Plant tissue culture represents the most promising areas of application at present time and giving an out look into the future. My focus areas ranges from micropropagation of rare, endangered and threatened plants of the Himalayan region as well as economically and nutritionally important plants of cold regions. In addition, I am developing in vitro systems for rapid mass propagation of high quality, disease free and uniform planting material with focus on cost effective practices.

Research Focus:

Phyllostachys pubescens, Nardostachys jatamansi, Ferula asafoetida, Crocus sativus, Amomum subulatum, Siraitia grosvenorii, Camellia sinensis, Chlorophytum comosum.

Training of graduate students, post-graduate students, farmers, agriculture officers and entrepeuners in plant tissue culture.

1- 2023: Certificate of excellence in reviewing (South African Journal of Botany)

2- 2021: Member of The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI).

3- 2020: Member of Plant Tissue Culture Association of India (PTCAI)

4- 2020: Faculty (Biological Sciences) in Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (ACSIR).

5- 2020: Photo credit in Journal of Experimental Botany editorial 71(2):451-456

6- 2019: Third Prize in the Lightning Talk session of India-EMBO symposium 

7- 2019: Young investigator talk in workshop on “Plant stress biology and food security”, ICGEB, New Delhi.

8- 2018: R.D. Asana Gold Medal Award, Indian Society for Plant Physiology
9- 2018: Designed the cover page of Journal of Biological Chemistry, 293(14)

10- 2018: Best Poster Award, Plant Tissue Culture Association (India)

11- 2018: Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing (International Journal of Biological Macromolecules)

12- 2018: Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing (Current Plant Biology)

13- 2017: Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing (Genes)

14- 2017: Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing (Plant Physiology and Biochemistry)

15- 2016: UGC-Dr. D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship

16- 2016: Young Scientist Award, Indian Society for Plant Physiology

17- 2013: SERB Fast Track Young Scientist (Life Sciences)

18- 2012: Visiting postdoctoral researcher, Louisiana State University,  Baton Rouge, LA, USA

19- 2003: Best Poster Award, Society for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

20- CSIR-National Eligibility Test (Life Sciences)

21- ASRB-National Eligibility Test (Plant Biochemistry and Plant Physiology)

22- ASRB- National Eligibility Test (Basic Plant Sciences)

23- 2004: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 

Editorial Board Member

Associate Editor, Plant Physiology Reports (Springer)

Review Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science

Academic Editor, Plos ONE

Review Editor, Pantnagar Journal of Research

Guest Editor, Special issue Genes (MDPI) "Molecular Mechanism of Plant Stress Resistance" (co editors: Dr Anil K. Singh; Dr Ananda Mustafiz).

Guest Editor, Special issue Biology (MDPI) "Molecular Genetics in Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress" (co editors: Dr Abhishek Bohra; Prof Rajeev Varshney).

Editor, International journal of Agricultural Sciences and Food Technology

Reviewer for 102 peer reviewed journals https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/V-1582-2019

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=1X4WDRsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

(Citations: 3300 h-index: 30; i10-index: 53; Total Impact: 237.70)

Research Articles

1. Patial M, Devi K, Sharma P, Sharma PK, Pal PK, Kumar S and Joshi R 2024* Development of robust in vitro propagation protocol and cyto-genetic fidelity assessment of Siraitia grosvenorii (Monk Fruit). Scientia Horticulturae. 331: 113142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113142 IF=4.3 *Corresponding Author

2. Joshi S and Joshi R 2024*. Comparative transcriptome profiling unveils the role of differentially charged gold nanoparticle in growth, metabolic regulation and defence response of micropropagated Nardostachys jatamansi Wall. ex DC. South African Journal of Botany, 167: 585-596. IF= 3.1*Corresponding Author

3. Patial M, Suryavanshi V, Devi K, Pal PK and Joshi R 2024*. Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical Response of Monk Fruit Plant to Charged Gold Nanoparticles Under In Vitro Conditions. Sugar Tech. *Corresponding Author https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-024-01387-z IF= 1.9

4. Anwar K, Joshi R, Bahuguna RN, Govindjee G, Sasidharan R, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2024. Impact of individual, combined and sequential stress on photosynthesis machinary in rice (Oryza sativa L). Physiologia Plantarum. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14209. IF=6.4.

