi: Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
 Singh B, Mohanty D, Bakshi V, Gujjar RS, Upadhyay AK (2022) The
Distinction of Omics in Amelioration of Food Crops Nutritional Value.
Bioinformatics for agriculture: High-throughput approaches, 85.
 Basu T, Chugh R, Gujjar RS, Upadhyay AK (2023) Approaches for In
Silico Validation of Safety (Toxicity) Data for Cosmetics. Skin 3-D
Models and Cosmetics Toxicity. Springer, Singapore.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2804-0_1

Awards
S.No Name of Award Awarding Agency Year
1. Best oral presentation award in ICAR-VPKAS, Almora, 2023
National Symposium on “Crop Health Uttarakhand, India
Management: Safeguarding Crop
through Diagnostics and Innovations”
2. 2nd best oral presentation award in 7th ICAR- Indian Institute of 2022
IAPSIT International Sugar Sugarcane Research, Lucknow,
Conference-SUGARCON India
3. Excellence in Agricultural Research International Conference, SERS 2021
Award for Outstanding contribution in and BBAU, Lucknow
 Plant Biotechnology at 5th International
Conference on “Innovative Approaches in
Applied Sciences & Technology”
3. Best Oral Presentation Award in The Rajamangala University of 2019
10th RMUTP international conference Technology, Thailand
on science, technology and innovation
for sustainable development: Turning
digital disruptions into opportunities.
4. Netaji Subhas- ICAR International Education Division, ICAR, 2016
Fellowship Award 2015-16 New Delhi
5. Best Poster Presentation in Central Agricultural University, 2016
National conference Arunachal Pradesh

Miscellaneous:

Conference proceedings:

1. Gujjar R.S., Shweta Singh, Deeksha Joshi, Sangeeta Srivastava, Ashwini Dutt
Pathak (2022) LCMS/MS analysis of differentially expressed C. falcatum proteins
during red rot infection. SUGARCON-2022 & 7th IAPSIT International Sugar
Conference on “Sustainability of the Sugar and Integrated Industries: Issues and
Initiatives” during 16-19 Oct. 2022, held at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, India.
2. Gujjar, R.S., Joshi, J., Chuekong, W., & Supaibulwatana, K.S. (2019). Screening of
candidate mutants of KDML105 rice using salinity tolerance score and physiological
indices. The 10th RMUTP international conference on science, technology and
innovation for sustainable development: Turning digital disruptions into
opportunities, Bangkok, Thailand, 4-5 June 2019 page 2-16.

Lead Lectures in conferences

1. Gujjar R.S., Shweta Singh, Deeksha Joshi, Sangeeta Srivastava, Ashwini Dutt
Pathak (2022) LCMS/MS analysis of differentially expressed C. falcatum proteins
during red rot infection. SUGARCON-2022 & 7th IAPSIT International Sugar
Conference on “Sustainability of the Sugar and Integrated Industries: Issues and
Initiatives” during 16-19 Oct. 2022, held at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, India.
2. Gujjar, R.S., Roytrakul S. & Supaibulwatana, K.S. (2021) Synthetic cytokinins
curtail ABA signalling and enhance drought tolerance ability in rice. 5th International
Conference on “Innovative Approaches in Applied Sciences & Technology” during 3-
5 Dec. 2021 at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.

Oral Presentations in conferences

1. Gujjar, R.S., Goswami S.K., Kumar, R., & Srivastava, S. (2023) Draft proteome of
Saccharum hybrid cv. CoJ64 revealed abundance of novel defense-related proteins
 during C. falcatum infection. National Symposium on “Crop Health Management:
Safeguarding Crop through Diagnostics and Innovations, ICAR-VPKAS, Almora,
Uttarakhand, India, Page 127.
2. Gujjar, R.S., Goswami S.K., Kumar, R., & Srivastava, S. (2023) Unravelling
proteome of Saccharum officinarum cv. BO91 for novel defense-related proteins
during C. falcatum infection. National Seminar on Research Imperatives for
Sustaining Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol Production, ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore, India,
Page 40.
3. Gujjar R.S., Shweta Singh, Deeksha Joshi, Sangeeta Srivastava, Ashwini Dutt
Pathak (2022) LCMS/MS analysis of differentially expressed C. falcatum proteins
during red rot infection. SUGARCON-2022 & 7th IAPSIT International Sugar
Conference on “Sustainability of the Sugar and Integrated Industries: Issues and
Initiatives” during 16-19 Oct. 2022, held at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, India.
4. Gujjar, R.S., Roytrakul S. & Supaibulwatana, K.S. (2021) Synthetic cytokinins
curtail ABA signalling and enhance drought tolerance ability in rice. 5th International
Conference on “Innovative Approaches in Applied Sciences & Technology” during 3-
5 Dec. 2021 at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.
5. Gujjar, R.S., Joshi, J., Chuekong, W., & Supaibulwatana, K.S. (2019) Screening of
candidate mutants of KDML105 rice using salinity tolerance score and physiological
indices. The 10th RMUTP international conference on science, technology and
innovation for sustainable development: Turning digital disruptions into
opportunities, Bangkok, Thailand, Page 2-16.
6. Gujjar, R.S., Roytrakul S. & Supaibulwatana, K.S. (2019) Role of cytokinin in
biochemical responses of rice to drought stress. National conference on integrative
plant biochemistry and biotechnology, Hyderabad, India, Page 39.

