Sachin Rustgi

Associate Professor of Molecular Breeding and Faculty Scholar in Clemson University School of Health Research
Adjunct Associate Professor in Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences at Wash. State Univ., Pullman
Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, PeeDee Research and Education Center

Office: John B. Pitner Center, Pee Dee REC
Phone: 843-519-0475

Email: srustgi@clemson.edu
Vita: Download CV
Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/g.clemson.edu/rustgilab

Educational Background

Ph.D. Crop Biotechnology
C.C.S. University, Meerut 2006

M.S. Botany
M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly 2001

B.S. Biology and Chemistry
M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly 1999

D.I.S.M. Diploma in Information Systems Management
Aptech, Chandausi 2000

Courses Taught

PES 8900 Crop Biotechnology Journal Club
PLPA 8300 Molecular Plant Pathology Journal Club

Profile

Dr. Sachin Rustgi is affiliated as an Associate Professor of Molecular Breeding at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, and Faculty Scholar at the Clemson University School of Health Research, as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman. Dr. Rustgi’s research primarily focuses on developing dietary therapies for individuals with celiac disease or allergy to wheat, or peanut, and novel strategies to mitigate the major insect pests or fungal pathogens of the primary South Carolina crops. His research has resulted in several high-impact publications in internationally recognized journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, the Plant Journal, the Journal of Experimental Botany, and Plant Molecular Biology, to name a few. Additionally, Dr. Rustgi has authored or edited three books. Given his academic contributions, he was awarded the Faculty Excellence in Research Award of the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences and invited to join the Wheat Initiative Expert Working Group on Wheat Quality for Processing and Health.

Research Interests

My current research focus is bipartite: On one hand, I am involved in the understanding of basic plant processes such as transport of proteins and transfer RNA from the cytoplasm to the endosymbiotic organelles (mitochondria and chloroplast) in the plant cells, and the molecular mechanism of insect pest deterrence in plants. And on the other hand, I focus on the development of novel dietary therapies for the "gluten syndrome" and other two major food allergens, peanuts, and soybean, as well as the development of novel RNA interference-based pesticides for major insect pests in the Southeast US.

Lab Members

Salman Naveed, Ph.D., 2018
Tariq Alam, Ph.D., 2020
Prasanna Shekar, Ph.D., 2021
Zachary Jones, Ph.D., 2022
Hrishikesh Ingole, Ph.D., 2022
Johnson Toyinbo, Ph.D., 2022
Katherine Wakeley, Lab manager, 2021
Ethan Matthews, Lab assistant, 2022