5. Kumar A, Rawat N, Thakur S, Joshi R and Pandey SS 2023. A highly efficient protocol for isolation of protoplast from China, Assam and Cambod types of tea plants [camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze]. Plant Methods. if= 5.1.

6. Kumari A, Joshi S, Dar AI and Joshi R* 2023. Physio-biochemical integrators and transcriptome analysis reveal nano-eleicitation associated response during Dendrocalamus asper (Schult. and Schult. F.) Backer ex K. Heynemicropropagation. Genes. 14:1725. IF= 3.5 *Corresponding Author

7. Nath J, Devi K, Kumar V, Sharma P, Sharma RK and Joshi R*. 2023. In vitro flower induction and cyto-genetic fidelity assessment of Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques var. comosum. South African Journal of Botany. 159: 678-685. IF=3.1 *Corresponding Author

8. Gusain S, Joshi S and Joshi R* 2023. Sensing, signaling and regulatory mechanisms of cold stress tolerance in plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 197: 107646. IF= 5.437 *Corresponding Author

9. Kumari A, Kumar A, Singh S and Joshi R* 2023. Synergistic interaction between morpho-physiological traits linked with the propagation of bamboo species through culm and rhizome (offset) cuttings. South African Journal of Botany. 155: 196-204. IF= 3.111 *Corresponding Author

10. Kumari A, Sharma RK and Joshi R* 2023. Understanding the population dynamics and spatial variability of tea plantation. Vegetos.https://doi.org/10.1007/s42535-023-00757-4 *Corresponding Author

11. Joshi S, Dar AI, Acharya A and Joshi R 2022. Charged gold nanoparticles promote in vitro proliferation in Nardostachys jatamansi by differentially regulating chlorophyll content, hormone concentration and antioxidant activity. Antioxidants. 11: 1962. IF=7.675 *Corresponding Author

12. Joshi S, Chinnusamy V and Joshi R 2022. Root system architecture and omice approaches for below-ground abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Agriculture. 12(10): 1677. IF= 3.408. *Corresponding Author

13. Mishra M, Rathore RS, Joshi R, Pareek A and Singla-Pareek SL 2022. DTH8 overexpression induces early flowering, boosts yield, and improves stress recovery in rice CV IR64. Physiologia Plantarum. 174(3): e13691. IF= 5.081 

14. Anwar K, Joshi R, Morales A, Das G, Yin X, Anten NPR, Raghuvanshi S, Bahuguna R Singh M, Singh RK, Zanten MV, Sasidharan R, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2022. Genetic diversity reveal synergistic interaction between yield components could improve the sink size and yield in rice. Food and Energy Security. DOI: 10.1002/fes3.334. IF=4.667

15. Joshi S, Nath J, Singh AK*, Pareek A and Joshi R 2022. Ion transporters and their regulatory signal transduction mechanisms for salinity tolerance in plants. Physiologia Plantarum. 174(3): e13702. IF= 5.081 *Corresponding Author

16. Kumari A, Dogra V, Joshi R and Kumar S 2022. Stress-responsive cis-regulatory elements underline podophyllotoxin biosynthesis and better performance of Sinopodophyllum hexandrum under water deficit conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12: 751846 IF= 6.627

17. Panwar GS, Joshi B, Joshi R 2022. Axenic rhizome culture and clonal fidelity assessment of Eulophia dabia (D. Don) Hochr: an endangered terrestrial orchid species. In vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Plants. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-022-10258-9. IF=2.347

18. Sahoo KK, Gupta BK, Kaur C, Joshi R, Pareek A, Sopory SK and Singla-Pareek SL 2021. Methylglyoxal-glyoxalase system as a possible selection module for raising marker-free plants. Physiology and Molecular biology of Plants. 27(11): 2579-2588 IF=3.023

19. Anwar K, Joshi R, Dhankher OP, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2021. Elucidating the response of crop plants towards individual, combined and sequentially occurring abiotic stresses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(11): 6119. IF= 6.208