Conference abstracts

1. Gujjar, R.S., Goswami S.K., Kumar, R., & Srivastava, S. (2023) Draft proteome of
Saccharum hybrid cv. CoJ64 revealed abundance of novel defense-related proteins
during C. falcatum infection. National Symposium on “Crop Health Management:
Safeguarding Crop through Diagnostics and Innovations, ICAR-VPKAS, Almora,
Uttarakhand, India, Page 127.
2. Gujjar, R.S., Goswami S.K., Kumar, R., & Srivastava, S. (2023) Unravelling
proteome of Saccharum officinarum cv. BO91 for novel defense-related proteins
during C. falcatum infection. National Seminar on Research Imperatives for
Sustaining Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol Production, ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore, India,
Page 40.
3. Goswami S.K., Singh, D. Singh, S.P., Kumar, R., Gujjar, R.S. (2023) Endophyte
Chaetomium globosum strain CGSR13 enhances sugarcane growth and shows
antifungal activity against Fusarium sacchari causing sugarcane wilt in India. INSOPP
National Symposium, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Page 89.
4. Goswami S.K., Singh, D. Singh, S.P., Gujjar, R.S., Kumar, R. (2023) Endophyte
Chaetomium globosum strain CGSR13 enhances sugarcane growth and bio-control of
 Colletotrichum falcatum. National Symposium on “Crop Health Management:
Safeguarding Crop through Diagnostics and Innovations, ICAR-VPKAS, Almora,
Uttarakhand, India, Page 59.
5. Kumar, R., Gujjar, R.S., Singh, S.P., Srivastava, M.K. (2023) Influence of organic
source of nutrient and plant growth regulator on early growth and gas exchange
attributes of sugarcane in subtropics. National Seminar on Research Imperatives for
Sustaining Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol Production, ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore, India,
Page 83.
6. Gujjar R.S., Shweta Singh, Deeksha Joshi, Sangeeta Srivastava, Ashwini Dutt
Pathak (2022) LCMS/MS analysis of differentially expressed C. falcatum proteins
during red rot infection. SUGARCON-2022 & 7th IAPSIT International Sugar
Conference on “Sustainability of the Sugar and Integrated Industries: Issues and
Initiatives” during 16-19 Oct. 2022, held at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, India.
7. Aalok Shiv, Rajeev Kumar, Gujjar R.S., S. K. Goswami, A. K. Mall, Sanjeev
Kumar, K. Gopalareddy, J. Singh and A. D. Pathak (2022) Harnessing modern
biotechnological tools to augment bioethanol recovery from crop plants.
SUGARCON-2022 & 7th IAPSIT International Sugar Conference on “Sustainability
of the Sugar and Integrated Industries: Issues and Initiatives” during 16-19 Oct. 2022,
held at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, India.
8. Shweta Singh, Chandramani Raj, Arun Baitha, Sharmila Roy, Sangeeta Srivastava,
Sanjay Kumar Goswami, Gujjar R.S., N Krishna Kumar Rathod and Arjun Singh
(2022) Sugarcane yellow leaf syndrome: The menace of virus or phytoplasma or
both? SUGARCON-2022 & 7th IAPSIT International Sugar Conference on
“Sustainability of the Sugar and Integrated Industries: Issues and Initiatives” during
16-19 Oct. 2022, held at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, India.
9. N.K.K. Rathod, Shweta Singh, Gujjar R.S., Sangeeta Srivastava, Anchal Singh
(2022) CRISPR/Cas and sugarcane: Precautions to design sgRNA in effective genome
editing. SUGARCON-2022 & 7th IAPSIT International Sugar Conference on
“Sustainability of the Sugar and Integrated Industries: Issues and Initiatives” during
16-19 Oct. 2022, held at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, India.
10. Gujjar, R.S., Roytrakul S. & Supaibulwatana, K.S. (2021) Synthetic cytokinins
curtail ABA signalling and enhance drought tolerance ability in rice. 5th International
Conference on “Innovative Approaches in Applied Sciences & Technology” during 3-
5 Dec. 2021 at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
11. Gujjar, R.S., Joshi, J., Chuekong, W., & Supaibulwatana, K.S. (2019) Screening of
candidate mutants of KDML105 rice using salinity tolerance score and physiological
indices. The 10th RMUTP international conference on science, technology and
innovation for sustainable development: Turning digital disruptions into
opportunities, Bangkok, Thailand, page 2-16
12. Gujjar, R.S., Roytrakul S. & Supaibulwatana, K.S. (2019) Role of cytokinin in
biochemical responses of rice to drought stress. National conference on integrative
plant biochemistry and biotechnology, Hyderabad, India, Page 39.
13. Gujjar, R.S., Akhtar, M., Singh, M. (2014) Expression profiling of WRKY
transcription factors in Solanum habrochaites under water stress. National Symposium
 onPre Post Harvest Losses & Value Addition in Vegetables. Page: 254-255 (TS4: P-
10).
14. Gujjar, R.S. Akhtar, M., Singh, M. (2013) Cloning and Characterization of drought
stress specific transcription factors from tomato. National Symposium on Abiotic and
Biotic Stress Management in Vegetable Crops, Page: 108-109 (TS3: P-16).
15. Rai A., Kumar R., Tiwari S.K., Gujjar RS, Dubey R.S. and Singh M. 2012.
Expression Profiling Revealed Involvement of Sucrose Degradation Pathway in
Tomato for Heat Tolerance. International Conference on Plant Biotechnology for
Food Security: New Frontiers. February 21-24, 2012, organised by Society for Plant
Biochemistry and Biotechnology, NRCPB and IARI, New Delhi, pp. 134.

