Publications

Won, S. Y., Soundararajan, P., Irulappan, V., & Kim, J. S. (2023). In-silico, evolutionary, and functional analysis of CHUP1 and its related proteins in Bienertia sinuspersici—a comparative study across C3, C4, CAM, and SCC4 model plants. PeerJ, 11, e15696. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15696.

Sharma, N. K., Yadav, S., Gupta, S. K., Irulappan, V., Francis, A., Senthil‐Kumar, M., & Chattopadhyay, D. (2023). MicroRNA397 regulates tolerance to drought and fungal infection by regulating lignin deposition in chickpea root. Plant, Cell & Environment, 46(11), 3501-3517. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14666

Mirchandani, R., Irulappan, V., Chilakala, A. R., & Senthil-Kumar, M. (2023). Dry root rot disease: Current status and future implications for chickpea production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 93(4), 791-800. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-023-01451-w

Irulappan, V., Park, H. W., Han, S.-Y., Kim, M.-H., & Kim, J. S. (2023). Genome-wide identification of a novel Na+ transporter from Bienertia sinuspersici and overexpression of BsHKT1; 2 improved salt tolerance in Brassica rapa. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1302315. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1302315

Irulappan, V., Kandpal, M., Saini, K., Rai, A., Ranjan, A., Sinharoy, S., & Senthil-Kumar, M. (2022). Drought stress exacerbates fungal colonization and endodermal invasion and dampens defense responses to increase dry root rot in chickpea. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 35(7), 583-591. https://doi.org/10.1094/mpmi-07-21-0195-fi     

Chilakala, A. R., Mali, K. V., Irulappan, V., Patil, B. S., Pandey, P., Rangappa, K., Ramegowda, V., Kumar, M. N., Puli, C. O. R., & Mohan-Raju, B. (2022). Combined drought and heat stress influences the root water relation and determines the dry root rot disease development under field conditions: A study using contrasting chickpea genotypes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 890551. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.890551

Sinha, R., Irulappan, V., Patil, B. S., Reddy, P. C. O., Ramegowda, V., Mohan-Raju, B., Rangappa, K., Singh, H. K., Bhartiya, S., & Senthil-Kumar, M. (2021). Low soil moisture predisposes field-grown chickpea plants to dry root rot disease: evidence from simulation modeling and correlation analysis. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 6568. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85928-6

Irulappan, V., & Senthil-Kumar, M. (2021). Dry root rot disease assays in chickpea: A detailed methodology. J. Vis. Exp, 167, e61702. https://doi.org/10.3791/61702

Irulappan, V., Mali, K. V., Patil, B. S., Manjunatha, H., Muhammad, S., & Senthil‐Kumar, M. (2021). A sick plot–based protocol for dry root rot disease assessment in field‐grown chickpea plants. Applications in Plant Sciences, 9(8), e11445. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11445

Sinha, R., Irulappan, V., Mohan-Raju, B., Suganthi, A., & Senthil-Kumar, M. (2019). Impact of drought stress on simultaneously occurring pathogen infection in field-grown chickpea. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 5577. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41463-z

Irulappan, V., & Senthil-Kumar, M. (2018). Morpho-physiological traits and molecular intricacies associated with tolerance to combined drought and pathogen stress in plants. In Biotechnologies of Crop Improvement, Volume 3: Genomic Approaches (pp. 59-74). Springer International Publishing Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94746-4_4

Schroeder, C., Irulappan, V., & Fritschi, F. B. (2025). Experimentally Determining the Changes in Harvest Index and Seed Nutrient Allocation through Eight Decades of Soybean Development. CANVAS 2025.

Irulappan, V., Schroeder, C., Ribeiro, V., Caldwell, D., Avila, H., Al Mahmud-Un-Nabi, M., Tebelan, G. M., Miranda, C., Geddes, B., & Iyer-Pascuzzi, A. S. (2025). Root Cell Wall Composition of Soybean Cultivars: Linking Lignin Chemistry and Root System Architecture with Genetic Gain. CANVAS 2025.

Rai, A., Irulappan, V., & Senthil-Kumar, M. (2022). Dry root rot of chickpea: a disease favored by drought. Plant Disease, 106(2), 346-356. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-21-1410-FE

Pandey, P., Irulappan, V., Bagavathiannan, M. V., & Senthil-Kumar, M. (2017). Impact of combined abiotic and biotic stresses on plant growth and avenues for crop improvement by exploiting physio-morphological traits. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 537. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00537