Avtar K. Handa
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
168
Citations
10,867
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
59
Publishing since 1968
Avtar K. Handa works on plant biology with a focus on tomato and other crops, studying how fruit ripens, how plants respond to stresses like drought, salt, heat and cold, and the role of small molecules called polyamines in plant growth and stress responses. This research combines genetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry to understand crop quality and resilience, with applications for improving postharvest storage and stress tolerance in agriculture.
Publication output was relatively high around 2017-2019, declined to a near halt in 2022-2023, and has shown modest renewed activity from 2024 onward.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Integrative Bioinformatic, Transcriptional, and Enzymatic Analysis Reveals Differential Regulation of Rhamnogalacturonan Lyase During Postharvest Ripening of Soursop (Annona muricata L.) Varieties
Agronomy · 2026
- Salt tolerance index and morpho-physiological characterization of tomato F2 segregating lines under salinity stress
CABI Agriculture and Bioscience · 2025
- Dr. Autar Krishen Mattoo (1943-2024): an outstanding plant biologist with a focus on photosynthesis
Photosynthetica · 2025
- Engineering Crops for Enhanced Drought Stress Tolerance: A Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture
Agronomy · 2025
- Unlocking the role of novel primary/di-amine oxidases in crop improvement: Tissue specificity leads to specific roles connected to abiotic stress, hormone responses and sensing nitrogen
Journal of Plant Physiology · 2024
- Crafting State-of-the-art Agroforestry for Bundelkhand using Insights from Past
Annals of Arid Zone · 2024
- A comprehensive endogenous phytohormone metabolite landscape identifies new metabolites associated with tomato fruit
Plant Growth Regulation · 2024
- Non-Edible Tree-Based Oilseeds as Sustainable Source of Biodiesel and Bioenergy Production
Apple Academic Press eBooks · 2024
- Plant Transcriptome Reprograming and Bacterial Extracellular Metabolites Underlying Tomato Drought Resistance Triggered by a Beneficial Soil Bacteria
Metabolites · 2021
- Differential Association of Free, Conjugated, and Bound Forms of Polyamines and Transcript Abundance of Their Biosynthetic and Catabolic Genes During Drought/Salinity Stress in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Leaves
Frontiers in Plant Science · 2021
- Polyamines and Their Biosynthesis/Catabolism Genes Are Differentially Modulated in Response to Heat Versus Cold Stress in Tomato Leaves (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Cells · 2020
- Engineered Ripening-Specific Accumulation of Polyamines Spermidine and Spermine in Tomato Fruit Upregulates Clustered C/D Box snoRNA Gene Transcripts in Concert with Ribosomal RNA Biogenesis in the Red Ripe Fruit
Plants · 2020
- In silico Analysis of Polyamine Rich Transgenic Tomato Fruit Transcriptome for Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis
Egyptian Journal of Botany · 2020
- Transcript Abundance Patterns of 9- and 13-Lipoxygenase Subfamily Gene Members in Response to Abiotic Stresses (Heat, Cold, Drought or Salt) in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Highlights Member-Specific Dynamics Relevant to Each Stress
Genes · 2019
- Nexus Between Spermidine and Floral Organ Identity and Fruit/Seed Set in Tomato
Frontiers in Plant Science · 2019
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- Journal of Plant Physiology×3
- Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science×3
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- Agronomy×2
- Chanung Park
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Jinping Fan
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Lan‐Ying Lee
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Eun-Hyang Han
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University
- Richard Meilan
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
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