Dr Yugander Arra
DBT Ramalingaswami Faculty Fellow (Biology)
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- Arra Y*., Loo E.P.I., Hutin M, Blasco C., Thomas E., Devanna B.N., Stiebner M., Auguy F., Szurek B* and Frommer W.B*. (2024). Stacking of bacterial blight resistance genes in two rice varieties to protect against a major outbreak in East Africa. Elife. in prep. *Corresponding author
- Arra Y*., Stiebner M., Schepler-Luu VT., Devanna NB., Yang B. & Frommer W.B* (2024). Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (OsCKX2) is an important gene for maintaining plant height, panicle size, and grain filling in rice. Rice. in prep. *Corresponding author
- Arra Y*., Loo E.P.I., Devanna B.N., Stiebner M. & Frommer W.B*. (2024). A step-by-step protocol for crossing and marker-assisted breeding of Asian and African rice varieties. Bioprotocols. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5069. *Corresponding author
- Loo E.P.I., Szurek B, Arra Y, Stiebner M., Bucholzer M, Devanna B.N., Vera Cruz C.M & Frommer W.B (2024). Closing the information gap between the field and scientific literature for improved disease management- with a focus on rice and bacterial blight. Molecular Plant-Microberaction. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-07-24-0075-FI
- Arra Y., Auguy F., Stiebner M., Chéron S., Wudick M.M., Miras M., Schepler-Luu V., Kohler, S., Cunnac S., Frommer W.B. & Albar L (2023) Rice Yellow Mottle Virus resistance by genome editing of the Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica nucleoporin gene OsCPR5.1 but not OsCPR5.2. Plant Biotech. J. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14266
- Luu V.T., Sciallano C., Stiebner M., Ji C., Boulard G., Diallo A., Auguy F., Char S.N., Arra Y., Schenstnyi K., Marcel Buchholzer M., Loo E.P.I., Bilaro A.L., Lihepanyama D., Mkuya M., Murori R., Oliva R., Cunnac S., Yang B., Szurek B. & Frommer W.B. (2023) Genome editing of an African elite rice variety confers resistance against endemic and emerging Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae strains. Elife, 12: e84864 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84864
- Arra Y., Sundaram R.M., Ershad M.D., Muturaman P., Prakasam V., Maganti S.M. & Laha G.S. (2022) Understanding the variability of rice bacterial blight pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Andhra Pradesh, India. J. Basic Microbiol. 62:185-196. https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.202100406
- Balakrishnan D., Laha G.S., Arra Y., Surapaneni M., Beerelli K., Duraisamy L., Madamsetty S.P., Lella V.S.R., Sundaram R. M & Neelamraju S. (2022). Identification of novel major and minor quantitative trait loci associated with bacterial blight resistance in rice from Oryza nivara-derived wild introgression lines. Plant Breed. 141:756-770. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.13052
- Rao T., Chopperla R., Methre R., Punniakotti E., Venkatesh V., Sailaja B., Reddy R.M., Arra Y., et al. & Mangrauthia S. K. (2019) Pectin induced transcriptome of a Rhizoctonia solani strain causing sheath blight disease in rice reveals insights on key genes and RNAi machinery for development of pathogen derived resistance. Plant Mol. Biol. 100(1-2): 59-71 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-019-00843-9
- Arra Y., Sundaram R.M., Singh K., Ponnuvel S., Duraisamy L., et al. & Laha G.S., (2018). Improved version of rice maintainer line APMS 6B possessing two dominant, broad spectrum resistance genes, Xa21 and Xa38 exhibits high level of resistance to bacterial blight disease. Mol. Breed. 38:100 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-018-0853-7
- Arra Y., Sundaram R.M., Singh K., Duraisamy L., Lella S.R.V., et al. & Laha G.S. (2018) Incorporation of the novel bacterial blight resistance gene Xa38 into the genetic background of elite rice variety Improved Samba Mahsuri. Plos One, 13(5): e0198260 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198260
- Arra Y., Sundaram R.M., Duraisamy L., Shaik H.M., Prakasam V, et al. & Laha G.S. (2017) Virulence profiling of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae isolates, causing bacterial blight of rice in India. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 149:171-191 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-017-1176-y