Dr. Arun Dev Sharma
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Dr. Arun Dev Sharma

Head of Academic Department
Lyallpur Khalsa College, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Plant Stress Biotechnology from Lyallpur Khalsa College, India

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Biography

Dr. Arun Dev Sharma is currently working as Senior Lecturer at PG Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jallandhar. He has completed his Ph.D. in Plant Stress Biotechnology from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He is editor and member of editorial board in journal such as Research Journal of Biological Sciences, Published by Medwell Journals, Biotechnology, Journal of Biological Sciences, International Journal of Agricultural Research, and Research Journal of Botany and reviewer for Journal of Plant Biotechnology and Biochemistry. He is life member of Punjab Academy of Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India, Indian Academy of Sciences, Banglore India, and member of SEB, UK, American Society of Plant Biologists, USA and research board of advisors of the American Biographical Institute (ABI), USA. Dr. Arun received honors include Best teacher award by Punjab academy of Sciences, Successful recipient of Travel award from DST, Travel award from UGC, and received Gold Medal in MSc. He also participated in 4 research projects. He has published 53 research articles in national and international journals, 2 book articles, 1 practical manual, and 17 abstracts in conferences and symposium contributed as author/co-author. He successfully supervised 12 MSc thesis, and 25 BSc thesis.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
MiRNA Biology
62%
Plant Biotechnology
90%
Plant Physiology
75%
Plant Stress Biotechnology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
2
Articles
53
Abstracts
17

