Surinder Chopra

Plant defense against insect herbivory
Debamalya Chatterjee, Charles Colvin, Tyler Lesko, Michelle Peiffer, Gary W. Felton, Surinder Chopra, Mar 2025, In: Plant Stress
Date: Mar 2025

Maize unstable factor for orange1 encodes a nuclear protein that affects redox accumulation during kernel development
Debamalya Chatterjee, Ziru Zhang, Pei Yu Lin, Po Hao Wang, Gurpreet K. Sidhu, Neela H. Yennawar, Jo Wei Allison Hsieh, Pao Yang Chen, Rentao Song, Blake C. Meyers, Surinder Chopra, Jan 1 2025, In: Plant Cell
Date: Jan 1 2025

The effects of a high-flavonoid corn cultivar on the gastrointestinal tract microbiota in chickens undergoing necrotic enteritis
Vinicius Buiatte, Monika Proszkowiec-Weglarz, Katarzyna Miska, Dorian Dominguez, Mahmoud Mahmoud, Tyler Lesko, Bryan P. Panek, Surinder Chopra, Mark Jenkins, Alberto Gino Lorenzoni, Sep 2024, In: PloS one
Date: Sep 2024

New Breeding Trends in Sorghum
Dinakaran Elango, Wanyan Wang, Neethu Francis, Debamalya Chatterjee, Ann Murithi, Visalakshi Chandra, Theivasigamani Parthasarathi, Einstein Mariya David, Vanitha Jayaraman, Kamaleeswari Govindarajan, Bonti Gogoi, Somashekhar Punnuri, Mahendar Thudi, Mahalingam Govindaraj, Ashok Kumar Are, Yinping J..., Jan 1 2024, In: Omics and Biotechnological Approaches for Product Profile-Driven Sorghum Improvement
Date: Jan 1 2024

Maize near-isogenic lines with enhanced flavonoids alleviated dextran sodium sulfate-induced murine colitis via modulation of the gut microbiota
Binning Wu, Abigail D. Cox, Haotian Chang, Mary J. Kennett, Cristina Rosa, Surinder Chopra, Shiyu Li, Lavanya Reddivari, Sep 28 2023, In: Food and Function
Date: Sep 28 2023

Comparative analysis of microbiota in the ceca of broiler chickens with necrotic enteritis fed a commercial corn diet or with corn high in flavonoids (PennHFD1)
Katarzyna B. Miska, Monika Proszkowiec-Weglarz, Vinicius Buiatte, Mahmoud Mahmoud, Tyler Lesko, Mark C. Jenkins, Surinder Chopra, Alberto Gino Lorenzoni, 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiomes
Date: 2023

Inclusion of high-flavonoid corn in the diet of broiler chickens as a potential approach for the control of necrotic enteritis
Vinicius Buiatte, Dorian Dominguez, Tyler Lesko, Mark Jenkins, Surinder Chopra, Alberto Gino Lorenzoni, May 2022, In: Poultry science
Date: May 2022

Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides
Dinakaran Elango, Karthika Rajendran, Liza Van der Laan, Sheelamary Sebastiar, Joscif Raigne, Naveen A. Thaiparambil, Noureddine El Haddad, Bharath Raja, Wanyan Wang, Antonella Ferela, Kevin O. Chiteri, Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K. Varshney, Surinder Chopra, Arti Singh, Asheesh K. Singh, Feb 17 2022, In: Frontiers in Plant Science
Date: Feb 17 2022

Sorghum and maize flavonoids are detrimental to growth and survival of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda
Debamalya Chatterjee, Tyler Lesko, Michelle Peiffer, Dinakaran Elango, Julien Beuzelin, Gary W. Felton, Surinder Chopra, 2022, In: Journal of Pest Science
Date: 2022

Association genetics of early season cold and late season frost tolerance in Sorghum bicolor
Dinakaran Elango, Xiaoyu Wang, Rohil Sahai Bhatnagar, Qixian Tan, Iffa Gaffoor, Zhenbin Hu, Weiya Xue, Gregory W. Roth, Geoffrey P. Morris, Lavanya Reddivari, Surinder Chopra, 2022, In: Crop Science
Date: 2022