Extension and Outreach

1. Rustgi S, Jones Z, Yang M, Wen S (2022) Transcriptomic and proteomics studies in common wheat for grain quality traits and Fusarium head blight resistance. Annual Wheat Newsletter 68:49-56.
2. Rustgi S, Jones Z, Ou X, Liu B (2021) Fine tuning the genetic control of chromosome pairing in polyploid common wheat. Annual Wheat Newsletter 67:87-93.
3. Rustgi S, Kashyap S, Alam T, Kerr R, Jones Z, Naveed S, Shekar PV, Gemini R, Reisenauer P (2020) Non-immunogenic wheat needed to feed 10% of the US population suffering from wheat-related disorders. Annual Wheat Newsletter 66:93-98.
4. Rustgi S, Kashyap S, Gandhi N, Naveed S, Windham J, Yang M, Gemini R, and Reisenauer P (2019) A creative solution to gluten-induced disorders using a unique combination of multigene editing and nanoparticle-based gene-delivery. Annual Wheat Newsletter 65:79-84.
5. Rustgi S, Kashyap S, Gandhi N, von Wettstein D, Ankrah N, Gemini R, Reisenauer P (2018) Novel wheat genotypes designed to meet the future needs for safe and surplus food. Annual Wheat Newsletter 64:56-61.
6. Rustgi S, Gandhi N, von Wettstein D, Ankrah N, Gemini R, Reisenauer P (2017) Celiac-safe wheat genotypes: A target not beyond reach. Annual Wheat Newsletter 63:85-88.
7. Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Ankrah N, Ou X, Sun Y, Gemini R (2016) Quest for celiac-safe wheat. Annual Wheat Newsletter 62:89-92.
8. Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Ankrah N, Brew-Appiah RAT, Wen N, Mitchell SM, Gemini R, Reisenauer P (2015) Celiac-safe wheat genotypes: A dietary solution to the gluten-induced disorders. Annual Wheat Newsletter 61:99-103.
9. Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Ankrah N, Brew-Appiah RAT, Wen N, Mitchell SM, Gemini R, Reisenauer P, Brabb I (2014) Breeding celiac-safe wheat cultivars a future market class of wheat. Annual Wheat Newsletter 60:143-146.
10. Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Ankrah N, Mejias JH, Brew-Appiah RAT, Wen S, Wen N, Osorio C, Gemini R, Reisenauer P, Mohan J, Brabb I (2013) A natural dietary-therapy for gluten intolerance, sensitivity and allergenicity. Annual Wheat Newsletter 59:151-155.
11. Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Ankrah N, Brew-Appiah RAT, Wen S, Wen N, Osorio C, Gemini R, Reisenauer P, Lu X, Mejias JH (2012) Engineering wheat for celiac patients. Annual Wheat Newsletter 58:248-253.
12. von Wettstein D, Rustgi S, Kannangara CG, Ankrah N, Brew-Appiah RAT, Wen S, Wen N, Gemini R, Brueggeman R, Reisenauer P, Gill KS, Moehs CP, Liu B, Pang J, Wang X, Langen G, Kogel KH (2010) Multipronged approach to develop nutritionally improved celiac safe wheat varieties. Annual Wheat Newsletter 56:261-264.

Publications

A. Publications (list most recent first)
Total citations 4,628; h-index = 30; i10-indes = 49
Note: Asterix = Corresponding author.

