Karabi Datta
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Karabi Datta is a leading plant biotechnologist whose work addresses one of agriculture’s most urgent challenges: enhancing crop resilience to abiotic stresses. Her research integrates genomics, metabolomics, and molecular biology to unravel how plants respond to environmental pressures like drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and heavy metal toxicity. In her highly cited 2011 review, “Abiotic stress in plants: From Genomics to Metabolomics,” Datta synthesized decades of research to map the complex signaling and metabolic networks that underpin stress tolerance—a foundational resource that has garnered 32 citations and guided subsequent studies worldwide. Beyond this seminal work, she is renowned for pioneering the development of nutritionally enhanced and stress-tolerant rice varieties, including the creation of Golden Rice with elevated beta-carotene content. Her contributions have not only advanced fundamental plant science but also delivered tangible solutions for food security in developing nations. With a career spanning over two decades, Datta’s research continues to shape sustainable agriculture, bridging the gap between laboratory discovery and field application to help crops thrive under increasingly hostile growing conditions.
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- 1Abiotic stress in plants: From Genomics to Metabolomics32 citations · 2011