Rate My Professor Dorin Gupta

Gupta's research centres on enhancing sustainability, efficiency, and stress resilience in staple and native crops, integrating agronomy, pathology, genetics, and genomics. Her work addresses climate-change-resilient food systems, biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes, resource optimisation, crop genetics improvement via breeding and wild relatives, and management of biotic stresses like legume fungal diseases and abiotic stresses such as drought and heat. Key contributions include silicon-mediated stress tolerance, conservation agriculture practices, diversified crop production systems incorporating legumes, dual-purpose and native crops, and applications of sensor technologies and molecular techniques. Notable publications encompass 'Novel insights into the mechanism(s) of silicon-induced drought stress tolerance in lentil plants revealed by RNA sequencing analysis' (2023), 'Regulatory role of silicon on photosynthesis, gas-exchange and yield related traits of drought-stressed lentil under controlled and field conditions' (2023), 'Silicon improves root system and canopy physiology in wheat under drought stress' (2023), 'Exploitation of lentil wild relatives for genetic improvement' (2024), and 'Paddock-scale evaluation of dual-purpose wheat for grain yield and sheep live weight gain in South-East Australia' (2024). Through national and international collaborations, Gupta advances innovative solutions for sustainable intensification of crop production, bolstering productivity and ecosystem health.