Reviewed Papers/proposals

1. Reviewed a research paper of “ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL

BOTANY” entitled “Low R/FR can induce cytokinins degradation resulting in the
inhibition of tillering in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)” on 01 Jun 2022.
2. Reviewed a research paper of “ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL
BOTANY” entitled “Proline-rich protein MdPRP6 alters low nitrogen stress tolerance
by regulating lateral root formation and anthocyanin accumulation in transgenic apple
(Malus domestica)” on 29 Jan 2022.
3. Reviewed a research paper of “ANNALS OF BOTANY” entitled “Multiple omics
approach underly Genetic and molecular regulatory mechanisms of fruit-related traits
in Pepper（Capsicum annuum L.)” on 31 Aug 2021.

Popular articles

1. Kumar P., Goswami S.K., Gujjar R.S. and Kumar R. (2023) Ganne ka Pokkah
Boeing Rog : Samasya aur Samadhan Seaweed: an option to combat global warming.
Krishi Kiran, 15: 29–31.
2. Yadav P., Kumar P., Goswami S.K., Kumar R. and Gujjar R.S. (2023) Ganne ki
Fasal me Kharpatwar ka Ekikrat Prabandhan. Krishi Kiran, 15: 12–16.
3. Reddy Y.S., Tiwari S.K. and Gujjar R.S. (2013) Seaweed: an option to combat
global warming. Vumiputra, 11: 101–103.
4. Singh M., Kumar R., Prasanna H.C., Tiwari S.K., Gujjar R.S. and Karkute S.G.
(2016) Genetically Modified Vegetables for Farmers’ Welfare. Indian Horticulture,
61: 11-14.

Extension folders

1. Singh, B.K., Singh, B., Karmakar, P., Kodandaram, M.H., Gujjar, R.S., Roy, S. and
Gupta, S. (2015). MulikeevygyanikKheti. Extension Folder No. 18, ICAR-IIVR.
2. Singh, B.K., Singh, B., Singh, P.K., Ranjan, J.K., Saha, S., Gujjar, R.S. and Gupta,
S. (2015). Gazar Ki VaigyanikKheti. Extension Folder No. 19, ICAR-IIVR.

Member of scientific societies

1. Association for Promotion of Invention in Vegetables (APIV, Varanasi)
2. Scientific & Educational Research Society (SERS, Meerut)