Selected Publications

  1. Ram, G. and A.D. Sharma, 2013. In silico analysis of putative miRNAs and their target genes in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Int. J. Bioinf. Res. Appl., 9: 349-364.
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  2. Sharma, A.D., G. Rakhra and J. Singh, 2012. Expression analysis of BsAPase14 acid phosphatase, a stress responsive boiling-stable protein from Triticum aestivum. J. Crop Sci. Biotechnol., 15: 41-45.
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  3. Sharma, A.D., G. Rakhra and J. Singh, 2012. Boiling stable acid phosphatases (Bs-APases) in Triticum aestivum induced by phosphate (Pi) deficiency. Acta Biol. Szegediensis, 56: 51-55.
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  4. Rakhra, G. and A.D. Sharma, 2012. Expression analysis of some boiling stable proteins (Hydrophilins) under combined effect of drought stress and heat shock in drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of Triticum aestivum. Agricultura, 81-82: 58-68.
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  5. Rakhra, G., A.D. Sharma, J. Singh and D. Vyas, 2011.. Expression analysis of boiling-stable protein (BsCyp) in response to drought, salt and osmotic treatments in drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of Triticum aestivum. J. Stress Physiol. Biochem., 7: 187-196.
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  6. Kaur, P., A.D. Sharma and G. Rakhra, 2011. Purification and characterization of a heat-stable acid phosphatase from chickpea. Res. Plant Biol., 1: 1-6.
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  7. Dev, S.A., 2010. Expression analysis and Cloning of TaPase phosphatase gene in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Emiratus J. Food Sci., 22: 483-489.
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  8. Dev, S.A. and P. Kaur, 2009. Combined effect of drought stress and heat shock on Cyclophilin protein expression in Triticum aestivum. General Applied Plant Physiol., 35: 88-92.
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  9. Dev, S.A. and P. Kaur, 2008. Drought-stress induced changes in the expression of acid phosphatases in drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of wheat. World J. Agric. Sci., 4: 471-475.
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  10. Sharma, A.D. and R. Kaur, 2007. Drought-induced changes in acid phosphatase activities in wheat in relationship with phosphorus. Emir. J. Food Agric., 19: 31-38.
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  11. Sharma, A.D. and P.K. Gill, 2007. Purification and characterization of heat-stable exo-inulinase from Streptomyces sp. J. Food Eng., 79: 1172-1178.
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  12. Sharma, A.D., S. Kainth and P.K. Gill, 2006. Inulinase production using garlic (Allium sativum) powder as a potential substrate in Streptomyces sp. J. Food Eng., 77: 486-491.
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  13. Sharma A.D., S. Kumar and P. Singh, 2006. Expression analysis of a stress-modulated transcript in drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). J. Plant Physiol., 163: 570-576.
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  14. Dev, S.A., R. Vasudeva and R. Kaur, 2006. Expression of a boiling-stable protein (BsCyp) in response to heat shock, drought and ABA treatments in Sorghum bicolor. Plant Growth Regulation, 50: 249-254.
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  15. Dev, S.A. and P. Singh, 2006. Peptidyl prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity: A potential marker for water stress tolerance in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants, 11: 91-94.
  16. Thakur, M. and A.D. Sharma, 2005. Salt-stress-induced proline accumulation in germinating embryos: Evidence suggesting a role of proline in seed germination. J. Arid Environ., 62: 517-523.
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  17. Thakur, M. and A.D. Sharma, 2005. Salt stress and phytohormone (ABA)-induced changes in germination, sugars and enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench seeds. J. Agric. Soc. Sci., 1: 89-93.
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  18. Sharma, A.D., N. Singh and J.K. Kang, 2005. Short-term waterlogging-induced changes in phosphatase activities in shoots and roots of sorghum seedlings: Role of phosphatases during waterlogging in relation to phosphorus. Gen. Applied Plant Physiol., 31: 71-79.
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  19. Kaur, N. and S.A. Dev, 2005. Production, optimization and characterization of extracellular invertase by an actinomycete strain. J. Scientific Ind. Res., 64: 515-519.
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  20. Jain, A. and S.A. Dev, 2005. Phytohormone effects on germination and on carbohydrate metabolism in pearl millet seeds. Israel J. Plant Sci., 53: 109-114.
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  21. Hans, A. and S.A. Dev, 2005. Production and partial characterization of invertase from actinomycete strains. Asian J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Environ. Sci., 7: 205-208.
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  22. Dev, S.A., P.K. Gill, S.S. Bhullar and P. Singh, 2005. Improvement in inulinase production by simultaneous action of physical and chemical mutagenesis in Penicillium purpurogenum. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 21: 929-932.
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  23. Dev, S.A. and J. Singh, 2005. A nonenzymatic method to isolate genomic DNA from bacteria and actinomycete. Anal. Biochem., 337: 354-356.
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  24. Sharma, A.D., M. Thakur, M. Rana and K. Singh, 2004. Effect of plant growth hormones and abiotic stresses on germination, growth and phosphatase activities in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench seeds. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 3: 308-312.
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  25. Jain, A., S.A. Dev and K. Singh, 2004. Plant growth hormones and salt stress-mediated changes in acid and alkaline phosphatase activities in the pearl millet seeds. Int. J. Agric. Biol., 6: 960-963.
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  26. Sharma, A.D. and P. Singh, 2003. Effect of water stress on expression of a 20 kD cyclophilin-like protein in drought susceptible and tolerant cultivars of sorghum. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol., 12: 77-80.
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  27. Gill, P.K., A.D. Sharma, R.K. Harchand and P. Singh, 2003. Effect of media supplements and culture conditions on inulinase production by an actinomycete strain. Bioresour. Technol., 87: 359-362.
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  28. Gill, P.K., A.D. Sharma, P. Singh and S.S. Bhullar, 2003. Changes in germination, growth and soluble sugar contents of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench seeds under various abiotic stresses. Plant Growth Regul., 40: 157-162.
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  29. Dev, S.A., P.K. Gill and P. Singh, 2003. RNA isolation from plant tissues rich in polysaccharides. Anal. Biochem., 314: 319-321.
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  30. Dev, S.A., N. Wajapeyee, Y. Yadav and P. Singh, 2003. Stress-induced changes in peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity of Sorghum bicolor seedlings. Biol. Plantarum, 47: 367-371.
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  31. Dev, S.A. and P. Singh, 2003. Evidence for the role of FK506-inhibitable peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase activity in seed germination. Curr. Sci., 84: 142-143.
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  32. Dev, S.A. and P. Singh, 2003. Comparative studies on drought-induced changes in peptidyl prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity in drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of Sorghum bicolor. Curr. Sci., 84: 911-918.
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  33. Vyas, D., S.A. Dev, S.K. Sharma and D.R. Sharma, 2002. Identification of genotypes using leaf isozymes: a study to assess biochemical gene markers in walnut. J. Applied Horticulture, 4: 45-48.
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  34. Sharma, A.D., P.K. Gill and P. Singh, 2002. DNA isolation from dry and fresh samples of polysaccharide-rich plants. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep., 20: 415-415.
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  35. Gill, P.K., A.D. Sharma, P. Singh and S.S. Bhullar, 2002. Osmotic stress-induced changes in germination, growth and soluble sugar content of Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench seeds. Bulg. J. Plant Physiol., 28: 12-25.
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  36. Dev, S.A., J.S. Nanda, P.K. Gill, S.S. Bhullar, P. Singh and D. Vyas, 2002. Enhancement in Inulinase production by mutagenesis in Penicillium purpurogenum. Indian J. Biotechnol., 1: 270-274.
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  37. Gill, P.K., A.D. Sharma, P. Singh and S.S. Bhullar, 2001. Effect of various abiotic stresses on the growth, soluble sugars and water relations of sorghum seedlings grown in light and darkness. Bulg. J. Plant Physiol., 27: 72-84.
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