selected publications academicarticle Sharma, S., Khar, A., Khosa, J. S., Mandal, S., & Malla, S. (2024). Recent Advances in Molecular Genetics of Onion. Horticulturae. 10(3), 256-256. Khanal, M., Bhatta, B. P., & Malla, S. (2023). Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria Associated with Onion and First Report of Onion Diseases Caused by Five Bacterial Pathogens in Texas, U.S.A. 107(6), 1721-1729. Khanal, M., & Malla, S. (2023). Draft Genome Sequence and Annotation of Pseudomonas carnis Strain 20TX0167, Isolated from an Onion (Allium cepa). Microbiology Resource Announcements. 12(2), e0105122-e01022. Khanal, M., Bhatta, B. P., Timilsina, S., Ghimire, S., Cochran, K., & Malla, S. (2023). Curtobacterium allii sp. nov., the actinobacterial pathogen causing onion bulb rot. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology. 116(2), 83-96. Bhatta, B. P., Khanal, M., & Malla, S. (2023). Whole genome and 16S rRNA dataset of Pectobacterium carotovorum strain 21TX0081 isolated from a symptomatic onion foliage in Texas. Data in Brief. 46, 108823-108823. Patel, T., Quesada-Ocampo, L. M., Wehner, T. C., Bhatta, B. P., Correa, E., & Malla, S. (2023). Recent Advances and Challenges in Management of Colletotrichum orbiculare, the Causal Agent of Watermelon Anthracnose. 9(10), 1132-1132. Bhatta, B. P., Patel, T., Correa, E., Wehner, T. C., Crosby, K. M., Thomson, M. J., ... Malla, S. (2022). Dissection of race 1 anthracnose resistance in a watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) biparental mapping population. Euphytica. 218(11), 157. Angira, B., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Scheuring, C. F., Masor, L., Coleman, J., ... Malla, S. (2022). Genetic dissection of iron deficiency chlorosis by QTL analysis in cowpea. Euphytica. 218(4), 38. Bhatta, B. P., Correa, E., Patel, T., Wehner, T. C., Crosby, K. M., Thomson, M. J., & Malla, S. (2022). Data on inheritance of race 2 anthracnose resistance in watermelon (Citrullus spp.) biparental mapping populations. Data in Brief. 44, 108546-108546. Khanal, M., Timilsina, S., Bhatta, B. P., Bophela, K., Coutinho, T., Cochran, K., & Malla, S. (2022). Pseudomonas uvaldensis sp. nov., a bacterial pathogen causing onion bulb rot. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 72(4), Correa, E., Crosby, K., & Malla, S. (2021). Optimizing a Seedling Screening Method for Anthracnose Resistance in Watermelon. Plant Health Progress. 22(4), 536-543. Carpenter, N. R., Wright, E., Malla, S., Singh, L., Van Sanford, D., Clark, A., ... Rawat, N. (2020). Identification and validation of Fusarium head blight resistance QTL in the US soft red winter wheat cultivar 'Jamestown'. 60(6), 2919-2930. Correa, E., Malla, S., Crosby, K. M., & Avila, C. A. (2020). Evaluation of Genotypes and Association of Traits in Watermelon Across Two Southern Texas Locations. Horticulturae. 6(4), 67-67. Griffey, C., Malla, S., Brooks, W., Seago, J., Christopher, A., Thomason, W., ... Sparry, E. (2020). Registration of 'Hilliard' wheat. 14(3), 406-417. Meier, N. A., Malla, S., Oakes, J. C., Murphy, J. P., Baik, B., Chao, S., & Griffey, C. A. (2020). Registration of three soft red winter wheat germplasm lines with exceptional milling and cookie baking performance. 14(3), 450-456. Bhatta, B. P., & Malla, S. (2020). Improving Horticultural Crops via CRISPR/Cas9: Current Successes and Prospects. Plants. 9(10), 1360-1360. Carpenter, N. R., Griffey, C. A., Malla, S., Barnett, M., Marshall, D., Fountain, M. O., ... Wright, E. (2017). Identification of Quantitative Resistance to Puccinia striiformis and Puccina triticinia in the Soft Red Winter Wheat Cultivar 'Jamestown'. 57(6), 2991-3001. Liu, L., Barnett, M. D., Griffey, C. A., Malla, S., Brooks, W. S., Seago, J. E., ... Mennel, D. L. (2015). Registration of Vision 45 Wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. 