20. Wani SH, Anand S, Singh B, Bohra A and Joshi R* 2021. WRKY transcription factors and plant defense responses: Latest discoveries and future prospects. Plant Cell Reports. 40(7): 1071-1085. IF=4.964 *Corresponding Author

21. Shailani A, Joshi R, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2021. Stacking for future: pyramiding genes to improve salinity and drought stress tolerance. Physiologia Plantarum. 172: 1352-1362. IF=5.081

22. Upadhyay G, Tiwari N, Maurya H, Upadhyay J, Joshi R and Ansari MN (2021).In vivo wound healing and antioxidant activity of aqueous extract of Roylea elegans leaves against physically induced burn model in wistar albino rats. 3Biotech. 11: 442 IF= 2.893

23. Pareek A, Joshi R, Singla-Pareek SL, Gupta KJ and Foyer C 2020. Sensing and signalling in plant stress responses: Ensuring sustainable food security in an era of climate change. New Phytologist. 228: 823-827 IF=10.323

24. Joshi R, Sahoo KK, Singh AK, Anwar K, Gautam RK, Krishnamurthy SL, Sopory SK, Pareek A and Singla-Pareek SL 2020. Enhancing trehalose biosynthesis improves yield potential in marker-free transgenic rice under drought, saline, and sodic conditions. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(2): 653-668. IF= 7.298

25. Joshi R, Bhattacharya P, Sairam RK, Sathee L and Chinnusamy V 2020. Identification and characterization of NADH kinase-3 from a stress tolerant wild mung bean species [Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.] with a possible role in waterlogging tolerance. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 38: 137-150. IF= 1.816

26. Tiwari N, Upadhyay J, Ansari MN and Joshi R 2020. Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): Current and future aspects of pharmacological treatments. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 28(10): 1243–1252. IF=4.562

27. Sengupta S, Mangu V, Sanchez L, Bedre R, Joshi R, Rajasekaran K and Baisakh N 2019. An Actin Depolymerizing Factor from the halophyte smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora (SaADF2) is superior to its rice homolog (OsADF2) in conferring drought and salt tolerance when constitutively overexpressed in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 17(1): 188-205. IF= 13.263

28. Wungrampha S, Joshi R, Rathore RS, Singla-Pareek SL, Govindjee and Pareek A 2019. CO₂ and chlorophyll a fluorescence of Suaeda fruticosa grown under diurnal rhythm and after transfer to continuous dark. Photosynthesis Research. 142(2):211-227. IF= 3.429

29. Wungrampha S, Joshi R, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2019. How to survive in salty desert: An adventure study with Suaeda fruticosa. Journal of Plant Science Research 35(2): 257-261 (Letter to the Editor) 

30. Joshi R, Sahoo KK, Tripathi AK, Kumar R, Gupta BK, Pareek A and Singla-Pareek SL 2018. Knockdown of an inflorescence meristem-specific cytokinin oxidase - OsCKX2 in rice reduces yield penalty under salinity stress condition. Plant Cell & Environment 41(5): 936-946 (Special Issue on Climate Resilient Crops). IF= 7.947

31. Joshi R, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2018. Engineering abiotic stress response in plants for biomass production. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293: 5035-5043. IF= 5.486

32. Wani SH, Tripathi P, Zaid A, Challa GS, Kumar A, Kumar V, Upadhyay J, Joshi R and Bhatt M 2018. Transcriptional Regulation of Osmotic Stress Tolerance in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Molecular Biology. 97(6): 469-487. IF= 4.335

33. Wungrampha S, Joshi R, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2018. Photosynthesis and salinity: are they mutually exclusive? Photosynthetica. 56(1): 366-381. IF= 2.482

34. Joshi R*, Singh B and Shukla A 2018. Evaluation of elite rice genotypes for physiological and yield attributes under aerobic and irrigated conditions in Tarai areas of western Himalayan region. Current Plant Biology. 13: 45-52. *corresponding author 

35. Joshi R, Gupta P, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2017. Biomass production and salinity response in plants: role of MicroRNAs. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 22: 448-457. (Special Issue: Small RNAs: Regulators of plant development and climate resilience). 