1. Li F, Zhao A, Cui C, Dong J, Gao X, Rustgi S*, Yang M (2022) Progress in genetic studies of traits related to the nutritional value of wheat. Advances in Agronomy (in press). [IF 6.919]
2. Billings GT, Jones MA, Rustgi S, Bridges Jr WC, Holland JB, Hulse-Kemp AM, Campbell BT (2022) Outlook for implementation of genomics-based selection in public cotton breeding programs. Plants 11:1446. [IF 4.658]
3. Mir RR, Rustgi S, Zhang Y-M, Xu C (2022) Multi-faceted approaches for breeding nutrient-dense, disease resistant, and climate resilient crop varieties for food and nutritional security. Heredity 128:387–390. [IF 3.821]
4. Meher PK, Rustgi S*, Kumar A (2022) Performance of Bayesian and BLUP alphabets for genomic prediction: Analysis, comparison and results. Heredity (in press). [IF 3.821]
5. Rustgi S*, Alam T, Jones ZT, Brar AK, Kashyap S (2022) Reduced-immunogenicity wheat and peanut lines for people with foodborne disorders. Chemistry Proceedings 4 (in press).
6. Wen N, Osorio CE, Brew-Appiah RAT, Mejias JH, Alam T, Kashyap S, Reinbothe S, Reinbothe C, Moehs CP, von Wettstein D, and Rustgi S* (2022) Targeting Induced Local Lesions in the wheat DEMETER and DRE2 genes, responsible for transcriptional derepression of wheat gluten proteins in the developing endosperm. Frontiers in Nutrition 9: 847635. [IF 6.590]
7. Miao Y, Cong W, Yan Y, Kang Y, Yu L, Zhao W, He B, Rustgi S*, Liu B, Ou X (2022) Genotypic differences in physiological response to heavy metal stress in rice are correlated with distinct alterations in DNA methylation. Chemosphere 292:133462. [IF 8.943]
8. Alam T, Rustgi S* (2021) Organic pesticides label: What you need to know? eOrganic https://eorganic.org/node/35008.
9. Rustgi S*, Kakati JP, Jones ZT, Zoong Lwe ZS, Narayanan S (2021) Heat tolerance as a function of membrane lipid remodeling in the major US oilseed crops (soybean and peanut). Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 30:652–667 [IF 1.525]
10. Alam T, Anco D, Rustgi S* (2021) Reconditioning and disposition of aflatoxin-contaminated peanut: A guide for the United States peanut producers. Clemson University Land-Grant Press LGP 1116. https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/reconditioning-and-disposition-of-aflatoxin-contaminated-peanut-a-guide-for-us-peanut-producers/.
11. Rossig C, Gray J, Valdes O, Springer A, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe C, Rassow J, Reinbothe S (2021) PRAT proteins operate in organellar protein import and export in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plants 10:958 [IF 3.935]
12. Billings GT, Jones MA, Rustgi S, Hulse-Kemp AM, Campbell BT (2021) Population structure and genetic diversity of the Pee Dee cotton germplasm collection. G3 https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab145 [IF 2.781]
13. Reinbothe S, Rossig C, Gray J, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe C, Rassow J (2021) tRNA-dependent import of a transit sequence-less aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (LeuRS2) into the mito-chondria of Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22:3808 [IF 5.923]
14. Tyagi S, Kumar A, Gautam T, Pandey R, Rustgi S, Mir RR (2021) Development and use of miRNA-derived SSR markers for the study of genetic diversity, population structure, and characterization of genotypes for breeding heat tolerant wheat varieties. PLoS ONE 16:e0231063 [IF 3.240]
15. Yang MM, Wang X, Dong J, Zhao W, Alam T, Thomashow LS, Weller DM, Gao X, Rustgi S*, Wen S (2021) Proteomics reveals the changes that contribute to Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat. Phytopathology 111:386-397 [IF 4.025]
16. Lwe ZSZ, Welti R, Anco D, Naveed S, Rustgi S, Narayanan S (2020) Heat stress elicits remodeling in the anther lipidome of peanut. Scientific Reports 10:22163 [IF 4.379]
17. Rustgi S*, Brouwer B, von Wettstein D, Reisenauer PE, Lyon S, Ankrah N, Jones S, Guy SO, Chen X (2020) Registration of ‘Fritz’, a two-row spring barley. Journal of Plant Registrations 14:242-249. [IF 0.590]
18. Alam T, Rustgi S* (2020) Organic management of bacterial wilt of tomato and potato caused by Ralstonia solanacearum. eOrganic https://eorganic.org/node/34193
19. Alam T, Anco DJ, Rustgi S* (2020) Management of aflatoxins in peanuts. Clemson University Land-Grant Press LGP 1073. https://doi.org/10.34068/report7
