Recent publications

Rav B.R., Satbhai S.B.* Iron Deficiency Reprograms Lateral Root Growth via TAR2-dependent Auxin

Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum. 2026. PubMed PMID: 41797422. ( https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70828)

Tyagi DS., Banoo H., Jha DK., Meena V., Joon R., Agrwal K., Yadav P., Kumar A., Satbhai SB.,

Long T., Pandey AK. 3. 4. 5. 6. CRISPR/Cas9 Editing of the Wheat Iron Sensor TaHRZ1 Confirms Its Conserved

Role in Iron Homeostasis and Allocation in Grains. Plant Cell and Environment. 2026. PubMed

PMID: 41930411. (https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70516) 

Shikha D., Kumar A., Jakhar P., Serre N., Koolath V., Bhardwaj S., Mishra S., Jaillais Y., Satbhai

S.B.* Danger-associated peptide modulates iron deficiency signaling and root growth in Arabidopsis.

New Phytologist. 2025. PubMed PMID: 41332117. (https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70792)

Joon R., Singh G., Tyagi D., Meena V., Shukla V., Agrwal K., Saini S., Mankiran, Banoo H., Satbhai

S.B., Singh J.. Integrative spatial transcriptomic analysis pinpoints the role of the ferroxidase,

TaMCO3, in wheat root tip iron mobilization. The Plant Journal. 2025; 122(2): e70188. PubMed

PMID: 40298432. ( https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70188) 

Trofimov K., Mankotia S., Ngigi M., Baby D., Satbhai S.B., Bauer P. Shedding light on iron

nutrition: exploring intersections of transcription factor cascades in light and iron deficiency

signaling. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2025; 76(3): 787-802. PubMed PMID: 39115876. (https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae324) 

Mankotia S., Dubey A., Jakhar P., Satbhai S.B.* ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) and POPEYE

(PYE) Regulate Intercellular Iron Transport in Plants. Plant Cell and Environment. 2024. PubMed

PMID: 39136421. ( https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15090)

Deep Shikha, Ankit Kumar, Ajay K. Pandey, Santosh B. Satbhai* (2023) SOD-GIF-FIT module controls plant organ size and iron uptake. Trends in Plant Science

(doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2023.11.001). 

Deep Shikha, Ankit Kumar, Ajay K. Pandey, Santosh B. Satbhai* (2023) SOD-GIF-FIT module controls plant organ size and iron uptake. Trends in Plant Science. (doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2023.11.001).

Mankotia S, Singh D, Monika K, Kalra M, Meena H, Meena V, Yadav RK, Pandey AK, Satbhai SB* (2023). ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 regulates BRUTUS and affects iron acquisition and homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 114(6):1267-1284. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16191. (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.16191).

Shikha D, Jakhar P, Santosh B. Satbhai* (2023) Role of jasmonate signaling in the regulation of plant responses to nutrient deficiency. J Exp Bot. 74(4):1221-1243. (https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac387).

Platre MP, Santosh B. Satbhai, Brent L, Gleason MF, Cao M, Grison M, Glavier M, Zhang L, Gaillochet C, Goeschl C, Giovannetti M, Enugutti B, Neveu J, von Reth M, Alcázar R, Parker JE, Vert G, Bayer E, Busch W. (2022). The receptor kinase SRF3 coordinates iron-level and flagellin dependent defense and growth responses in plants. Nature Communications 13(1):4445. (www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32167-6#article-info).

Selected publications

1. Systems genomics approaches provide new insights into Arabidopsis thaliana root growth regulation under combinatorial mineral nutrient limitation. Bouain N, Korte A, Satbhai SB, Nam HI, Rhee SY, Busch W, Rouached H. PLoS Genet. 2019; 6;15(11):e1008392. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008392.

2. Root System Depth in Arabidopsis Is Shaped by EXOCYST70A3 via the Dynamic Modulation of Auxin Transport. Ogura T, Goeschl C, Filiault D, Mirea M, Slovak R, Wolhrab B, Satbhai SB, Busch W. Cell. 2019; 178(2):400-412.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.06.021.

3. Natural allelic variation of the AZI1 gene controls root growth under zinc-limiting condition. Bouain N, Satbhai SB, Korte A, Saenchai C, Desbrosses G, Berthomieu P, Busch W, Rouached H. PLoS Genet. 2018;14(4):e1007304. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007304.

4. An extracellular network of Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases. Smakowska-Luzan E, Mott GA, Parys K, Stegmann M, Howton TC, Layeghifard M, Neuhold J, Lehner A, Kong J, Grünwald K, Weinberger N, Satbhai SB, Mayer D, Busch W, Madalinski M, Stolt-Bergner P, Provart NJ, Mukhtar MS, Zipfel C, Desveaux D, Guttman DS, Belkhadir Y. Nature. 2018;553(7688):342-346. doi: 10.1038/nature25184.

5. Natural allelic variation of FRO2 modulates Arabidopsis root growth under iron deficiency. Satbhai SB, Setzer C, Freynschlag F, Slovak R, Kerdaffrec E, Busch W. Nat Commun. 2017 ;8:15603. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15603.

6. Automated High-Throughput Root Phenotyping of Arabidopsis thaliana Under Nutrient Deficiency Conditions. Satbhai SB, Göschl C, Busch W. Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1610:135-153. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7003-2_10.

7. Underground tuning: quantitative regulation of root growth. Satbhai SB, Ristova D, Busch W. J Exp Bot. 2015 ;66(4):1099-112. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eru529.

8. Transformation and measurement of bioluminescence rhythms in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Aoki S, Okada R, Satbhai SB. Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1158:325-36. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0700-7_22.

9. Heterologous expression and functional characterization of a Physcomitrella Pseudo response regulator homolog, PpPRR2, in Arabidopsis. Satbhai SB, Yamashino T, Mizuno T, Aoki S. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2011;75(4):786-9. doi: 10.1271/bbb.100859.

10. Pseudo-response regulator (PRR) homologues of the moss Physcomitrella patens: insights into the evolution of the PRR family in land plants. Satbhai SB, Yamashino T, Okada R, Nomoto Y, Mizuno T, Tezuka Y, Itoh T, Tomita M, Otsuki S, Aoki S. DNA Res. 2011;18(1):39-52. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsq033.