Amita Kaundal
Plants, Soils, and Climate
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology/Microbiology

Educational Background
Research Interests
Molecular mechanisms involved in the plant's responses to abiotic and biotic stress
Plant-microbe interaction pathogenic as well as beneficial
Metagenomics in Native plants of Utah.
Awards
Undergraduate Research Mentor of the year 2022-23, 2022
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, USU
Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR, 2002
Govt. of India
Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship, 1999
Govt. of India
Institute Fellowship by National Dairy Research Institute, 1998
Certificate of Honor in Bachelors of Science, 1995
Merit Scholarship in Matriculation , 1990
Govt. of India
- Sandhu, D., Kaundal, A., (2018). Dynamics of Salt Tolerance: Molecular Perspectives: Biotechnologies of Crop Improvement, Volume 3. Springer International Publishing
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Ganesh, J., Singh, V., Hewitt, K., Kaundal, A., (2022). Exploration of the rhizosphere microbiome of native plant Ceanothus velutinus – an excellent resource of plant growth-promoting bacteria. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 5049.
- Acharya, B.R, Sandhu, D., Dueñas, C., Dueñas, M., Pudussery, M., Kaundal, A., Ferreira, J.F, Suarez, D.L, Skaggs, T.H, (2022). Morphological, physiological, biochemical, and transcriptome studies reveal the importance of transporters and stress signaling pathways during salinity stress in Prunus. Scientific Reports, 12:1
- Lee, S., Vemanna, R.S, Oh, S., Rojas, C.M, Oh, Y., Kaundal, A., Kwon, T., Lee, H.K, Senthil-Kumar, M., Mysore, K.S, (2022). Functional role of formate dehydrogenase 1 (FDH1) for host and nonhost disease resistance against bacterial pathogens. PLoS ONE, 17:5 May
- Kaundal, A., Sandhu, D., Singh, V., Duenas, M., Acharya, B.R, Nelson, B., Ferreira, J., Litt, A., (2022). Transgenic Expression of Prunus persica Salt Overly Sensitive 2 (PpSOS2) in the atsos2 Mutant Imparts Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
- Hasan, M.S, Singh, V., Islam, S., Islam, M.S, Ahsan, R., Kaundal, A., Islam, T., Ghosh, A., (2021). Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of glutathione S-transferase family under multiple abiotic and biotic stresses in Medicago truncatula L.. PloS one, 16:2, e0247170.
- Sandhu, D., Kaundal, A., Acharya, B.R, Forest, T., Pudussery, M.V, Liu, X., Ferreira JFS, , Suarez, D.L, (2020). Linking diverse salinity responses of 14 almond rootstocks with physiological, biochemical, and genetic determinants.. Scientific reports, 10:1, 21087.
- Kaundal, A., Ramu, V.S, Mysore, K.S, (2020). The ATPase Activity of Escherichia coli Expressed AAA+-ATPase Protein. , 10:15, doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3705.
- Vaidya, A.S, Helander, J., Peterson, F.C, Elzinga, D., Dejonghe, W., Kaundal, A., Park, S.Y, Xing, Z., Mega, R., Takeuchi, J., Khanderahoo, B., Bishay, S., Volkman, B.F, Todoroki, Y., Okamoto, M., Cutler, S.R, (2019). Dynamic control of plant water use using designed ABA receptor agonists.. Science (New York, N.Y.), 366:6464
- Kaundal, A., Sandhu, D., Duenas, M., Ferreira , J., (2019). Expression of the high-affinity K+ transporter 1 (PpHKT1) gene from almond rootstock 'Nemaguard' improved salt tolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis.. PloS one, 14:3, e0214473.
- Kaundal, A., Ramu, V.S, Oh, S., Lee, S., Pant, B., Lee, H.K, Rojas, C.M, Senthil-Kumar, M., Mysore, K.S, (2017). GENERAL CONTROL NONREPRESSIBLE4 Degrades 14-3-3 and the RIN4 Complex to Regulate Stomatal Aperture with Implications on Nonhost Disease Resistance and Drought Tolerance.. The Plant cell, 29:9, 2233-2248.
- Elzinga, D., Sternburg, E., Sabbadin, D., Bartsch, M., Park, S.Y, Vaidya, A., Mosquna, A., Kaundal, A., Wendeborn, S., Lachia, M., Karginov, F.V, Cutler, S.R, (2019). Defining and Exploiting Hypersensitivity Hotspots to Facilitate Abscisic Acid Agonist Optimization.. ACS chemical biology, 14:3, 332-336.
- Sandhu, D., Pudussery, M.V, Kaundal, R., Suarez, D.L, Kaundal, A., Sekhon, R.S, (2018). Molecular characterization and expression analysis of the Na+/H+ exchanger gene family in Medicago truncatula. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 18:2, 141-153.
- Vaidya, A.S, Peterson, F.C, Yarmolinsky, D., Merilo, E., Verstraeten, I., Park, S.Y, Elzinga, D., Kaundal, A., Helander, J., Lozano-Juste, J., Otani, M., Wu, K., Jensen, D.R, Kollist, H., Volkman, B.F, Cutler, S.R, (2017). A Rationally Designed Agonist Defines Subfamily IIIA Abscisic Acid Receptors As Critical Targets for Manipulating Transpiration.. ACS chemical biology, 12:11, 2842-2848.
- Ramegowda, V., Senthil-Kumar, M., Ishiga, Y., Kaundal, A., Udayakumar, M., Mysore, K.S, (2013). Drought stress acclimation imparts tolerance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Pseudomonas syringae in Nicotiana benthamiana.. International journal of molecular sciences, 14:5, 9497-513.
- Kaundal, A., Rojas, C., Mysore, K., (2012). Glycolate Oxidase Activity Assay in Plants. BIO-PROTOCOL, 2:20
- Kaundal, A., Rojas, C., Mysore, K., (2012). Measurement of NADPH Oxidase Activity in Plants. BIO-PROTOCOL, 2:20
- Rojas, C.M, Senthil-Kumar, M., Wang, K., Ryu, C.M, Kaundal, A., Mysore, K.S, (2012). Glycolate oxidase modulates reactive oxygen species-mediated signal transduction during nonhost resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis.. The Plant cell, 24:1, 336-52.
- Srinivasan, V.B, Virk, R.K, Kaundal, A., Chakraborty, R., Datta, B., Ramamurthy, T., Mukhopadhyay, A.K, Ghosh, A., (2006). Mechanism of drug resistance in clonally related clinical isolates of Vibrio fluvialis isolated in Kolkata, India.. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 50:7, 2428-32.
- Kaundal, A., Chowdhury, S.R, Thungapathra, M., Ramamurthy, T., Nair, G.B, Ghosh, A., (2003). Class I integrons and SXT elements in El Tor strains isolated before and after 1992 Vibrio cholerae O139 outbreak, Calcutta, India.. Emerging infectious diseases, 9:4, 500-2.
- Thungapathra, M., Kaundal, A., Sinha, K.K, Chaudhuri, S.R, Garg, P., Ramamurthy, T., Nair, G.B, Ghosh, A., (2002). Occurrence of antibiotic resistance gene cassettes aac(6')-Ib, dfrA5, dfrA12, and ereA2 in class I integrons in non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae strains in India.. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 46:9, 2948-55.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.