36. Upadhyay G, Malik J, Joshi R, Lakshmayya and Singh UK 2017. Hepatoprotective potential of lyophilized hydro-alcoholic extract of Roylea elegans Wall. against CCL4  and PCM induced hepatotoxicity in wistar rats. Annals of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics. 2(8): 1045. 

37. Joshi R, Prashat R, Sharma PC, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2016. Physiological characterization of gamma-ray induced mutant population of rice to facilitate biomass and yield improvement under salinity stress. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 21(4): 545-555. (Special Issue: Challenges and Strategies in Plant Biology Research) IF=1.7

38. Kushwaha HR#, Joshi R#, Pareek A and Singla-Pareek SL 2016. MATH-domain family shows response towards abiotic stress in Arabidopsis and rice. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7: 923. (IF=3.678) #contributed equally IF= 6.627

39. Joshi R, Wani SH, Singh B, Bohra A, Dar ZA, Lone AA, Pareek A and Singla-Pareek SL 2016. Transcription factors and plant response to drought stress: Current understanding and future directions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7: 1029. IF= 6.627

40. Joshi R#, Karan R#, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2016. Ectopic expression of Pokkali phosphoglycerate kinase-2 (OsPGK2-P) improves yield in tobacco plants under salinity stress. Plant Cell Reports 35: 27-41. #contributed equally IF= 4.964

41. Kumari S#, Joshi R#, Singh K#, Roy S#, Tripathi AK, Singh P, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2015. Expression of a cyclophilin OsCyp2-P isolated from a salt tolerant landrace of rice in tobacco alleviates stress via ion homeostasis and limiting ROS accumulation. Functional and Integrative Genomics. 15: 395-412. #contributed equally IF= 3.674

42. Bohra A, Sahrawat KL, Kumar S, Joshi R, Parihar AK, Singh U, Singh D and Singh NP 2015. Genetics and genomics based interventions for nutritional enhancement of grain-legume crops: Status and outlook. Journal of Applied Genetics. 56: 151-161. IF= 2.653

43. Singh B, Bohra A, Mishra S, Joshi R and Pandey S 2015. Embracing new-generation ‘omics’ tools to improve drought tolerance in cereal and food-legume crops. Biologia Plantarum. 59 (3): 413-428. IF= 1.122

44. Joshi R, Ramanarao, VM, Lee, S; Kato, N and Baisakh, N 2014. Ectopic expression of ADP Ribosylation Factor1 (SaARF1) from smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) confers drought and salt tolerance in transgenic rice and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. 117: 17-30 IF= 2.726

45. Upadhyay J, Upadhyay G, Joshi R and Juyal V 2014. Effect of rhododendron flower juice on the bioavailability of amlodipine in rats. International Journal of Bioassays. 3: 1734-1737.  

46. Joshi R, Ramanarao, VM and Baisakh, N 2013. Arabidopsis plants constitutively overexpressing a myo-inositol 1-phosphate synthase gene (SaINO1) from the halophyte smooth cordgrass exhibits enhanced level of tolerance to salt stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 65:61-66. IF= 5.437 

47. Kumar P, Pal M, Joshi R and Sairam RK 2013. Yield, growth and physiological responses of mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] genotypes to waterlogging at vegetative stage. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 19(2): 209-220. IF= 3.023

48. Joshi R*, Shukla A and Kumar P 2013. In vitro water deficit stress induced genotypic alterations in protein profile among aromatic rice varieties. Annals of Plant Sciences. 2: 455-458. *corresponding author

49. Joshi R and Kumar P 2013.  Regulation of somatic embryogenesis in crops: A review. Agricultural Reviews. 34(1): 1-20 

50. Kumar G, Kushwaha HR, Punjabi-Sabharwal V, Kumari S, Joshi R, Karan R, Mittal S, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2012. Clustered metallothionein genes are co-regulated in rice and ectopic expression of OsMT1e-P confers multiple abiotic stress tolerance in tobacco via ROS scavenging. BMC Plant Biology. 12: 107. (Highly Accessed). IF= 5.26

