Abhishek Mukherjee Lab

Das, J., Chakraborty, S., Das, S., Dutta, S., & Mukherjee, A. Chemical Ecology of Plant–Nematode Interactions: Mechanisms and Implications for Sustainable Crop Management. SATSA Mukhapatra - Annual Technical Issue 30, 189-205

Das, S., Ghosh, K., Mondal, S., Dutta, S., Khan, M. R., Garain, U., & Mukherjee, A. (2026). A deep learning framework for species-level identification of root-knot nematodes using perineal pattern images. Scientific Reports.

Paul, P., Mukherjee, A., Banerjee, A. K., Williams, D. A., Purcell, M. F., & Harms, N. E. (2026). Subspecies-specific climatic niches and invasion dynamics of Hydrilla verticillata in the United States under current and future climates. Aquatic Botany, 104008.
 

Sahoo, P., Mukherjee, A., & Ghosh, C. K. (2025). Gold nanoparticles for photothermal and photodynamic therapy. In Gold Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites (pp. 619-685). Elsevier.

Walia, R. K., Gaur, H. S., & Mukherjee, A. (2025). Potato cyst nematodes: Diaspora in India, from introduction and current status to future predictions using MaxEnt analysis. Nematology, 27(5), 481-490.

Ghosh, S., Banerjee, S., Prajapati, J., Mukherjee, A., & Bhattacharyya, P. (2025). Appraisal of mica-based potassium mobilizing bacterial biofertilizers: revolutionizing soil fertility and plant growth employing multi-machine learning models. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 56(14), 2166-2188.

Dutta, S., Pattanaik, K., Mondal, S., Mahanty, A., Das, S., Chatterjee, I., Adak T & Mukherjee, A. (2025). Unlocking the Role of Rice Root Metabolites in Modulating Meloidogyne graminicola Chemotaxis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 73(37), 23357-23368.

Dutta, S., Das, J., Chakraborty, S., Das, S., Somvanshi, V. S., & Mukherjee, A. (2025). Dual mode of action of Aspergillus niger F4 culture filtrate against Meloidogyne incognita in Tomato: Nematicidal activity and induction of host defences. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 102990.

Sahoo, P., Das, M., Adhikari, S., Mukherjee, A., & Ghosh, C. K. (2025). Nanomedicine for Conjugated Therapy and Diagnosis in Cancer Treatment. Nanobiomedicine: Fundamentals and Implementation in Theranostic Applications, 82-135.
 

Ghosh, S., Mondal, S., Mandal, J., Mukherjee, A., & Bhattacharyya, P. (2024). Effect of metal fractions on rice grain metal uptake and biological parameters in mica mines waste contaminated soils. journal of environmental sciences, 136, 313-324.

Mukherjee, A., Das, S., Dutta, S., & Mondal, S. (2024). Advancements in Nematode Management: Exploring Machine Learning in Precision Agriculture. Indian J. Nematol, 53, 106-113.

Das, S., Dutta, S., Ghosh, S., & Mukherjee, A. (2024). Chitinolytic microorganisms for biological control of plant pathogens: A Comprehensive review and meta-analysis. Crop Protection, 185, 106888.

Sahoo, P., Nandi, S. K., Das, M., Kundu, S., Roy, R., Bag, S. K., Kole KK, Thakur A, Ghosh J, Mukherjee A, & Ghosh, C. K. (2024). GSH-pH dual-responsive engineered codoped Prussian blue multimodal theranostic nanoplatform induces TP53 deregulated apoptotic death of MDA-MB-231 with enhanced T1-T2W MRI. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7(23), 26617-26628.

Mondal, S., Purohit, A., Hazra, A., Das, S., Chakrabarti, M., Khan, M. R., Lopez-Nicora H, Chakraborti D, & Mukherjee, A. (2024). Intraspecific variability of rice root knot nematodes across diverse agroecosystems for sustainable management. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 30032.

Kunda, P., Mondal, S., De, D., Dhal, P. K., & Mukherjee, A. (2024). Alteration of rice root endophytic bacterial community composition by Meloidogyne graminicola and identification of potential biocontrol agent. Annals of Microbiology, 74(1), 42.
 

