Vibha Srivastava Data-verified

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

Professor

University of Arkansas primary UA Div. of Agriculture

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

faculty

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

30 h-index 121 pubs 2,911 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Vibha Srivastava's research focuses on plant genetics and molecular biology, particularly concerning crop improvement and stress responses in plants like rice and Arabidopsis. She has investigated the genetic mechanisms underlying grain chalkiness in rice, including the role of vacuolar H+ translocating pyrophosphatase genes and starch biosynthesis genes. Her work also explores the impact of stress-response genes, such as Arabidopsis DREB1a, on rice phenotypes and transcriptomes. Srivastava has utilized CRISPR/Cas9 technology to target genes like TOR and SnRK1 in rice, aiming to understand their functions and potential for crop enhancement.

Her research network includes collaborations with other researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, evidenced by shared publications. Srivastava has received federal funding from the NSF to support the Broadening Participation at the 21st International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics (ISRFG). She is recognized as a highly cited researcher, with a publication record of 121 papers and over 2,800 citations, reflected in her h-index of 30. Srivastava maintains an active laboratory website to disseminate her work.

Metrics

h-index: 30
Publications: 121
Citations: 2,911

Selected Publications

Integrative transcriptomic and phosphoproteomic analysis reveals key components of SnRK1 signaling network in rice (2025)

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CRISPR/Cas9 based modulation of V-PPase expression in rice improves grain quality and yield under high nighttime temperature (2025)

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Rice plants response to modulation of the ERECTA signaling (2025)

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A vacuolar proton pump controls the post-germinative growth of rice (Oryza sativa ssp. japonica) (2025)

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Corrigendum to “Rice sucrose non-fermenting related protein kinase (SnRK1) has a limited role in defense against Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)” [Plant Stress, Volume 14, December 2024, 100667] (2025)

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Rice sucrose non-fermenting related protein kinase (SnRK1) has a limited role in defense against Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (2024)

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A genome sequence resource for the European chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) and the development of genic microsatellite markers (2024)

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Characterization of ZmSnRK1 genes and their response to aphid feeding, drought and cold stress (2024)

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Genome-wide exploration and analysis of plant stress-responsive CAMTA transcription factor genes in Brachypodium distachyon and their expression patterns under environmental challenges (2024)

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Targeted mutagenesis of the vacuolar H<sup>+</sup> translocating pyrophosphatase gene reduces grain chalkiness in rice (2023)

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Field-Evolved ΔG210-ppo2 from Palmer Amaranth Confers Pre-emergence Tolerance to PPO-Inhibitors in Rice and Arabidopsis (2022)

9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Targeting TOR and SnRK1 Genes in Rice with CRISPR/Cas9 (2022)

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Multigene Transformation Through Cre-lox Mediated Site-Specific Integration in Rice (2022)

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Evaluation of seed characteristics of selected rice lines in arkansas (2021)

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Genotype‐dependent and heat‐induced grain chalkiness in rice correlates with the expression patterns of starch biosynthesis genes (2021)

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