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Contact

• workRoom C30 Plant and Crop Sciences
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• P.Mehra@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

My research work focuses on how roots sense and respond to soil water availability. I am specifically interested in the molecular and cellular processes that guide root development under varying soil… read more

Recent Publications

• ZHU, MINGYUAN, HSU, CHE-WEI, PERALTA OGOREK, LUCAS L, TAYLOR, ISAIAH W, LA CAVERA, SALVATORE, OLIVEIRA, DYONI M, VERMA, LOKESH, MEHRA, POONAM, MIJAR, MEDHAVINEE, SADANANDOM, ARI, PEREZ-COTA, FERNANDO, BOERJAN, WOUT, NOLAN, TREVOR M, BENNETT, MALCOLM J, BENFEY, PHILIP N and PANDEY, BIPIN K, 2025. Single-cell transcriptomics reveal how root tissues adapt to soil stress Nature.
• MEHRA, P, BANDA, J, OGOREK, LLP, FUSI, R, CASTRILLO, G, COLOMBI, T, PANDEY, BK, STURROCK, CJ, WELLS, DM and BENNETT, MJ, 2025. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 76(Volume 76, 2025), 467-492
• SHARMA, S, BENNETT, MJ and MEHRA, P, 2025. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(7), 1987-1995
• ROY, D, MEHRA, P, CLARK, L, MUKKAWAR, V, BELLANDE, K, MARTIN-AREVALILLO, R, GHOSH, S, INGOLE, KD, BHAGAT, PK and BROWN, A, 2025. Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses. Science.

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Current Research

My research work focuses on how roots sense and respond to soil water availability. I am specifically interested in the molecular and cellular processes that guide root development under varying soil water availability. This knowledge can help improve water use efficiency of crops and support efforts to develop climate-smart crops.

• ZHU, MINGYUAN, HSU, CHE-WEI, PERALTA OGOREK, LUCAS L, TAYLOR, ISAIAH W, LA CAVERA, SALVATORE, OLIVEIRA, DYONI M, VERMA, LOKESH, MEHRA, POONAM, MIJAR, MEDHAVINEE, SADANANDOM, ARI, PEREZ-COTA, FERNANDO, BOERJAN, WOUT, NOLAN, TREVOR M, BENNETT, MALCOLM J, BENFEY, PHILIP N and PANDEY, BIPIN K, 2025. Single-cell transcriptomics reveal how root tissues adapt to soil stress Nature.
• MEHRA, P, BANDA, J, OGOREK, LLP, FUSI, R, CASTRILLO, G, COLOMBI, T, PANDEY, BK, STURROCK, CJ, WELLS, DM and BENNETT, MJ, 2025. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 76(Volume 76, 2025), 467-492
• SHARMA, S, BENNETT, MJ and MEHRA, P, 2025. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(7), 1987-1995
• ROY, D, MEHRA, P, CLARK, L, MUKKAWAR, V, BELLANDE, K, MARTIN-AREVALILLO, R, GHOSH, S, INGOLE, KD, BHAGAT, PK and BROWN, A, 2025. Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses. Science.
• MEHRA P, FAIRBURN R, LEFTLEY N, BANDA J and BENNETT MJ, 2023. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 75, 102405
• MEHRA P, PANDEY BK, VERMA L, PRUSTY A, SINGH AP, SHARMA S, MALIK N, BENNETT MJ, PARIDA SK, GIRI J and TYAGI AK, 2022. PLANT DIRECT. 6(5),
• MEHRA P ET AL, 2022. Science. 378, 762-768
• MEHRA P and BENNETT MJ, 2022. Developmental cell. 57(17), 2045—2047
• MEHRA P, PANDEY BK, VERMA L, PRUSTY A, SINGH AP, SHARMA S, MALIK N, BENNETT MJ, PARIDA SK, GIRI J and TYAGI AK, 2022. Plant Direct. 6(5), e401
• PANDEY BK, VERMA L, PRUSTY A, SINGH AP, BENNETT MJ, TYAGI AK, GIRI J and MEHRA P, 2021. PLANTA. 254(1),
• MEHRA P, PANDEY BK, VERMA L and GIRI J, 2018. Plant, Cell & Environment. 42(4), 1167-1179
• PANDEY BK, MEHRA P, VERMA L, BHADOURIA J and GIRI J, 2017. Plant Physiology. 174(4), 2316-2332
• MEHRA P, PANDEY BK and GIRI J, 2017. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 15(8), 1054-1067
• MEHRA P, PANDEY BK and GIRI J, 2016. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6, 1184
• MEHRA P and GIRI J, 2016. Plant Cell Reports. 1699–1717
• MEHRA P, PANDEY BK and GIRI J, 2015. Scientific Reports. 5,