9(3), 338-344. Ali, M. B., Ibrahim, A., Malla, S., Rudd, J., & Hays, D. B. (2013). Family-based QTL mapping of heat stress tolerance in primitive tetraploid wheat (Triticum turgidum L.). Euphytica. 192(2), 189-203. Cooper, J. K., Ibrahim, A., Rudd, J., Hays, D., Malla, S., & Baker, J. (2013). Increasing Hard Winter Wheat Yield Potential via Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat: II. Heritability and Combining Ability of Yield and its Components. Crop Science. 53(1), 67-73. Cooper, J. K., Ibrahim, A., Rudd, J., Malla, S., Hays, D. B., & Baker, J. (2012). Increasing Hard Winter Wheat Yield Potential via Synthetic Wheat: I. Path-Coefficient Analysis of Yield and Its Components. Crop Science. 52(5), 2014-2022. Malla, S., Ibrahim, A., Yen, Y., Glover, K. D., & A. Berzonsky, W. (2011). Association of Fhb1 and Qfhs.ifa-5A in Spring versus Winter Growth Habits in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Agricultural Science. 4(1), Malla, S., Ibrahim, A., Little, R., Kalsbeck, S., Glover, K. D., & Ren, C. (2010). Comparison of shifted multiplicative model, rank correlation, and biplot analysis for clustering winter wheat production environments. Euphytica. 174(3), 357-370. Malla, S., Ibrahim, A., Glover, K. D., & Berzonsky, W. A. (2010). Combining ability for fusarium head blight resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Communications in Biometry and Crop Science. 5(2), 116-126. Malla, S., Ibrahim, A., & Glover, K. D. (2009). Diallel Analysis of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat. Journal of Crop Improvement. 23(3), 213-234. Kiplagat, E., Ramezani, M., Malla, S., Cisneros-Zevallos, L., Joshi, V., & Castillo, A. Factors Affecting Growth and Survival of Salmonella in Onion Extracts and Onion Bulbs. Foods. 14(1), 1-1. conference paper Searcy, S. W., Malla, S., & Galeazzi, D. L. (2022). Mechanized Harvest of Onions in South Texas Bhatta, B. P., Patel, T., Correa, E., Wehner, T. C., Crosby, K. M., Thomson, M. J., ... Malla, S. (2022). Dissection of Race 1 Anthracnose Resistance in a Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) Biparental Mapping Population. Hortscience. S229-S230. Du Toit, L. J., Brown, H. M., Shin, G. Y., Kvitko, B. H., Aegerter, B. J., Cramer, C., ... Dutta, B. (2022). Distribution and pathogenicity of bacteria collected in surveys of onion crops across production regions in the US in 2020 and 2021. Phytopathology. 97-97. Khanal, M., Bhatta, B. P., & Malla, S. (2022). Onion Microflora and Associated Pathogens. Hortscience. S264-S264. Malla, S., & Correa, E. (2021). Optimizing lnoculum Rate for Anthracnose Seedling Resistance Screening in Watermelon. Hortscience. S225-S225. Correa, E., Malla, S., Khanal, M., Avila, C., & Crosby, K (2018). Application of Genomic Selection on Anthracnose In Texas A&M's Watermelon Breeding Program. Hortscience. S491-S491. Malla, S (2018). Short-day Onion Germplasm Evaluation in Southern Texas. Hortscience. S204-S204. Correa, E., Malla, S., Khanal, M., Avila, C., & Crosby, K (2018). Watermelon Germplasm Evaluation for Yield and Its Components In South Texas. Hortscience. S493-S494. Silwal, D., Malla, S., & Khanal, M. (2018). Short-day onion (Allium cepa) Germplasm Evaluation for Agronomic and Disease Tolerance In South Texas. Hortscience. S488-S488. institutional repository document Kiplagat, E., Ramezani, M., Malla, S., Cisneros-Zevallos, L., Joshi, V., & Castillo, A. (2024). Factors Affecting Growth and Survival of Salmonella in Onion Extracts and Onion Bulbs Bhatta, B. P., Patel, T., Correa, E., Wehner, T. C., Crosby, K. M., Thomson, M. J., ... Malla, S. (2022). Dissection of Race 1 Anthracnose Resistance in a Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) Biparental Mapping Population Khanal, M., Bhatta, B. P., Timilsina, S., Ghimire, S., Cochran, K., & Malla, S. (2022). Curtobacterium allii sp. nov., the actinobacterial pathogen causing onion bulb rot