​Thapa, M., Sadhukhan, R., Mukherjee, A., & Biswas, P. K. (2023). Effects of nZnS vs. nZnO and ZnCl2 on mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek] plant and Bradyrhizobium symbiosis: A life cycle study. NanoImpact, 29, 100440.

Kunda, P., Mondal, S., De, D., Dhal, P. K., & Mukherjee, A. Analysis of Endophytic Bacterial Community of Rice Root and Gall for Identification of Potential Biocontrol Agents Against Meloidogyne Graminicola. Available at SSRN 4419965.

Mondal, S., Ghosh, S., Pari, A., Bhattacharyya, K., Bhowmick, A. R., Khan, M. R., & Mukherjee, A. (2023). Unveiling the drivers of nematode community structure and function across rice agroecosystems. Applied Soil Ecology, 182, 104715.

Ghosh, S., Mondal, S., Banerjee, S., Mukherjee, A., & Bhattacharyya, P. (2023). Temporal dynamics of potassium release from waste mica as influenced by potassium mobilizing bacteria. J Pure Appl Microbiol, 17(1), 273-288.

Ghosh, S., Banerjee, S., Prajapati, J., Mandal, J., Mukherjee, A., & Bhattacharyya, P. (2023). Pollution and health risk assessment of mine tailings contaminated soils in India from toxic elements with statistical approaches. Chemosphere, 324, 138267.

Banerjee, S., Ghosh, S., Jha, S., Kumar, S., Mondal, G., Sarkar, D., Datta R, Mukherjee A & Bhattacharyya, P. (2023). Assessing pollution and health risks from chromite mine tailings contaminated soils in India by employing synergistic statistical approaches. Science of the Total Environment, 880, 163228.

Ghosh, S., Banerjee, S., Mukherjee, A., & Bhattacharyya, P. (2023). Appraise potassium chemistry and distribution patterns in tailing soil, India: Through quantity-intensity relations and multi model statistical methods. Chemosphere, 335, 139184.

Dutta, S., Mondal, S., Hazra, A., Ghosh, S., Panja, B., Chakrabarti, M., & Mukherjee, A. (2023). Evaluation of root-gall associated fungal endophytes for the control of Meloidogyne graminicola infecting rice. Biological Control, 186, 105341.
 

Sandip Mondal, Arnab Purohit, Dipankar Chakraborti, Matiyar Rahaman Khan, and Abhishek Mukherjee. First Report of Pratylenchus zeae on Upland Rice from Jharkhand, India. Plant Disease. 2022. (online first). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-21-2053-PDN

Prajapati, J., Singh, A., Patil, K., Bhowmick, A.R., Mukherjee, A., Huang, Y. and Banerjee, A.K. (2022), An occurrence data set for invasive and naturalized alien plants in India. Ecology. e3794. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3794

​Kundu, S., Mukherjee, T., Kim, A. R., Lee, S. R., Mukherjee, A., Jung, W. K., & Kim, H. W. (2022). Mitochondrial DNA and distribution modelling evidenced the lost genetic diversity and wild-residence of star tortoise, Geochelone elegans (Testudines: Testudinidae) in India. Animals, 13(1), 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010150

​Sahoo, P., Kundu, S., Roy, S., Sharma, S. K., Ghosh, J., Mishra, S., Mukherjee, A. & Ghosh, C. K. (2022). Fundamental understanding of the size and surface modification effects on r 1, the relaxivity of Prussian blue nanocube@ m-SiO 2: a novel targeted chemo-photodynamic theranostic agent to treat colon cancer. RSC advances, 12(38), 24555-24570.
 

Kunda P, Mukherjee A, Dhal PK. Insights into endophytic bacterial diversity of rice grown across the different agro-ecological regions of West Bengal, India. World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2021, 37(11):184. DOI: 10.1007/s11274-021-03153-9.