20. Narayanan S, Zoong-Lwe ZS, Gandhi N, Welti R, Fallen B, Smith JR, Rustgi S* (2020) Comparative lipidomic analysis reveals heat stress responses of two soybean genotypes differing in temperature sensitivity. Plants 9:457. [IF 3.935]
21. Osorio CE, Wen N, Mejias JH, Mitchell S, von Wettstein D, Rustgi S* (2020) Directed-mutagenesis of Flavobacterium meningosepticum prolyl-oligopeptidase and a glutamine-specific endopeptidase from barley. Frontiers in Nutrition 7:11. [IF 6.576]
22. Yang M, Liu Y, Dong J, Zhao W, Kashyap S, Gao X, Rustgi S*, Wen S (2020) Probing early wheat grain development via transcriptomic and proteomic approaches. Functional & Integrative Genomics 20:63-74. [IF 3.410]
23. Osorio CE, Mejias JH, Rustgi S* (2019) Gluten detection methods and their critical role in assuring safe diets for celiac patients. Nutrients 11:2920. [IF 5.717]
24. Rustgi S*, Shewry P, Brouns F, Deleu L, Delcour JA (2019) Wheat seed proteins - factors influencing their content, composition, and technological properties, and strategies to reduce adverse reactions. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 18:1751-1769. [IF 12.236]
25. Cong X, Miao Y, Xu L, Zhang Y, Yuan C, Wang J, Zhuang T, Lin X, Jiang L, Wang N, Ma J, Sanguinet KA, Liu B, Rustgi S*, Ou X (2019) Transgenerational memory of gene expression changes induced by heavy metal stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.). BMC Plant Biology 19:282. [IF 3.497]
26. Brouns F, Van Rooy G, Shewry P, Rustgi S, Jonkers D (2019) Adverse reactions to wheat or wheat components. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 18:1437-1452. [IF 12.236]
27. Rustgi S, Springer A, Kang C, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe C, Reinbothe S, Pollmann S (2019) Two non-canonical cytochrome P450s in Arabidopsis thaliana and their different roles in plant defense. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20:3064. [IF 5.923]
28. Pollmann S, Springer A, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Kang C, Reinbothe C, Reinbothe S (2019) Substrate channeling in oxylipin biosynthesis through a protein complex in the plastid envelope of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany 70:1483-1495. [IF 6.992]
29. Osorio CE, Wen N, Mejias JH, Liu B, Reinbothe S, von Wettstein D, Rustgi S* (2019) Development of wheat genotypes expressing a glutamine-specific endoprotease from barley and a prolyl endopeptidase from Flavobacterium meningosepticum or Pyrococcus furiosus as a potential remedy to celiac disease. Functional & Integrative Genomics 19:123-136. [IF 3.410]
30. Gill US, Sun L, Rustgi S, Tang Y, von Wettstein D, Mysore KS (2018) Transcriptome-based analyses of phosphite-mediated suppression of rust pathogens Puccinia emaculata and Phakopsora pachyrhizi and functional characterization of selected fungal target genes. The Plant Journal 93:894-904. [IF 6.417]
31. Rustgi S, Boex-Fontvieille E, Reinbothe C, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe S (2018) The complex world of plant protease inhibitors: Insights into a Kunitz-type cysteine protease inhibitor of Arabidopsis thaliana. Communicative & Integrative Biology 11:e1368599. [IF 2.310]
32. Rossig C, Gray J, Valdes O, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe C, Reinbothe S (2017) HP30-2, a mitochondrial PRAT protein for import of signal sequence-less precursor proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 59:535-551 [IF 7.061]
33. Yang MM, Gao X, Dong J, Gandhi N, Cai H, von Wettstein D, Rustgi S*, Wen S (2017) Pattern of protein expression in developing wheat grains identified through proteomic analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:962. [IF 5.753]
34. Buhr F, Lahroussi A, Springer A, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe C, Reinbothe S (2017) NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase B (PORB) action in Arabidopsis thaliana revisited through transgenic expression of engineered barley PORB mutant proteins. Plant Molecular Biology 94:45-59. [IF 4.076]
35. Rustgi S, Boex-Fontvieille E, Reinbothe C, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe S (2017) Serpin 1 and the water-soluble chlorophyll binding Kunitz protease inhibitor WSCP differentially regulate the activity of the cysteine protease RD21 (RESPONSIVE TO DESICCATION) during plant development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 114:2212–2217. [IF 11.205]
