Name : Yugander Arra Designation : Scientist Address : E. mail : Contact No : 8500037818 Epabx No. : Download Resume Area of Specialization Molecular Phytopathology, Gene editing, Trait characterization, and Molecular breeding Education B.Sc. Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry M.Sc. Botany Ph.D. Biotechnology Academic/Research Experience University of Hyderbad, Telangana, Plant Science - DBT-Research Associate (July 2017- December 2018 ) Nath Bio-Gene(s) India Pvt. Ltd, Plant Pathology - Senior Executive (Scientist) (January 2019- July 2019 ) Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, Molecular Physiology - Alexander von Humboldt Post Doctoral Researcher (August 2019- January 2022 ) Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, Molecular Physiology - CEPLAS Post Doctoral Researcher (February 2022- January 2023 ) Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, Molecular Physiology - Senior Research Associate (February 2023- February 2024 ) IISER Thiruvananthapuram, School of Biology - DBT-Ramalingaswami Faculty Fellow (March 2024- December 2024 ) CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India, Crop Production and Protection - Scientist (December 2024- till date ) Honours and Awards Best poster presentation award,Research presentationby International Conference on Emerging Biotechnologies, Kakatiya University, India in 2016 CSIR-Research Associateship (Not availed),Post Doctoral Researchby Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India in 2017 SERB-NPDF (Not availed),Post Doctoral Researchby Department of Science Technology, India in 2017 DBT Research Associateship,Post Doctoral Researchby Department of Biotechnology, India in 2017 Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,Post Doctoral Researchby Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany in 2019-2022 Associate Fellow,Research contributionsby Telangana Academy of Sciences, Telangana state in 2021 Fellow, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS),Post Doctoral Researchby Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science (CEPLAS), Germany in 2022 DBT-Ramalingaswami Faculty Fellow,Independent Researchby Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India in 2024 Publication Loo E.P.I., Szurek B, Arra Y, Stiebner M., Bucholzer M, Devanna B.N., Vera Cruz C.M & Frommer W.B . Closing the information gap between the field and scientific literature for improved disease management- with a focus on rice and bacterial blight. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction 2024 Arra Y*., Loo E.P.I., Stieber M., Devanna NB., & Frommer W.B.. A step-by-step protocol for crossing and marker-assisted breeding of Asian and African rice varieties. Bio-Protocol. 2024 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. 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. 2023 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.. Genome editing of an African elite rice variety confers resistance against endemic and emerging Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae strains. eLife 2023 Arra Y., Sundaram R.M., Ershad M.D., Muturaman P., Prakasam V., Maganti S.M. & Laha G.S.. Understanding the variability of rice bacterial blight pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Andhra Pradesh, India. . J. Basic Microbiol. 2022 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. . 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. 2022 Rao T., Chopperla R., Methre R., Punniakotti E., Venkatesh V., Sailaja B., Reddy R.M., Arra Y., et al. & Mangrauthia S. K. . 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. 2019 Arra Y., Sundaram R.M., Singh K., Ponnuvel S., Duraisamy L., et al. & Laha G.S.. 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. 2018 Arra Y., Sundaram R.M., Singh K., Duraisamy L., Lella S.R.V., et al. & Laha G.S.. Incorporation of the novel bacterial blight resistance gene Xa38 into the genetic background of elite rice variety Improved Samba Mahsuri.. Plos One 2018 Arra Y., Sundaram R.M., Duraisamy L., Shaik H.M., Prakasam V, et al. & Laha G.S.. Virulence profiling of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae isolates, causing bacterial blight of rice in India.. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 2017 Hajira SK., Sundaram R.M., Laha G.S., Yugander A., Balachandran S.M., et al. & Swamy M.H.K. A Single-tube, functional marker based multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection of major bacterial blight resistance genes in rice, Xa21, xa13 and xa5.. Rice Sci. 2016 Yugander A., Ladhalakshmi D., Mangrauthia S.K., Prasad M.S., Krishnaveni D., et al. & Laha G.S. . Pathogenic and genetic variation among the isolates of Rhizoctonia solani (AG 1-IA), the rice sheath blight pathogen. . J. Phytopathol. 2015 Patents File No Title Inventors Patent No. Abstract