51. Bahuguna RN, Joshi R, Pandey M, Shukla A and Kumar J 2012. Thiamine primed defense provides reliable alternative to systemic fungicide carbandazim against sheath blight disease in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 57: 159-167. IF= 5.437

52. Sairam RK, Dharmar K, Chinnusamy V, Lekshmy S, Joshi R and Bhattacharya P 2012. The role of non-symbiotic haemoglobin and nitric oxide homeostasis in waterlogging tolerance in Vigna species. Biologia Plantarum. 56 (3): 528-536. IF= 1.122

53. Sairam RK, Chinnusamy V, Arora A, Bhattacharya P, Joshi R and Trivedi S 2012. Non-symbiotic hemoglobin and nitrate reductase constitute an alternative to fermentation in waterlogging tolerance of mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 17(2): 93-102. IF=1.7

54. Joshi R and Kumar P 2012. Lysigenous aerenchyma formation involves non-apoptotic programmed cell death in rice roots. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 18(1): 1-9. IF= 3.023

55. Joshi R and Kumar P 2012. Aerobic rice: An option for growing rice under limited water availability. Indian Farming. 62(2): 11-14. 

56. Sairam RK, Dharmar K, Chinnusamy V, Lekshmy S, Joshi R and Bhattacharya P 2011. NADPH oxidase as the source of ROS produced under waterlogging in roots of mung bean. Biologia Plantarum. 55(4): 741-746. IF= 1.122

57. Joshi R*, Shukla A and Sairam RK 2011. In vitro screening of rice genotypes for drought tolerance using polyethylene glycol. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 33(6): 2209-2217. *corresponding author IF= 2.736

58. Verma D, Joshi R, Shukla A and Kumar P 2011. Protocol for in vitro somatic embryogenesis and regeneration of rice (Oryza sativa l.). Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 49(12): 958-963. IF= 0.944

59. Bahuguna RN, Joshi R, Singh G, Shukla, A, Gupta R and Bains G 2011. Micropropagation and total alkaloid extraction of Rauwolfia serpentina: An important anti-hypersensitive medicinal shrub. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 81(12): 1124–1129. IF= 0.374

60. Joshi R, Shukla A and Kumar P 2010. Interactive effect of GA₃ and polyamines on in vitro somatic embryogenesis from immature embryos in maize (Zea mays L.). Maydica. 55: 111-119. IF= 0.914

61. Joshi R, Shukla A, Mani SC and Kumar P 2010. Hypoxia induced non-apoptotic cellular changes during aerenchyma formation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) roots. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 16(1): 99-106. IF= 3.023

62. Joshi R, Shukla A and Kumar P 2010. In vitro selection of hill maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids for low phosphate tolerance. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 15(2): 159-163. IF=1.7

63. Joshi R, Nailwal TK, Tewari LM and Shukla A 2010. Exploring biotechnology for conserving himalayan biodiversity. Life Science Journal. 7(3): 20-28. 

64. Joshi R, Shukla A and Kumar P 2009. In vitro flowering in hill maize: A novel technique for future. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 14(3): 299-302. IF=1.7

65. Joshi R, Mani SC, Shukla A and Pant RC 2009. Aerobic rice: water use sustainability. Oryza. 46(1): 1-5. *corresponding author

Book Chapters 

1. Patial M, Sharma RK, Joshi R* (2023). CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing strategies for abiotic stress tolerance in crops. In: Kumar R, Sharma A, Kumar Y and Sharma I (Eds.) Genome editing for crop improvement. NOVA Science Publishers, New York, USA. Pp 147-160. * Corresponding Author

2. Sareen B and Joshi R 2023. Expand the survival limits of crop plants under cold climate region. In: Ansari MW, Singh A and Tuteja N (Eds.) Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management. John Wiley & Sons, USA.Pp 161-174.(ISBN: 978-1-119-85852-2) *Corresponding Author. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119858553.ch13