36. Boex-Fontvieille E, Rustgi S*, von Wettstein D, Pollmann S, Reinbothe S, Reinbothe C (2016) An ethylene-protected Achilles’ heel of etiolated seedlings for arthropod deterrence. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:1246. [IF 5.753]
37. Boex-Fontvieille E, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Pollmann S, Reinbothe S, Reinbothe C (2016) Jasmonic acid protects etiolated seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana against herbivorous arthropods. Plant Signaling and Behavior 11:e1214349. [IF 2.247]
38. Springer A, Kang C, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe C, Pollmann S, Reinbothe S (2016) Programmed chloroplast destruction during leaf senescence involves 13-lipoxygenase (13-LOX). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 113:3383–3388. [IF 11.205]
39. Gray J, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe C, Reinbothe S (2015) Common functions of the chloroplast and mitochondrial co-chaperones cpDnaJL (CDF1) and mtDnaJ (PAM16) in protein import and ROS scavenging in Arabidopsis thaliana. Communicative & Integrative Biology 9:e1119343. [IF 2.310]
40. Boex-Fontvieille E, Rustgi S, Reinbothe S, Reinbothe C (2015) A Kunitz-type protease inhibitor regulates programmed cell death during flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany 66:6119-6135. [IF 6.992]
41. Boex-Fontvieille E, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe S, Reinbothe C (2015) Water-Soluble chlorophyll protein (WSCP) is involved in light-dependent herbivore resistance activation during greening of Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 112:7303–7308. [IF 11.205]
42. Rustgi S*, von Wettetsin D (2015) Breeding barley ornamented with the novel agronomical attributes. Medicinal & Aromatic Plants 4:e158. [IF 1.57]
43. Reinbothe S, Gray J, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe C (2015) Cell growth defect factor 1 is crucial for the plastid import of NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase A in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 112:838–5843. [IF 11.205]
44. Ou X, Zhuang T, Yin W, Miao Y, Zhang Y, Lin X, Xu C, von Wettstein D, Rustgi S*, Liu B (2015) DNA methylation changes induced in rice by exposure to high concentrations of the nitric oxide modulator, sodium nitroprusside. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 33:1428-1440. [IF 1.595]
45. Rustgi S, Pollmann S, Buhr F, Springer A, Reinbothe C, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe S (2014) JIP60-mediated, jasmonate- and senescence-induced molecular switch in translation toward stress and defense protein synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 111:14181-14186. [IF 11.205]
46. Bhullar R, Nagarajan R, Bennypaul H, Sidhu GK, Sidhu G, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Gill KS (2014) Silencing of a metaphase I-specific gene results in a phenotype similar to that of the Pairing homeologous 1 (Ph1) gene mutations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 111:14187-14192. [IF 11.205]
47. Yang C, Zhao L, Yang Z, Xu C, Zhang H, Wen S, Zhang C, Rustgi S*, von Wettstein D, Liu B (2014) Evolution of physiological responses to salt stress in hexaploid wheat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 111:11882-11887. [IF 11.205]
48. Hu L, Li N, Xu C, Zhong S, Lin X, Yang J, Zhou T, Yuliang A, Cao X, Zemach A, Rustgi S, von Wettstein D, Liu B (2014) Mutation of a major CG methylase in rice causes genome-wide hypomethylation, dysregulated genome expression, and seedling lethality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 111:10642-10647. [IF 11.205]
49. Rustgi S*, Matanguihan J, Mejías J, Gemini R, Osorio C, Wen N, Ankrah N, Brew-Appiah R, Murphy KM, von Wettstein D (2014) Assessment of Genetic Diversity among Barley Cultivars and Breeding Lines Adapted to the US Pacific Northwest, and Its Implications in Breeding Barley for Imidazolinone-Resistance. PLOS One 9:e100998. [IF 3.240]
50. Mejias JH, Lu X, Osorio C, Ullman JL, von Wettstein D, Rustgi S* (2014) Analysis of wheat prolamins, the causative agents of celiac sprue, using reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Nutrients 6:1578–1597. [IF 5.717]
