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. In revision
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 yield gap in the fight against crop diseases. Molecular Plant-Microberaction. In revision
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