3. Patial M, Devi K, Joshi R* (2022). CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Targeted Mutagenesis in Medicinal Plants. In: Wani, S.H., Hensel, G. (eds) Genome Editing. Springer, Cham. Pp 55-70. * Corresponding Author https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08072-2_3

4. Singh B, Mishra S, Bisht DS, and Joshi R* 2021. Growing rice with less water: improving productivity by reducing water demand. In: In: Ali J, Wani SH (Eds.) Rice Improvement: Physiological, Molecular Breeding and Genetic Perspectives. Springer, Cham. Pp 147-170. (ISBN: 978-3-030-66529-6). * Corresponding Author

5. Das P, Bahuguna RN, Joshi R, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2021. In search of mutants for gene discovery and functional genomics for multiple stress tolerance in rice. In: Sivasankar S, Ellis THN, Jankuloski L, Ingelbrecht I (Eds.) Mutation breeding, genetic diversity and crop adaptation to climate change. Chapter 45. CABI, UK. Pp 444-450. (ISBN: 9781789249095).

6. Bohra A, Naik SJ, Kumari A, Tewari A andJoshi R* 2021. Integrating phenomics with breeding for climate-smart agriculture. In: Kumar A, Kumar R, Shukla P, Patel HK (Eds.) Omics technologies for sustainable agriculture and global food security, Vol. II, Springer. Springer Singapore. Pp 1-24. (ISBN: 978-981-16-2956-3) * Corresponding Author

7. Kumari A, Upadhyay J,Joshi R* 2021. Psychrotrophic Microbes: Biodiversity, Adaptation, and Implications. In: Nath M, Bhatt D, Bhargava P, Choudhary DK (Eds.) Microbial metatranscriptomics belowground. Springer, Singapore. Pp 273-293.(ISBN:978-981-15-9757-2) * Corresponding Author

8. Upadhayay J, Rana M, Juyal V, Bisht SS, Joshi R* 2020. Impact of pesticide exposure and associated health effects. In: Srivastava PK, Singh VP, Singh A, Tripathi DK, Singh S, Prasad SM, Chauhan DK (Eds.) Pesticides in Crop Production: Physiological and Biochemical Action. John Wiley & Sons, USA. Pp 69-88. (ISBN: 978-1-119-43219-7). * Corresponding Author

9. Joshi R, Gupta BK, Pareek A, Singh MB, Singla-Pareek SL 2019. Functional genomics approach towards dissecting out abiotic stress tolerance trait in plants. In: Rajpal V., Sehgal D., Kumar A., Raina S. (eds) Genetic enhancement of crops for tolerance to abiotic stress: Mechanisms and approaches, Vol. I. Sustainable development and biodiversity, vol 20. Springer, Cham. Pp 1-24. (ISBN: 978-3-319-91956-0). 

10. Joshi R, Dkhar J, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2019. Molecular mechanism and signaling response of heavy metal stress tolerance in plants. In: Srivastava S., Srivastava A., Suprasanna P. (eds) Plant-Metal Interactions. Springer, Cham. Pp 29-47 (ISBN: 978-3-030-20731-1). 

11. Singh B, Mishra S, Bohra A, Joshi R* and Siddique KHM 2018. Crop phenomics for abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. In: Biochemical, physiological and molecular avenues for combating abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Wani SH (Ed.), Academic Press, USA. Pp 277-296. (ISBN: 9780128130667). * Corresponding Author 

12. Joshi R*, Singh B and Chinnusamy V 2018. Genetically engineering cold stress-tolerant crops: Approaches and challenges. In: Cold tolerance in plants: Physiological, molecular and genetic perspectives. Wani SH and Herath V (Eds.), Springer, Switzerland. Pp 179-195. (ISBN: 978-3-030-01414-8). * Corresponding Author 

13. Joshi R, Anwar K., Das P, Singla-Pareek SL, Pareek A 2017. Overview of methods for assessing salinity and drought tolerance of transgenic wheat lines. In: Bhalla P., Singh M. (eds) Wheat Biotechnology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1679. Humana Press, New York, NY. Pp 83-95. (ISBN: 978-1-4939-7337-8). 

