Journal Articles

Jindal, S. and A. Ali*. 2025. First Report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ Infecting Okra in the United States. Plant Disease (In press). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-25-1247-PDN

Dayal, V., C. Paslay and A. Ali*. 2025. First report, detection and phylogenetic analysis of bell pepper endornavirus (BPEV) isolates infecting pepper in Oklahoma. PhytoFrontiers. (In press). https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-03-25-0026-R

Peña-Zúñiga, L., A. Espindola., D. Hagen., A. Ali, and F. Ochoa-Corona. 2025. Assessment of Viral Limit of Detection in Spiked, Unassembled High Throughput Sequencing Datasets. PhytoFrontiers (In press). https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-11-24-0121-FI

Ali,* A. 2025. Cotton bunchy top disease. Cotton Compendium. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Page 71-72.

Paslay, C and A. Ali*. 2025. Characterization of the Pepper Virome in Oklahoma Reveals Emerging RNA and DNA Viruses. Pathogen, 14:1035- 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/

Jindal, S. and A. Ali*. 2025. First detection and identification of Southern Tomato Virus infecting tomatoes in Oklahoma with complete genome characterization and insights into global genetic diversity. Viruses (17(9):1193. DOI:10.3390/v17091193

Paslay, C and A. Ali*. 2025. Rogueing or Rescuing: A Potential New Management Approach for Roses Infected with Rose Rosette Virus. Viruses 2025, 17, 829. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17060829

Pathak, D., P. Rathore., H. Kaur., B. Singh., H. Kumar., A. Ali., S. Punia., P. Singh., K. Singh. 2025. Introgression and Mapping of Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) Resistance from Wild Gossypium armourianum Kearney into Upland Cotton (Ghirsutum L.). Plant Disease 109(3):554-557. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-24-1645-SC

Ali,* A. and C. Paslay. 2025. Begomovirus coheni (leaf curl). CABI Compendium 55402. Published Aug 28, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1079/cabicompendium.55402

Ali,* A. and J. Sidhu. 2025. Alfamovirus AMV (alfalfa yellow spot). CABI Compendium 4346. Published Feb 17, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabicompendium.4346

Ali,* A. and C. Ferguson. 2024. Tobacco ringspot virus. CABI Compendium 54202. Published Dec 20, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabicompendium.54202

Ferguson, C and A. Ali* . 2024. Genetic diversity of Cotton leafroll dwarf virus from the Southwestern United States, and its implications for the multi-introduction event hypothesis and future evolution. Plant Disease, 102:3484-349. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-24-0952-SR

Pandey, V., A. Srivastava1., N. Singh · R. Gupta · A. Ali,* and · R. K. Gaur. 2024. In‑silico prediction of domain involved in chilli protein interaction with chilli leaf curl virus and associated betasatellite encoded protein. Discover Plants. 1:20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44372-024-00016-z

Pandey V, Srivastava A, A. Ali*, Gupta R, Shahid MS and Gaur RK. 2024. Predicting candidate miRNAs for targeting begomovirus to induce sequence specific gene silencing in chilli plants. Front. Plant Sci. 15:1460540. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1460540

Jindal, J., and A. Ali* .2024. First report of the Horse nettle virus infecting tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in the United States. Plant Disease, 108 (5): 1409. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-23-2810-PDN

Sahu, A.K., V. Pandey., A. Srivastava., R.K.Verma., N.S. Mishra., A. Ali*, and R. K. Gaur. 2024. Molecular characterization of a bipartite begomovirus associated with leaf crinkle and curling symptoms of Duranta erecta in India. Indian Phytopathology, 77:191-201. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42360-024-00718-0

Srivastava, A., Pandey, V., Marwal, A., A. Ali and R.K.Guar. 2024. In-silico prediction and validation of Carica papaya protein domains interaction with the Papaya leaf curl virus and associated betasatellite encoded protein. Discover Appl Sci, 6:287. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-024-05961-8

Verma, R. K., Megha, M., Avinash, M., A. Ali*., Nikolay, M.P. and R. K. Gaur* 2024. CRISPR/Cas9 Protection System for Chilli Leaf Curl Virus. Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica 40(1): 112-115. https://doi.org/10.59393/amb24400114

Ali*, A. 2023. Challenges in the diagnosis of cotton diseases – A special reference to viruses. Cotton Innovation, 3(3):14-16.

Mokhtari, S., and A. Ali*. 2023. Identification and complete genome sequence of an alternavirus from a pathogenic fungus Fusarium nanum. PhytoFrontiers, 3(2): 278-283. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-10-22-0109-SC

Gaur, R.K., Ali, A., Cheng, X., Agindotan, B.O., and Wang. X. 2023. Community series in plant viruses: Molecular plant virus epidemiology and its management, volume III. Front. Microbiol. 14:1125486. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1125486

Gilford, C and A. Ali*. 2022. First Report of Watermelon crinkle leaf-associated virus 2 infecting watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Oklahoma. Plant Disease, 107 (3):973. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-22-1238-PDN

Books

Book Chapters

Paslay, C and A. Ali*. 2024. Diagnosis, genetic diversity and molecular characterization of geminiviruses infecting pepper. In: “Pepper virome: Molecular Biology, Diagnostics and Management” (ed A. Ali, and R.K.Gaur).   Imprint: Academic Press (Elsevier), (ISBN: 9780443155765). Chapter 6, pp 195-219.

Connor, F and A. Ali*. 2024. Virus vector interaction and transmission. In: “Pepper virome: Molecular Biology, Diagnostics and Management” (ed A. Ali, and R.K.Gaur).   Imprint: Academic Press (Elsevier), (ISBN: 9780443155765). Chapter 9, pp 277-299.

Pandey, V., A. Srivastava, A. Ali and R.K. Gaur. 2024. Chilli leaf curl disease: status and strategies for sustainable management. In: “Pepper virome: Molecular Biology, Diagnostics and Management” (ed A. Ali, and R.K.Gaur).   Imprint: Academic Press (Elsevier), (ISBN: 9780443155765). Chapter 16, pp 477-489.

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