Mala Thapa, Tapodhara Datta Majumdar, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Abhishek Mukherjee, and Prasanta Kumar Biswas. 2021. Application of Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles to Augment the Nutritional Status of the Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek] Plant. ACS Food Sci. Technol. 2021, 1, 9, 1595–1604. DOI: 10.1021/acsfoodscitech.1c00116 

Achyut Kumar Banerjee, Anzar Ahmad Khuroo, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, Vidushi Pant, Chinmay Patwardhan, Amiya Ranjan Bhowmick, Abhishek Mukherjee (2021). An integrated policy framework and plan of action to prevent and control plant invasions in India. Environmental Science and Policy, 124: 64-72.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.06.003

Achyut Kumar Banerjee, Jyoti Prajapati, Amiya Ranjan Bhowmick, Yelin Huang, Abhishek Mukherjee (2021). Different factors influence naturalization and invasion processes – A case study of Indian alien flora provides management insights. Journal of Environmental Management, 294: 113094. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113054 

Harms, N.E., Knight, I.A., Pratt, P.D., Reddy, A.M., Mukherjee, A., Gong, P.; Coetzee, J., Raghu, S., Diaz, R. (2021). Climate Mismatch Between Introduced Biological Control Agents and Their Invasive Host Plants: Improving Biological Control of Tropical Weeds in Temperate Regions. Insects, 12, 549.  https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12060549

Vidushi Pant, Chinmay Patwardhan, Kshitij Patil, Amiya Ranjan Bhowmick, Abhishek Mukherjee,  Achyut Kumar Banerjee (2021) ILORA: A database of alien vascular flora of India. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 2021, 2, 4, e312105. DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.12105

Mukherjee A., Achyut Kumar Banerjee, S. Raghu (2021) Biological control of Parkinsonia aculeata: using species distribution models to refine agent surveys and releases. Biological Control (online first)  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104630

Tapodhara Datta Majumdar, Chandan Kumar Ghosh and Abhishek Mukherjee (2021). Dual Role of Copper Nanoparticles in Bacterial Leaf Blight-Infected Rice: A Therapeutic and Metabolic Approach. ACS Agricultural Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.0c00064

Mondal S., S. Ghosh & A. Mukherjee (2021). Application of biochar and vermicompost against the rice root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola): an eco-friendly approach in nematode management. Journal of Plant Disease and Protection (online first) https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-021-00433-2

 

Mondal, S., Ghosh, S., Mukherjee, A. & Khan, M. R. (2020). Ecological analysis of nematodes associated with vegetable-maize cropping system at Dhapa, Kolkata (India). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2020.07.017

 Mondal S., M. R. Khan and A. Mukherjee. 2020. Spatial distribution and risk area assessment of Aphelenchoides besseyi using geostatistical approaches in Giridih district of Jharkhand, India. Journal of Nematology. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2020-033

Walia, R. K., Y S Chandel, S. S. Bhadu, R. Salalia, S. Thakur, S. Kumar, V. S. Somvanshi, A. Mukherjee. 2020. Prevalence and spread of potato cyst nematodes, Globodera spp. in northern hilly areas of India. Current Science 118(12): 1946-1952

Banerjee, A. K., Nathan E. Harms, Abhishek Mukherjee & John F. Gaskin. 2020. Niche dynamics and potential distribution of Butomus umbellatus under current and future climate scenarios in North America. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04205-1 

 

Banerjee, A. K., A Mukherjee, W Guo, WL Ng, Y Huang. 2019. Combining ecological niche modelling with genetic lineage information to predict potential distribution of Mikania micrantha Kunth in South and Southeast Asia under predicted climate change. Global Ecology and Conservation, e00800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00800

Banerjee, A. K., A. Mukherjee, W. Guo, Y. Liu and Y. Huang. 2019. Spatio-temporal patterns of climatic niche dynamics of an invasive plant Mikania micrantha Kunth and its potential distribution under projected climate change. Front. Ecol. Evol. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00291/abstract

Datta Majumdar, T., M. Singh, M. Thapa, M. Dutta, A. Mukherjee and C. K. Ghosh. 2019. Size-dependent antibacterial activity of copper nanoparticles against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae – a synthetic and mechanistic approach. Colloid and Interface Science Communications 32 (2019) 100190. 