51. Zhang H, Bian Y, Gou X, Zhu B, Xu C, Qi B, Li N, Rustgi S, Zhou H, Han F, Jiang J, von Wettstein D, Liu B (2013) Persistent whole-chromosome aneuploidy is generally associated with nascent allohexaploid wheat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 110:3447-3452. [IF 11.205]
52. Rustgi S, Shafqat MN, Kumar N, Ali ML, Dweikat I, Baenziger P, Gill KS (2013) Genetic dissection of yield and its component traits using high-density composite map of wheat chromosome 3A: Bridging gaps between QTLs and underlying genes. PLoS ONE 8:e70526. [IF 3.240]
53. Rustgi S* (2013) Engineering wheat genotypes compatible for gluten sensitive, allergenic and intolerant individuals. International Journal of Plant Biology & Research 1:1003. [IF 0.740]
54. Brew-Appiah RAT, Ankrah N, Liu W, Konzak CF, von Wettstein D, Rustgi S* (2013) Generation of doubled haploid transgenic wheat lines by microspore transformation. PLoS ONE 8:e80155. [IF 3.240]
55. Zhang H, Bian Y, Gou X, Dong Y, Rustgi S, Zhang B, Xu C, Li N, Qi B, Han F, von Wettstein D, Liu B (2013) Intrinsic karyotype stability and gene copy number variations may have laid the foundation for tetraploid wheat formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 110:19466-19471. [IF 11.205]
56. Rustgi S* (2013) Bringing barley back in crop rotation by breeding for imidazolinone resistance. Medicinal & Aromatic Plants 2:e148. [IF 1.57]
57. Bennypaul HS, Mutti JS, Rustgi S, Kumar N, Okubara PA, Gill KS (2012) Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of genes expressed in root, leaf and meiotic tissues of wheat. Functional & Integrative Genomics 12:143-156. [IF 3.410]
58. Osorio C, Wen N, Gemini R, Zemetra R, von Wettstein D, Rustgi S* (2012) Targeted modification of wheat grain protein to reduce the content of celiac causing epitopes. Functional & Integrative Genomics 12:417-438. [IF 3.410]
59. Wen S, Wen N, Pang J, Langen G, Brew-Appiah RAT, Mejias JH, Osorio C, Yang MM, Gemini R, Moehs CP, Zemetra RS, Kogel KH, Liu B, Wang X, von Wettstein D, Rustgi S* (2012) Structural genes of wheat and barley 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylases and their potential applications for human health. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 109:20543-20548. [IF 11.205]
60. Riar DS, Rustgi S, Burke IC, Gill KS, Yenish JP (2011) EST-SSR development from 5 Lactuca species and their use in studying genetic diversity among L. serriola biotypes. Journal of Heredity 102:17-28. [IF 2.645]
61. Lee H, Rustgi S, Kumar N, Burke IC, Yenish JP, Gill KS, von Wettstein D, Ullrich SE (2011) Single nucleotide mutation in the barley acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) gene confers resistance to imidazolinone herbicides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 108:8909-8913. [IF 11.205]
62. Bandopadhyay R, Rustgi S, Chaudhuri RK, Khurana P, Khurana JP, Tyagi AK, Balyan HS, Houben A, Gupta PK (2011) Use of methylation filtration and C0t fractionation for analysis of genome composition and comparative genomics in bread wheat. Journal of Genetics & Genomics 38:315-325. [IF 4.275]
63. Rustgi S, Balyan HS, Gupta PK (2011) MSL and SNPL: Softwares for in silico mining of SSRs and SNPs. International Journal of Biotechnology & Biosciences 1:353-355.
64. Baenziger PS, Dweikat I, Gill K, Eskridge K, Berke T, Shah M, Campbell BT, Ali ML, Mengistu N, Mahmood A, Auvuchanon A, Yen Y, Rustgi S, Moreno-Sevilla B, Mujeeb-Kazi A, Morris RM (2011) Understanding grain yield: It is a journey, not a destination. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 47:S77-S84 [IF 0.865]
65. Rustgi S, Bandopadhyay R, Balyan HS, Gupta PK (2009) EST-SNPs in bread wheat: Discovery, validation, genotyping and haplotype structure. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 45:106-116. [IF 0.865]
66. Sidhu GK, Rustgi S, Shafqat MN, von Wettstein D, Gill KS (2008) Fine structure mapping of a gene-rich region of wheat carrying Ph1, a suppressor of crossing over between homoeologous chromosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America 105:5815-5820. [IF 11.205]
67. Gupta PK, Rustgi S, Mir RR (2008) Array-based high-throughput DNA markers for crop improvement. Heredity 101:5-18. [IF 3.821]

