Gayatri Mishra

• I am a Plant Ecophysiologist with an expertise in the impact of climate change on variation in anatomy, physiology and composition of secondary metabolites in plants. The goal of my research is to investigate how vascular and herbaceous plants respond to environmental changes by studying the plant ecophysiological traits and the adaptive capacities of plant populations. My lab will use both field and controlled environment (greenhouse ad growth chamber) based experiments combining conventional microscopy, non-destructive imaging techniques (X-ray micro tomography), analytical, molecular, and theoretical tools to answer adaptive capacities of plant populations facing climate change.

Plant Ecophysiology, Plant Physiology, Plant Metabolomics,  Plant Anatomy

Teaching & Laboratory Assistant,    2014-2018 

The University of Canterbury, New Zealand 

Courses taught: Principles of Plant Physiology, Foundations of Biochemistry,  Plants: How They Shape the World, Cell and Molecular Biology, Cellular  Biochemistry and Metabolism, Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Wood &  Plant Anatomy laboratory sessions.

• 2018- Received manuscript publication award from College of Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
• 2014- Received PhD scholarship by New Zealand Dryland Forest Initiative (NZDFI) to pursue PhD at New Zealand School of Forestry, University of Canterbury.
• 2014- Screened for Korean PhD fellowship by The Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD), Government of India

• 1.Mishra, G*., Yadav, N., Lekshmi, M., Kumar, A., Patnaik, A., Panigrahi, K. C. (2024). Chromium stress influences several parameters of leaf dynamics and morphology in Oryza sativa genotypes. Plant Stress, 12, 1-30.
• 2.Patnaik, A., Kumar,A., Behera, A., Mishra, G*., Dehery, S.K., Panigrahy, M., Das, A.B., Panigrahi, K.C. (2023). GIGANTEA supresses wilt disease resistance by downregulating the jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4:1091644, 1-20.
• 3.Manasa, L. S., Panigrahy, M., Panigrahi, K. C., Mishra, G*., Panda, S. K., & Rout, G. R. (2023). Cold tolerance mechanisms in Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) genotypes during germination. Agriculture, 13, 1-24.
• 4. BOOK CHAPTER: Mishra, G*., Shiny, KS., & Sundaraj, R. (2022). Botanicals from plants for wood protection: Science of Wood Degradation and its Protection, Springer, 589-624.
• 5.Mishra, G*., Garrill, A, Altaner, C.M. (2019). Bioactivity of ethanol extracts from Eucalyptus bosistoana F.Muell. heartwood. iForests- Biogeosciences and Forestry. 12, 467-473.
• 6.Mishra, G*., Collings, D., & Altaner, C (2018). Physiological changes during heartwood formation in young (6-year-old) Eucalyptus bosistoana. International Journal of Wood Anatomists. 39 (4), 1-13.
• 7.Mishra, G*., Collings, D., & Altaner, C (2018). Cell organelles and fluorescence of parenchyma cells in Eucalyptus bosistoana sapwood and heartwood investigated by microscopy. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science. 48 (13), 1-10.
• 8.Mishra, G*., Pandey, A. K., Arunachalam, M. K., & Rao, S. (2015). Global scenario of Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight and Arn. A future tree of Agro forestry. International Letters of Natural Sciences. 30, 25-29.
• 9.Pandey, A., Mishra, G*., & Rao, S. (2015). A report on occurrence of Neofusicoccum sp. in Carallia brachiata trees from Karnataka, India. International Letters of Natural Sciences.31,22-26.

• 1. Ingold, A., Mishra, G*., Sorenson, R., Groover, A., Seiburth, L., Menon, R. (2024). Live cell imaging of cellular dynamics in poplar wood using computational cannula microscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 1-20.