14. Bohra A, Pareek S, Jha R, Saxena RK, Singh IP, Pandey G, Mishra RK, Singh F, Kaashyap M, Joshi R and Varshney RK 2017. Modern Genomic Tools for Pigeonpea Improvement: Status and Prospects. In: Varshney RK., Saxena RK., Jackson SA. (eds) The Pigeonpea Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. Pp 41-54. (ISBN: 978-3-319-63797-6). 

15. Upadhyay J, Joshi R, Singh B, Bohra A, Vijayan R, Bhatt M, Bisht SPS and Wani SH 2017. Application of bioinformatics in understanding of plant stress tolerance. In: Plant Bioinformatics: Decoding the phyta, Hakeem, K; Malik, A., Vardar-Sukan, F. and Ozturk, M. (Eds.), Springer, Cham. Pp 347-374. (ISBN 978-3-319-67155-0). 

16. Gupta BK, Joshi R, Pareek A and Singla-Pareek SL 2017. Transgenic Approaches to Improve the Crop Productivity via Phytohormonal Research: A Focus on Mechanism of Phytohormone Action. In: Mechanism of Plant Hormone Signaling under Stress: A Functional Genomic Frontier, 2nd Volume, Pandey, GK (Ed.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. Pp 533-567. (ISBN- 9781118889022). 

17. Joshi R, Pareek A and Singla-Pareek SL 2016. Plant Metallothioneins: Classification, distribution, function and regulation. In: Plant Metal Interaction: Emerging Remediation Technologies. Ahmad, P. (Ed.), Elsevier USA. Pp 239-262. (ISBN: 978-0-12-803158-2). *corresponding author 

18. Joshi R*, Singh B, Bohra A and Chinnusamy V 2015. Salt stress signalling pathways: specificity and crosstalk. In: Managing salinity tolerance in plants: molecular and genomic perspectives. Wani SH and Hossain MA (Eds.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA. Pp 51-78 (ISBN: 9781482245134). *corresponding author

19. Joshi R, Ramanarao MV, Bedre R, Sanchez L, Pilcher W, Zandkarimi H and Baisakh N 2015. Salt adaptation mechanisms of halophytes: Improvement of salt tolerance in crop plants. In: Elucidation of abiotic stress signaling in plants: Functional genomics perspectives, Vol 2. Pandey, GK (Ed.), Springer, New York. Pp 243-280. (ISBN: 978-1-4939-2539-1). 

20. Gupta BK, Tripathi AK, Joshi R, Pareek A and Singla-Pareek SL 2015. Designing climate-smart future crops employing signal transduction components. In: Elucidation of abiotic stress signaling in plants: Functional genomics perspectives, Vol 2. Pandey, GK (Ed.), Springer, New York. Pp 393-414. (ISBN: 978-1-4939-2539-1). 

21. Joshi R* and Chinnusamy V. 2014. Antioxidant enzymes: Defense against high temperature stress.  In: Oxidative damage to plants: antioxidant networks and signaling. Ahmad, P. (Ed.), Elsevier USA. Pp 369-396. (ISBN: 978-0-12-799963-0). *corresponding author 

22. Joshi R and Karan R. 2014. Physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance in plants. In: Molecular approaches in plant abiotic stress. Gaur, R.K. and Sharma, P. (eds.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA. Pp 209-231. (ISBN 9781466588936) 

23. Joshi R, Karan R, Singla-Pareek SL and Pareek A 2012. Microarray technology. In: Biotechnology in Medicine and Agriculture: Principles and Practices. A.K. Gupta, A. Pareek, S.M. Gupta (eds.), IK International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., India. Pp 273-296. (ISBN-13: 978-9381141403). 

Books

1. Devi K, Gehlot A, Joshi R, Dkhar J, Warghat A and Bhushan S 2022. Training manual on cell and tissue culture of plants in Himalayas (Volume-I). CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh- 176061, India p-37. (Released by Dr. Dr. T. Ramasami, Former Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Science and Technology & Distinguished Professor of Eminence, Technology Enabling Centre, Anna University, Chennai).

