Rajesh Paul

College of Engineering

Works (9)

Updated: August 24th, 2024 05:01

2024 article

Rapid Detection of Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, and Oomycete Pathogens on Tomatoes with Microneedles, LAMP on a Microfluidic Chip, and Smartphone Device

Shymanovich, T., Saville, A. C., Paul, R., Wei, Q., & Ristaino, J. B. (2024, August 5). PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Vol. 8.

By: T. Shymanovich n, A. Saville n, R. Paul n, Q. Wei n  & J. Ristaino n 

author keywords: bacterial pathogens; fungal pathogens; oomycetes; pathogen detection
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Added: August 19, 2024

2023 journal article

Abaxial leaf surface-mounted multimodal wearable sensor for continuous plant physiology monitoring

Science Advances, 9(15).

By: G. Lee n, O. Hossain n, S. Jamalzadegan n, Y. Liu n, H. Wang n, A. Saville n, T. Shymanovich n, R. Paul n ...

MeSH headings : Wearable Electronic Devices; Plant Leaves; Temperature; Plant Physiological Phenomena; Volatile Organic Compounds; Plants
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Added: June 5, 2023

2023 review

Antiviral Peptides in Antimicrobial Surface Coatings-From Current Techniques to Potential Applications

[Review of ]. VIRUSES-BASEL, 15(3).

By: M. Jabeen n, P. Biswas *, M. Islam * & R. Paul n

author keywords: peptides; antimicrobial coatings; surface coatings; antimicrobial peptides; antiviral peptides
MeSH headings : Humans; Antiviral Agents / pharmacology; COVID-19 / prevention & control; Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry; Peptides / pharmacology
TL;DR: A review on potential techniques to incorporate peptides in current surface coating strategies that will serve as a guide for developing cost-effective, sustainable and coherent antiviral surface coatings is presented. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: April 17, 2023

2021 journal article

Integrated microneedle-smartphone nucleic acid amplification platform for in-field diagnosis of plant diseases

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 187, 113312.

By: R. Paul n, E. Ostermann n, Y. Chen n, A. Saville n, Y. Yang *, Z. Gu*, A. Whitfield n , J. Ristaino n , Q. Wei n 

author keywords: Plant disease diagnostics; Nucleic acid extraction; Microneedle; Isothermal amplification; Smartphone
MeSH headings : Biosensing Techniques; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; Plant Diseases; Smartphone
TL;DR: It is found that the MN patch containing as few as a single needle tip successfully extracted enough RNA for RT-PCR or RT-LAMP analysis, and MN-extracted RNA samples remained stable on MN surfaces for up to three days. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: June 14, 2021

2021 journal article

Real-time monitoring of plant stresses via chemiresistive profiling of leaf volatiles by a wearable sensor

MATTER, 4(7), 2553–2570.

By: Z. Li  n, Y. Liu n, O. Hossain n, R. Paul n, S. Yao n, S. Wu n, J. Ristaino n , Y. Zhu n , Q. Wei n 

TL;DR: A leaf-attachable chemiresistive sensor array for real-time fingerprinting of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that permits noninvasive and early diagnosis of plant diseases, such as late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans is reported. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: July 26, 2021

2020 journal article

Advances in point-of-care nucleic acid extraction technologies for rapid diagnosis of human and plant diseases

BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS, 169.

By: R. Paul n, E. Ostermann n & Q. Wei n 

author keywords: Point-of-care diagnostics; DNA/RNA extraction; Nucleic acid amplification; Raw samples; Infectious diseases; Plant diseases
MeSH headings : Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification; COVID-19; Chemical Fractionation / instrumentation; Chemical Fractionation / methods; Communicable Diseases / diagnosis; Communicable Diseases / microbiology; Communicable Diseases / parasitology; Communicable Diseases / virology; Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections / virology; Equipment Design; Humans; Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / instrumentation; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / methods; Nucleic Acids / blood; Nucleic Acids / isolation & purification; Nucleic Acids / urine; Pandemics; Plant Diseases / microbiology; Plant Diseases / parasitology; Plant Diseases / virology; Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral / virology; Point-of-Care Systems; SARS-CoV-2
TL;DR: This review focuses on novel devices or methods that have demonstrated applicability and robustness for the isolation of high-quality nucleic acid from complex raw samples, such as human blood, saliva, sputum, nasal swabs, urine, and plant tissues that would pave the road for the “sample-in-result-out” diagnosis of human and plant diseases, especially in remote or resource-limited settings. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: November 16, 2020

2020 review

Agricultural nanodiagnostics for plant diseases: recent advances and challenges

[Review of ]. NANOSCALE ADVANCES, 2(8), 3083–3094.

By: Z. Li n, T. Yu n, R. Paul n, J. Fan *, Y. Yang * & Q. Wei n 

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Added: August 31, 2020

2019 journal article

Detection of Phytophthora infestans by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, Real-Time LAMP, and Droplet Digital PCR

PLANT DISEASE, 104(3), 708–716.

By: J. Ristaino n , A. Saville n, R. Paul n, D. Cooper* & Q. Wei n 

author keywords: oomycetes; pathogen detection; Phytophthora infestans; vegetables
MeSH headings : Solanum lycopersicum; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; Phytophthora infestans; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Solanum tuberosum
TL;DR: The loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was specific for P. infestans on potato and tomato and did not amplify other potato- or tomato-infecting Phytophthora species or other fungal and bacterial pathogens that infect potato and Tomato. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: April 6, 2020

2019 journal article

Extraction of Plant DNA by Microneedle Patch for Rapid Detection of Plant Diseases

ACS Nano, 13(6), 6540–6549.

By: R. Paul n, A. Saville n, J. Hansel n, Y. Ye n, C. Ball n, A. Williams  n, X. Chang*, G. Chen n ...

author keywords: plant disease; DNA extraction; microneedle patch; Phytophthora infestans; nucleic acid amplification; point-of-care diagnostics
MeSH headings : DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic / instrumentation; DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic / methods; DNA, Fungal / chemistry; DNA, Fungal / genetics; Solanum lycopersicum / microbiology; Metagenomics / instrumentation; Metagenomics / methods; Needles; Phytophthora / genetics; Phytophthora / pathogenicity; Plant Diseases / microbiology; Plant Leaves / chemistry; Plant Leaves / microbiology
TL;DR: A simple, cell-lysis-free, and purification-free DNA extraction method that could be a transformative approach to facilitate rapid sample preparation for molecular diagnosis of various plant diseases directly in the field is developed. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: July 15, 2019

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