Scientific Record

Publications
& research output.

Thirteen peer-reviewed papers and two book chapters across plant pathology, RNA interference, virology, and plant-microbe interactions, including first-author work on the molecular biology of plant viruses and RNA-based crop protection.

13
Peer-reviewed papers
4
First-author papers
2
Book chapters
16+
Years of research
Research themes
Plant pathology

Disease & protection

From characterising virus diversity across continents to demonstrating RNA-based protection against potato late blight, targeting disease at its molecular root.

RNA biology

Interference & silencing

Viral suppressors of RNA silencing, small-RNA delivery, cross-kingdom signalling, and Dicer-dependent RNAi in fungal interactions.

Sustainable agriculture

Biocontrol & growth

Beneficial microbes, from biocontrol bacteria to mycoparasitic fungi, characterised as alternatives to chemical inputs.

All publications
2025
Heterologous production of cyprosin B in Nicotiana benthamiana: unveiling the role of the plant-specific insert domain in protein function and subcellular localisation
Plant Biotechnology Journal
Muthusamy S, Vetukuri RR, Lundgren A, Kim S, Kalyandurg PB, et al.
N. benthamianaProtein productionConfocal
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.70339 ↗
2024
RNA silencing is a key regulatory mechanism in the biocontrol fungus Clonostachys rosea and wheat interactions
BMC Biology
Piombo E, Vetukuri RR, Konakalla NC, Kalyandurg PB, Sundararajan P, et al.
RNA silencingBiocontrolCross-kingdom RNAimiRNA
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-02014-9 ↗
2023
Comparative transcriptome profiling provides insights into the growth-promotion activity of strain SLU99 in tomato and potato plants
Frontiers in Plant Science
Hanifah NASB, Ghadamgahi F, Ghosh S, Ortiz R, Whisson SC, Vetukuri RR, Kalyandurg PB
PGPRTranscriptomeGrowth promotion
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1141692 ↗
2023
Metabolic processes and biological macromolecules defined the positive effects of protein-rich biostimulants on sugar beet plant development
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Jolayemi OL, Malik AH, Vetukuri RR, Saripella GV, Kalyandurg PB, et al.
BiostimulantsSugar beetTranscriptomics
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119720 ↗
2022
Plant growth-promoting activity of FG106 and its ability to act as a biocontrol agent against potato, tomato and taro pathogens
Biology
Ghadamgahi F, Tarighi S, Taheri P, Saripella GV, Anzalone A, Kalyandurg PB, et al.
BiocontrolPGPRPotatoTomato
DOI: 10.3390/biology11010140 ↗
2022
Spray-induced gene silencing to study gene function in Phytophthora [Book chapter]
Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 2536
Sundararajan P, Kalyandurg PB, Liu Q, Chawade A, Whisson SC, Vetukuri RR
RNAiPhytophthoraBook chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2517-0_27 ↗
2022
A detached-leaf assay for rapidly screening plant pathogen and biological control agents [Book chapter]
Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 2536
Macan GPF, Khalil S, Kalyandurg PB, Pareek N, Vetukuri RR
Biocontrol screeningStrawberryBook chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2517-0_26 ↗
2021
Spray-induced gene silencing as a potential tool to control potato late blight disease First author · Landmark
Phytopathology
Kalyandurg PB, Sundararajan P, Dubey M, Ghadamgahi F, Zahid MA, Whisson SC, Vetukuri RR
SIGSPhytophthora infestansPotato late blightDisease control

First demonstration of RNA-based biological protection of plants against Phytophthora infestans, a milestone for sustainable crop protection.

DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-02-21-0054-SC ↗
2021
Role of Dicer-dependent RNA interference in regulating mycoparasitic interactions
Microbiology Spectrum
Piombo E, Vetukuri RR, Broberg A, Kalyandurg PB, Kushwaha S, et al.
RNAiMycoparasitismsRNA
DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.01099-21 ↗
2020
Effect of RNA silencing suppression activity of chrysanthemum virus B p12 protein on small RNA species
Archives of Virology
Vetukuri RR, Kalyandurg PB, Saripella GV, Sen D, et al.
RNA silencingPlant virussRNA
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04832-y ↗
2019
Efficient RNA silencing suppression activity of Potato mop-top virus 8K protein is driven by variability and positive selection First author
Virology
Kalyandurg PB, Tahmasebi A, Vetukuri RR, Kushwaha SK, et al.
PMTVRNA silencingViral suppressorPositive selection
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.06.018 ↗
2018
Potato mop-top virus co-opts the stress sensor HIPP26 for long-distance movement
Plant Physiology
Cowan GH, Roberts AG, Jones S, Kumar P, Kalyandurg PB, Gil JF, Savenkov EI, et al.
PMTVHIPP26Virus movement
DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01698 ↗
2017
Molecular and pathobiological characterisation of 61 Potato mop-top virus full-length cDNAs reveals great variability, novel genotypes and evidence for recombination First author
Molecular Plant Pathology
Kalyandurg P, Gil JF, Lukhovitskaya NI, Flores B, Müller G, et al.
PMTVGenetic diversityRecombinationPhylogenetics
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12552 ↗
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