Surinder Chopra
Professor of Maize Genetics
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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.
Huck Graduate Students
Huck Affiliations
- Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Plant Biology
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Plant Institute
- Center for Biorenewables
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Publication Tags
Flavonoids Zea Mays Genes Sorghum Corn Sorghum (Poaceae) Phenotype Dna Methylation Transcription Factors Diet Alleles Sorghum Bicolor Anthocyanins Maize Colletotrichum Sublineolum Methylation Leaves Pericarp Biofuels Chromosome Mapping Forage Biosynthesis Nitrogen Transcription Factor 3 TransposonsMost Recent Papers
Characterization of Maize Near-Isogenic Lines With Enhanced Flavonoid Expression to Be Used as Tools in Diet-Health Complexity
Binning Wu, Haotian Chang, Rich Marini, Surinder Chopra, Lavanya Reddivari, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
Performance of novel sorghum germplasm in Pennsylvania and their response to anthracnose
Iffa Gaffoor, Germán V. Sandoya, Katia V. Xavier, Etta M. Nuckles, Srinivasa R. Pinnamaneni, Lisa J. Vaillancourt, Surinder Chopra, 2021, Crop Science
Sorghum root flavonoid chemistry, cultivar, and frost stress effects on rhizosphere bacteria and fungi
Mara Cloutier, Debamalya Chatterjee, Dinakaran Elango, Jin Cui, Maryann Victoria Bruns, Surinder Chopra, 2021, Phytobiomes Journal on p. 39-50
Genome wide association mapping of epi-cuticular wax genes in Sorghum bicolor
Dinakaran Elango, Weiya Xue, Surinder Chopra, 2020, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants on p. 1727-1737
Intestinal mucosal barrier function restoration in mice by maize diet containing enriched flavan-4-ols
Binning Wu, Rohil Bhatnagar, Vijaya V.indukuri, Shara Chopra, Kylie March, Nina Cordero, Surinder Chopra, Lavanya Reddivari, 2020, Nutrients
Seeding and nitrogen fertilization effects on the yield and quality of brachytic dwarf brown midrib forage sorghum hybrids
Dinakaran Elango, Surinder Chopra, Gregory W. Roth, 2020, Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management
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, 2019, Journal of Chemical Ecology
Sorghum
P. Srinivas Rao, K. S. Vinutha, G. S.Anil Kumar, T. Chiranjeevi, A. Uma, Pankaj Lal, R. S. Prakasham, H. P. Singh, R. Sreenivasa Rao, Surinder Chopra, Shibu Jose, 2019, on p. 399-424
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 Chopraa, 2018, 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, S. Chopra, L. Vaillancourt, 2018, Plant Disease on p. 2341-2351
Most-Cited Papers
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
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
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 M.de O. Buanafina, Jai S. Rohila, Surinder Chopra, 2013, Journal of Proteomics on p. 254-275
Responses to low phosphorus in high and low foliar anthocyanin coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides) and maize (Zea mays)
Amelia Henry, Surinder Chopra, David G. Clark, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2012, Australian journal of scientific research. Ser. B: Biological sciences on p. 255-265
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
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 Chopraa, 2018, 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, S. Chopra, L. Vaillancourt, 2018, Plant Disease on p. 2341-2351
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, 2019, Journal of Chemical Ecology
Plant biotechnology
Agnès Ricroch, Surinder Chopra, Shelby J. Fleischer, 2014,
News Articles Featuring Surinder Chopra
May 03, 2021
Mutant corn gene boosts sugar in seeds, leaves, may lead to breeding better crop
An abnormal build up of carbohydrates — sugars and starches — in the kernels and leaves of a mutant line of corn can be traced to one misregulated gene, and that discovery offers clues about how the plant deals with stress.
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Aug 10, 2020
Flavonoids' presence in sorghum roots may lead to frost-resistant crop
Flavonoid compounds — produced by the roots of some sorghum plants — positively affect soil microorganisms, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest the discovery is an early step in developing a frost-resistant line of the valuable crop for North American farmers.
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Apr 03, 2019
Insect-deterring sorghum compounds may be eco-friendly pesticide
Compounds produced by sorghum plants to defend against insect feeding could be isolated, synthesized and used as a targeted, nontoxic insect deterrent, according to researchers who studied plant-insect interactions that included field, greenhouse and laboratory components.
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