Thapa, M., M. Singh, C. K. Ghosh, P. K. Biswas, A. Mukherjee. 2019. Zinc sulphide nanoparticle (nZnS): A novel nano-modulator for plant growth. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.06.031

Mondal, S., P. Sarkar, A. Singh, M. R. Khan and A. Mukherjee. 2019. Distribution and community structure of plant parasitic nematodes and their relationship with some soil properties in betel vine growing regions of West-Bengal, India. Nematology 21(6): 581-585. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00003237

 

Kunda, P, P. K. Dhal and A. Mukherjee, 2018. Endophytic bacterial community of rice (Oryza sativa L.) from coastal saline zone of West Bengal: 16S rRNA gene based metagenomics approach. Meta Gene 18: 79-86 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mgene.2018.08.004

 

Banerjee, A.K., A. Mukherjee, A. Dewanji. 2017. Potential distribution of Mikania micrantha Kunth in India− evidence of climatic niche and biome shifts. Flora 234, 215-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.08.001

Pashi, R., A. Maity, M.R. Khan, S. Mondal, A. Mukherjee. 2017. Incidence of white tip nematode (Aphelenchoides besseyi) in rice in West Bengal. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 5, 200-208.

 

Mukherjee, A., A. Knutson and K. Heinz. 2016. Biological control of S. molesta in northeastern Texas: population dynamics of Cyrtobagous salviniae. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management. 55: 46-49

Cuda, J. P., J. L. Gillmorea, A. O. Mitchell, J. Brickera, R. A. Watsona, B. R. Garcete-Barrett and A. Mukherjee. 2016. Laboratory biology and impact of a stem boring weevil Apocnemidophorus pipitzi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Schinus terebinthifolia. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 26(9):1249-1266.

Mukherjee, A., D. Williams, M. Gitzendanner, J. P. Cuda, W. A. Overholt. 2016. Microsatellite and chloroplast DNA diversities of Hygrophila polysperma in its native and invasive ranges. Aquatic Botany, 129: 55-61

 

Obeysekara, P. T., A. Knutson, A. Mukherjee, K. M. Heinz. 2015. Repeated cold exposure effects on mortality and feeding activity of salvinia weevil, Cyrtobagous salviniae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Environmental Entomology, 44: 1590-1598

 

Stratman, K.N., W. A. Overholt, J. P. Cuda, A. Mukherjee, R. Diaz, M. D. Netherland and P. C. Wilson. 2014. Temperature-dependent development, cold tolerance, and potential distribution of Cricotopus lebetis, a tip miner of Hydrilla verticillata. Journal of Insect Science,14: 153

Mukherjee, A., A. Knutson, D. Hahn, K. Heinz. 2014. Biological control of giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) in temperate regions: cold tolerance and low temperature oviposition of Cyrtobagous salviniae. BioControl, 59: 781-790

 

Mukherjee, A., M. R. Khan, W. T. Crow and J. P. Cuda. 2013. Diversity of nematode fauna associated with hygrophila in its native and exotic habitats. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management, 50: 84-91

Christ L. R., J. P. Cuda, W. A. Overholt, M. D. Vitorino and A. Mukherjee. 2013. Biology, host preferences, and potential distribution of Calophya terebinthifolii (Hemiptera: Calophyidae), a candidate for biological control of Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolius, in Florida. Florida Entomologist, 96: 137-147.

Mukherjee, A., C. Ellison, J. P. Cuda, W. A. Overholt, 2013. Biological control of hygrophila:  Foreign exploration for candidate natural enemies. In: The proceedings of XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds Sept. 11-16, 2011, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.

 

Mukherjee, A., R. Diaz, M. Thom, J. P. Cuda and W.A. Overholt. 2012. Use of niche model in assessing effectiveness of biological control agent:  an example with Gratiana boliviana and Tropical Soda Apple. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 22: 447-461 

Mukherjee A., J. W. Jones, G. Kiker, W. A. Overholt and James P. Cuda, 2012. Effects of simulated herbivory on growth and biomass accumulation of the invasive weed hygrophila and its mathematical modeling. Biological Control, 60: 271-279

Mukherjee, A., D. A. Williams, G. S. Wheeler, J. P. Cuda, S. Pal and W. A. Overholt, 2012. Distribution of Schinus terebinthifolius in the native range and in Florida:  Evidence of a niche shift driven by hybridization? Biological Invasions, 14: 1415 -1430

Mukherjee, A., J. P. Cuda, 2012, Biological control prospects for hygrophila. Aquatics, 34 (1): 13-14​