Surinder Chopra
Professor of Maize Genetics
- 252 ASI
University Park, PA - sic3@psu.edu
- 814-865-1159
Research Summary
Regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis during plant development and plant-pathogen interaction. Epigenetic regulation and allele specific patterns.
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Zea Mays Genes Alleles Flavonoids Corn Dna Methylation Transcription Factors Methylation Epigenomics Pericarp Sorghum Phenotype Proteomics Transcription Factor 3 Biosynthesis Leaves Pigmentation Lignin Gene Expression Maize Tissue Epigenetics Introns Coenzyme A MethyltransferasesMost Recent Papers
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 Allen Thompson, Surinder Chopra, 2019, Journal of Chemical Ecology
The Dominant and Poorly Penetrant Phenotypes of Maize Unstable factor for orange1 Are Caused by DNA Methylation Changes at a Linked Transposon
Kameron Wittmeyer, Jin Cui, Debamalya Chatterjee, Tzuu Fen Lee, Qixian Tan, Weiya Xue, Yinping Jiao, Po Hao Wang, Iffa Gaffoor, Doreen Ware, Blake C. Meyers, Surinder Chopra, 2018, The Plant cell on p. 3006-3023
Genotypic and Pathogenic Diversity of Colletotrichum sublineola Isolates from Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and Johnsongrass (S. halepense) in the Southeastern United States
K. V. Xavier, E. S.G. Mizubuti, M. V. Queiroz, Surinder Chopra, L. Vaillancourt, 2018, Plant disease on p. 2341-2351
Overlapping RdDM and non-RdDM mechanisms work together to maintain somatic repression of a paramutagenic epiallele of maize pericarp color1
Po Hao Wang, Kameron T. Wittmeyer, Tzuu fen Lee, Blake C. Meyers, Surinder Chopra, 2017, PloS one
Aggressiveness of Colletotrichum sublineola strains from Sorghum bicolor and S. Halepense to sweet sorghum variety sugar drip, and their impact on yield
K. V. Xavier, T. Pfeiffer, D. F. Parreira, Surinder Chopra, L. Vaillancourt, 2017, Plant disease on p. 1578-1587
Soil management affects expression of genes involved in carbon and nitrogen metabolism in maize
Erika Roach, Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Surinder Chopra, 2016, Crop Science on p. 1841-1856
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, 2015, Molecules on p. 2388-2404
Comparative proteomics analysis by DIGE and iTRAQ provides insight into the regulation of phenylpropanoids in maize
Michael L. Robbins, Ansuman Roy, Po Hao Wang, Iffa Gaffoor, Rajandeep S. Sekhon, Marcia De Oliveira Buanafina, Jai S. Rohila, Surinder Chopra, 2013, Journal of Proteomics on p. 254-275
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, 2012, BMC Plant Biology
Maize Unstable factor for orange1 Is Required for Maintaining Silencing Associated with Paramutation at the pericarp color1 and booster1 Loci
Rajandeep S. Sekhon, Po Hao Wang, Lyudmila Sidorenko, Vicki L. Chandler, Surinder Chopra, 2012, PLoS Genetics
High-Impact Papers
Flavonoid phytoalexin-dependent resistance to anthracnose leaf blight requires a functional yellow seed1 in Sorghum bicolor
Farag Ibraheem, Iffa Gaffoor, Surinder Chopra, 2010, Genetics on p. 915-926
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, 2011, Genetics on p. 69-79
Progressive loss of DNA methylation releases epigenetic gene silencing from a tandemly repeated maize Myb gene
Rajandeep S. Sekhon, Surinder Chopra, 2009, Genetics on p. 81-91
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, 2012, BMC Plant Biology
Tissue culture-induced novel epialleles of a Myb transcription factor encoded by pericarp color1 in maize
Yong Rhee, Rajandeep S. Sekhon, Surinder Chopra, Shawn Kaeppler, 2010, Genetics on p. 843-855
Comparative proteomics analysis by DIGE and iTRAQ provides insight into the regulation of phenylpropanoids in maize
Michael L. Robbins, Ansuman Roy, Po Hao Wang, Iffa Gaffoor, Rajandeep S. Sekhon, Marcia De Oliveira Buanafina, Jai S. Rohila, Surinder Chopra, 2013, Journal of Proteomics on p. 254-275
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, 2015, Molecules on p. 2388-2404
Maize Unstable factor for orange1 Is Required for Maintaining Silencing Associated with Paramutation at the pericarp color1 and booster1 Loci
Rajandeep S. Sekhon, Po Hao Wang, Lyudmila Sidorenko, Vicki L. Chandler, Surinder Chopra, 2012, PLoS Genetics
Gene structure induced epigenetic modifications of pericarp color1 alleles of maize result in tissue-specific mosaicism
Michael L. Robbins, Pohao Wang, Rajandeep S. Sekhon, Surinder Chopra, 2009, PLoS One
Soil management affects expression of genes involved in carbon and nitrogen metabolism in maize
Erika Roach, Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Surinder Chopra, 2016, Crop Science on p. 1841-1856