Plant Production and Protection

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    Molecular Phytopathology, Gene editing, Trait characterization, and Molecular breeding
  • B.Sc. Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry
  • M.Sc. Botany
  • Ph.D. Biotechnology
  • 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 )
  • 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
  • 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

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