Education

B.S. Botany Delhi University, India, 1974

M.S. Botany Delhi University, India, 1976

Ph.D. Plant Physiology/Biochemistry University of California-Davis, 1984

Research Interests

Switchgrass biology and physiological responses to stress and nitrogen nutrition. Seed germination and plant development.

Extension Area of Emphasis

Contribute to the outreach mission of the USDA-ARS

Publications

Google Scholar publication list

• Palmer NA, Basu S, Heng-Moss T, Bradshaw JD, Sarath G, Louis J (2019) Fall army worm (Spodoptera frugiperda Smith) feeding elicits differential defense responses in upland and lowland switchgrass. PLoS One 14: e0218532. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218352.
• Palmer NA, Reddy C, Muhle A, Yuen G, Edmé SJ, Tatineni S, Mitchell RB Sarath G (2019) Transcriptome divergence during leaf development in two contrasting switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) cultivars. PLoS One 4: e0222080. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222080.
• Tetreault HM, Gries TL, Palmer NA, Funnell-Harris DL, Sarath G, Sato, S, Clemente TE, Sattler SE (2020) Overexpression of ferulate 5-hydroxylase increases syringyl units in Sorghum bicolor. Plant Molecular Biology 103: 269-285. doi: 10.1007/s11103-020-00991-3.
• Chanbusarakum L, Cheng P, Aucar S, Sarath G, Palmer NA, Edmé SG, Tobias CM (2020) Responsiveness of related tetraploid and neo-octoploid switchgrass family lines to water deficit stress and recovery. BioEnergy Research 13: 63–78. doi.org/10.1007/s12155-020-10092-0.
• Becana M, Yruela I, Sarath G, Catalán P, Hargrove MS (2020) Plant hemoglobins, a journey from unicellular green algae to angiosperms. Invited Tansley Review. New Phytologist 2020 Jan 21. Doi: 10.1111/nph.16444.