• 1. Mishra, G*. (2024). Physiological changes in vascular cells morphology in crowns and leaves of winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes during recovery from freezing. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 1-26.
• 2. Mishra, G*., Yadav, N., Lekshmi, M., Kumar, A., Patnaik, A., Panigrahi, K. C….. (2024). Chromium stress induced alterations in leaf physiology and morphology in Vigna radiata genotypes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 1-30.
• 3.Mishra, G*., Lamarque, L, Delzon, S. (2024). Evaluation of recently developed non-invasive imaging techniques (X-ray micro-CT and optical visualization) to determine the spread of xylem embolism in leaves. Plant Physiology.1-20.
• 4. Mishra, G* & Rout, G.R. (2024). Developments and directions in the function of membrane transporters in plant growth and metabolism under abiotic stress. Stress Biology. 1-40.
• 5. Kumar, A., Manasa S, L., Kashyap, J., Mandal, S., Mishra, G*., Rath, J.,. Panigrahy, M. (2024). Carbon nanoparticle exposure strengthens water relation parameters by stimulating abscisic acid pathway and aquaporins genes in rice. Plant Stress, 1-24

1. Mishra, G*. (2024). Physiological  and metabolic adaptation of polar plants under climate change.  Physiologiae Plantarum. 1-50. (Tentative submission: 1st Nov 2024),

2. Mishra, G* &  Rout, G.R. (2024). The role of auxin signaling in cell division, growth and metabolism in plants.  Physiologiae Plantarum. 1-50. (Tentative submission: 1st Oct 2024)

• 1.Ruipeng Guo, Reed Sorenson, Mishra, G*., Ingold, A., Groover, A., & Sieburth, L. E. (2023). Toward Live-Cell Imaging of Vascular Development. Paper presented at the Biological Characterization and Imaging Science (BCIS), Washington DC,USA.
• 2.Mishra, G*., Collings, D., & Altaner, C (2017). Heartwood formation in young (6-year-old) Eucalyptus bosistoana. Cell Wall Symposium, Organized by Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand.

• 1.Mishra, G*., Collings, D., & Altaner, C (2016). Microscopic study of parenchyma cells in 6-year-old Eucalyptus bosistoana. New Zealand Institute of Forestry, Dunedin, New Zealand.
• 2.Mishra, G*., Collings, D., & Altaner, C (2015). Microscopic studies of parenchyma cells in Eucalyptus bosistoana wood. Forest Growers Research Conference, New Zealand.
• 3.Venmalar, D., Mishra, G* (2014). Efficacy of Acacia nilotica, Acacia auriculiformis and Gliricidia sepium plant extract as eco-friendly plant extractives. Institute of Wood Science & Technology, Bangalore, India. Wood is good: Current Trends and Future Prospects in Wood Utilization

• 1.EMBO Workshop. International Symphosium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP) (2024). Organiser: National Institute of Science, Education and Research (NISER) & ISSER-Bhopal, India: 9-12th January 2024.
• 2.Cell Wall Symposium (2017), Organized by Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand.
• 3.Forestry conference organized by New Zealand Institute of Forestry (2016), New Zealand.
• 4.Forest Growers Research Conference (2015), Nelson, New Zealand.
• 5.International Conference on Sandalwood (2014), “Sandalwood current trends and future prospective” organized by Indian Council of Forestry and Research Education, Bangalore, India.

• 1. Dr. David Roger Gang, Director, Tissue Imaging and Proteomics Laboratory, Washigton State University. https://lcme.wsu.edu.
• 2. Dr. Laura Bartley, Associate Professor, Washigton State University.
• 3. Dr. Sylvain Delzon, Assistant Professor, University of Bordeaux, France, Sylvain Delzon | Evolutionary Ecophysiology (sylvain-delzon.com).
• 4. Prof. Gyana Ranjan Rout, The Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ’O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, India.

1. Dr. Andrew Groover 

Distinguished Professor & Research Geneticist

University of Vermont,

USDA Forest Service,  Pacific Southwest Research Station 

Contact no: (+1) 530-220-4010 

E mail: andrew.t.groover@usda.gov

2. Dr. Sylvain Delzon  

Director of Research & Assistant Professor  

French National Institute for Agricultural Research, INRAE  

The University of Bordeaux, France  

Contact no: +33 (0)5 40 00 38 91 

Email: pujoulade@gmail.com

3. Dr. David Collings  

Honorary Associate Professor  

Division of Plant Sciences, 

Australian National University 

Contact no: +61 2 6125 3524 (office) 

Email: david.collings@anu.edu.au

4. Dr. Clemens Altaner  

Associate professor  

New Zealand School of Forestry, 

University of Canterbury  

Christchurch, New Zealand 

Contact no: +64 3 364 2807  

Email: clemens.altaner@canterbury.ac.nz

5. Dr. Kishore Panigrahi  

Associate Professor 

The School of Biological Sciences  

The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)  

Contact no: +919439863130 

 Email: panigrahi@niser.ac.in