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Last published 2026
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Gulab Rangani

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Program Associate

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

10 h-index 18 pubs 295 cited

  • Herbicides
  • Amaranthus
  • Oryza
  • Alleles
  • Herbicide Resistance
  • Arabidopsis
  • Mutation
  • Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase
  • Echinochloa
  • Transcription, Genetic
  • Gene Silencing
  • Arkansas
  • Humans
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Gulab Rangani's research focuses on understanding herbicide resistance mechanisms in weeds, particularly in crops such as amaranth and junglerice. His work investigates the genetic and molecular basis of resistance, with a specific emphasis on mutations within the protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) enzyme. Rangani has published research detailing novel single-site mutations in PPO that confer resistance to PPO-inhibiting herbicides and has explored the co-occurrence of functional PPO2 mutations in resistant Palmer amaranth populations.

His research also examines resistance to other herbicides, like S-metolachlor in Palmer amaranth, and addresses high resistance to quinclorac in multiple-resistant Echinochloa colona, linking it to elevated stress tolerance gene expression and xenobiotic detoxification pathways. Rangani has investigated the rapid reduction of herbicide sensitivity in junglerice through recurrent selection with sublethal herbicide doses combined with drought or heat stress. His work contributes to the understanding of weed biology and the development of effective weed management strategies.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 18
  • Citations: 295

Positions

  • Program Associate 2016–present
    University of Arkansas Fayetteville Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Persistence of PPO mutations and dynamics of Amaranthus palmeri resistance to PPO ‐inhibitor herbicides in a decade (2026)
    Pest Management Science DOI OpenAlex
  • Prevalence of junglerice (Echinochloa colona) among Echinochloa species in Arkansas rice fields (2026)
    Weed Science DOI OpenAlex
  • Resistance to Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase (ACCase) Inhibitor in Lolium multiflorum: Effect of Multiple Target-Site Mutations (2024)
    Agronomy 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessment of Efficacy and Mechanism of Resistance to Soil-Applied PPO Inhibitors in Amaranthus palmeri (2023)
    Agronomy 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Field-Evolved ΔG210-ppo2 from Palmer Amaranth Confers Pre-emergence Tolerance to PPO-Inhibitors in Rice and Arabidopsis (2022)
    Genes 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • High Resistance to Quinclorac in Multiple-Resistant Echinochloa colona Associated with Elevated Stress Tolerance Gene Expression and Enriched Xenobiotic Detoxification Pathway (2022)
    Genes 25 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.) to Progressively Drying Soil (2022)
    Agriculture 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer amaranth [Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.] to Progressively Drying Soil (2022)
    Preprints.org 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • PPO2 Mutations in Amaranthus palmeri: Implications on Cross-Resistance (2021)
    Agriculture 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mechanism of Resistance to S-metolachlor in Palmer amaranth (2021)
    Frontiers in Plant Science 40 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Rapid Reduction of Herbicide Susceptibility in Junglerice by Recurrent Selection with Sublethal Dose of Herbicides and Heat Stress (2020)
    Agronomy 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Recurrent Selection by Herbicide Sublethal Dose and Drought Stress Results in Rapid Reduction of Herbicide Sensitivity in Junglerice (2020)
    Agronomy 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Functional PPO2 mutations: co‐occurrence in one plant or the same ppo2 allele of herbicide‐resistant Amaranthus palmeri in the US mid‐south (2020)
    Pest Management Science 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Novel Single-Site Mutation in the Catalytic Domain of Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase IX (PPO) Confers Resistance to PPO-Inhibiting Herbicides (2019)
    Frontiers in Plant Science 82 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Frequency of Gly-210 Deletion Mutation among Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Inhibitor–Resistant Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Populations (2017)
    Weed Science 39 citations DOI OpenAlex

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