2. रोहित जोशी, जेरेमी ड्खारऔरअमिता भट्टाचार्य 2022. सी॰एस॰आई॰आर॰-आई॰एच॰बी॰टी॰कीबांससम्पदा। CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh- 176061, India p-125.

3. Joshi R and Dkhar J 2022. Bamboo resources at CSIR-IHBT (Volume-II). CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh- 176061, India p-82.

4. Joshi R, Dkhar J and Bhattacharya A 2020. Bamboo Resources at CSIR-IHBT. CSIR-Institute of  Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh- 176061, India p-68. 

5. Joshi R, Shankhahdhar SC, Shankhadhar D, Bains G, Guru SK, Shukla A and Singh M 2007. Laboratory manual for post graduates plant physiology. Deptt of Plant Physiology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B.P.U.A&T., Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. 

Pareek, A.; Panjabi-Sabharwal, V.; Kushwaha, H.R.; Joshi Rohit; Karan, R.; Kumari, S. and Singla-Pareek, S.L. Metallothionien polynucleotide from rice conferring abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Indian patent application No. 2437/DEL/2009; Patent No: 359627 (Granted on 26-02-2021).

Technical Staff

Dr Kiran Devi (Senior Technical Officer-3) having expertise in tissue culture of rare and endangered high altitude medicinal plants and commercially important plants including alpine/ subalpine plants of western Himalayas

Sh. Ajay Kumar (Sr. Technician-1) having expertise in macropropagation of high altitude plants and cater industrial and societal demands through mass propagation of medicinal and other economically important plants.

Research Scholars
Ms. Anita Kumari (UGC SRF)
Ms. Jhilmil Nath (UGC SRF)
Mr. Shubham Joshi (DBT SRF)
Ms. Suman Gusain (UGC JRF)
Ms. Khusbu Kumari (UGC JRF)
Ms. Meenakshi Rawat (Inspire JRF)

Dissertation (6 month)
Ms. Simran Katle (11-11-2019 to 10-07-2020);
Ms. Dipaknashi Patel (08-01-2020 to 03-03-2020 and 11-08-2020 to 23-02-2021);
Ms. Vijaylakshmi Suryavanshi (20-12-2021 to 13-06-2022);
Mr. Anas Rahmani (01-03-2022 to 31-08-2022)
Ms. Diksha Chaudhary (02-01-2023 to 12-06-2023)
Ms. Kalpana Gupta (16-01-2023 to 20-06-2023)
Ms. Karuna Singh (16-01-2023 to 20-06-2023)

      Ms. Deeksha (Ongoing)

Industrial Training
Mr Ankit Shandil (01-09-2020 to 30-09-2020)
Mr Manik Vatshyayan (15-04-2021 to 15-05-2021)

      Mrs. Meenakshi Katoch (26-06-2023 to 04-08-2023)

Short term training (1-3 months)
Ms. Simran Chaudhary (22-03-2021 to 21-04-2021); Ms. Ravi Tanya (04-03-2022 to 27-05-2022); Ms. Rama Jumwal (04-03-2022 to 27-05-2022); Ms. Sandeep Kaur (17-06-2022 to 15-07-2022) and Ms. Keshiha (17-06-2022 to 15-07-2022); Ms. Amisha Thakur (12-07-2022 to 2-09-2022); Ms. Priyanka Devi (12-07-2022 to 2-09-2022); Ms. Raveena Thakur (28-07-2022 to 23-08-2022); Ms. Suhani Sinha (21-12-2022 to 13-03-2023); Mr. Shivam Chaudhary (21-12-2022 to 20-03-2023); Ms. Shivangi Singh (10-03-223 to 09-06-2023); Ms. Tanuja Kapoor (08-06-2023 to 07-07-2023); Ms. Isham Preet Kaur (31-05-2023 to 31-08-2023), Ms. Suprina (20-06-2023 to 19-07-2023); Ms. Deepali Mankotia (29-12-2023 to 28-01-2024); Ms. Apoorva Mehra (29-12-2023 to 28-01-2024); Ms. Palak (01-01-2024 to 31-01-2024); Ms. Nisha Bhati (15-01-2024 to 14-04-2024)