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Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides
Dinakaran Elango, Karthika Rajendran, Liza Van der Laan, Sheelamary Sebastiar, Joscif Raigne, Naveen A. Thaiparambil, Noureddine El Haddad, Bharath Raja, Wanyan Wang, Antonella Ferela, Kevin O. Chiteri, Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K. Varshney, Surinder Chopra, Arti Singh, Asheesh K. Singh, Feb 17 2022, In: Frontiers in Plant Science
Citations: 195

Ordered origin of the typical two- and three-repeat Myb genes
Cizhong Jiang, Jianying Gu, Surinder Chopra, Xun Gu, Thomas Peterson, Feb 4 2004, In: Gene
Citations: 137

Flavonoid phytoalexin-dependent resistance to anthracnose leaf blight requires a functional yellow seed1 in Sorghum bicolor
Farag Ibraheem, Iffa Gaffoor, Surinder Chopra, Apr 2010, In: Genetics
Citations: 112

A segmental gene duplication generated differentially expressed myb-homologous genes in maize
P. Zhang, S. Chopra, T. Peterson, 2000, In: Plant Cell
Citations: 109

Molecular characterization of a mutable pigmentation phenotype and isolation of the first active transposable element from Sorghum bicolor
Surinder Chopra, Volker Brendel, Jianbo Zhang, John D. Axtell, Thomas Peterson, Dec 21 1999, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Citations: 99

Identification of the Pr1 Gene Product Completes the Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Pathway of Maize
Mandeep Sharma, Moises Cortes-Cruz, Kevin R. Ahern, Michael McMullen, Thomas P. Brutnell, Surinder Chopra, May 2011, In: Genetics
Citations: 89

Expression of flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase is controlled by P1, the regulator of 3-deoxyflavonoid biosynthesis in maize
Mandeep Sharma, Chenglin Chai, Kengo Morohashi, Erich Grotewold, Maurice E. Snook, Surinder Chopra, Nov 1 2012, In: BMC plant biology
Citations: 79

Sorghum 3-Deoxyanthocyanidin Flavonoids Confer Resistance against Corn Leaf Aphid
Rupesh R. Kariyat, Iffa Gaffoor, Sampurna Sattar, Cullen W. Dixon, Nadia Frock, Juliet Moen, Consuelo M. De Moraes, Mark C. Mescher, Gary A. Thompson, Surinder Chopra, Jan 1 2019, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology
Citations: 71

A sorghum MYB transcription factor induces 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and enhances resistance against leaf blights in maize
Farag Ibraheem, Iffa Gaffoor, Qixian Tan, Chi Ren Shyu, Surinder Chopra, Feb 1 2015, In: Molecules
Citations: 69

Alleles of the maize P gene with distinct tissue specificities encode Myb-homologous proteins with C-terminal replacements
Surinder Chopra, Prasanna Athma, Thomas Peterson, Jul 1996, In: Plant Cell
Citations: 68

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Centers & Institutes

Penn State and Bayer partner to expand the Bayer University Mentoring Program, B4U to include both crop sciences and pharmaceuticals for 2026. Credit: Bayer. All Rights Reserved.

January 30, 2026

Bayer University Mentoring Program now includes pharmaceutical track

March 02, 2025

Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken, kill major crop pest

The flavonoids that provide insecticide-like protection to some corn lines against corn earworm larvae also provide pigments to the plants that show up in the silks, husks and kernels. Pictured here are the lines used in the research. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 19, 2025

Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken, kill major crop pest

August 23, 2022

Flavonoids from sorghum plants kill fall armyworm pest on corn; may protect crop

May 03, 2021

Mutant corn gene boosts sugar in seeds, leaves, may lead to breeding better crop

August 10, 2020

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Bayer University Mentoring Program now includes pharmaceutical track

Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken, kill major crop pest

Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken, kill major crop pest

Flavonoids from sorghum plants kill fall armyworm pest on corn; may protect crop

Mutant corn gene boosts sugar in seeds, leaves, may lead to breeding better crop

Flavonoids' presence in sorghum roots may lead to frost-resistant crop

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