[B] Chapters and Books
1. Rustgi S*, Naveed S, Prasanna S (2021) Advances in understanding the genetics of the nutritional properties of cereals: maize and oat proteins. In: T. Beta (Ed.), Improving the nutritional and nutraceutical properties of wheat and other cereals. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. DOI: 10.19103/AS.2021.0087.12.
2. Windham J, Sharma S, Kashyap MK, Rustgi S* (2021) CRISPR/Cas12a (Cpf1) and its role in plant genome editing. In: G. Tang, S. Teotia, X. Tang, D. Singh (Eds.), RNA-based technologies for functional genomics in plants. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland. pp 15-42.
3. Rustgi S*, Kashyap S, Deleu LJ, Delcour J (2021) Reduced-immunogenicity wheat now coming to age. In: Wani SH, Mohan A, Singh GP (eds) Physiological, Molecular, and Genetic perspectives of Wheat Improvement. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland. pp 279-300.
4. Rustgi S, Luo H (2020) Biolistic DNA delivery in plants. Springer Nature, New York, NY. Pp. 334.
5. Rustgi S*, Kashyap S, Ankrah N, von Wettstein D (2020) Use of microspore-derived calli as explants for biolistic transformation of common wheat. In: S. Rustgi, H. Luo (Eds.), Biolistic DNA delivery in plants. Springer Nature, New York, NY. pp 263-279.
6. Rustgi S*, Skadhauge B (2020) Diter von Wettstein, Professor of genetics and master of translating science into applications. In: S. Rustgi, H. Luo (Eds.), Biolistic DNA delivery in plants. Springer Nature, New York, NY. pp 3-18.
7. Rustgi S*, Shewry P, Brouns F (2020) “Health hazards associated with gluten consumption in susceptible individuals and current status of research on the dietary therapies,” In: Igrejas G, Ikeda TM, Guzmán C (Eds.), ‘Wheat Quality for Improving Processing and Human Health,’ Springer, Cham. pp. 471-515.
8. Rustgi S*, Ankrah N, Brew-Appiah RAT, Sun Y, Liu W, von Wettstein D (2017) Doubled haploid transgenic wheat lines by microspore transformation. In: Bhalla PL, Singh MB (Eds.), ‘Wheat Biotechnology.’ Springer Nature, New York NY. pp. 213-234.
9. Rustgi S*, Wen N, Osorio C, Brew-Appiah RAT, Wen S, Gemini R, Mejias JH, Ankrah N, Moehs CP, von Wettstein D (2014) Natural dietary therapies for the ‘gluten syndrome’. The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, Denmark. Pp 87.
10. Kumar N, Rustgi S* (2014) Agronomically relevant traits transferred to major crop plants by alien introgressions. In: Pratap A, Kumar J (Eds.) Alien Gene Transfer in Crop Plants, Volume 1, Springer, New York, NY. pp 211-245.
11. Gupta PK, Rustgi S, Mir RR (2013) Array-based high-throughput DNA markers for cereal genetics and genomics. In: Gupta PK, Varshney RK (Eds.) Cereal Genomics II, Springer, Dordrecht. pp 11-55.
12. Rustgi S (2011) In silico development and use of SSR and SNP markers in bread wheat: Gene derived markers and genome fractionation a glimpse in the wheat genome. VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller GmbH & Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany. Pp 152.

[C] Other Scholarly Publications
1. Rustgi S (2019) Talking CRISPR & NBTs with Dr. Sachin Rustgi. https://crispr-agbio.com/about/media-hub/
2. Rustgi S (2018) Talking CRISPR & NBTs with Dr. Sachin Rustgi.
3. Balyan HS, Varshney RK, Roy JK, Prasad M, Kulwal PL, Kumar N, Rustgi S, Kumar A, Mir RR, Jaiswal V (2016) From development of molecular markers to marker-assisted breeding: A successful journey. The International Conference on Genomics and Translational Research in Crop Improvement, C.C.S. University, Meerut (December 2016).
4. Rustgi S (2014) Discussion with Assistant Research Professor Sachin Rustgi on the genetic modification of wheat to make it safe for celiacs. Journal of Gluten Sensitivity 13:11-14.

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