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Biography

Kalaivani Nadarajah was born and raised in Malaysia. She graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, with a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology. She than obtained a Masters in Microbiology specializing in Fungal Genetics. She earned a doctorate in Plant Molecular Biology specifically in the area of plant microbe interactions from JIC United Kingdom. She is an Associate Professor and lectures at the School of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her past and current researches concentrates on plant diseases, plant microbe interactions, modulation of stress responses in plants and plant omics. She has authored 45 papers in indexed journals.

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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia: Bangi, Selangor, MY

1993-11-08 to present
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of East Anglia: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

1999-04-19 | PhD (School of Biological Science & John Innes)
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Works (44)

Building Resilience: Engineering the Plant Microbiome for Biotic Stress Management

2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Kalaivani K. Nadarajah
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The Microbial Connection to Sustainable Agriculture

Plants
2023-06-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Kalaivani Nadarajah; Nur Sabrina Natasha Abdul Rahman
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QTL and Candidate Genes: Techniques and Advancement in Abiotic Stress Resistance Breeding of Major Cereals

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2022-12-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Sujitra Raj Genga Raj; Kalaivani Nadarajah
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Microbe Related Chemical Signalling and Its Application in Agriculture

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2022-08-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Nur Wahida Abdul Hamid; Kalaivani Nadarajah
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The Role of Non-Coding RNA in Rice Immunity

Agronomy
2021-12-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Kalaivani K. Nadarajah; Nur Sabrina Natasha Abdul Rahman
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Plant–Microbe Interaction: Aboveground to Belowground, from the Good to the Bad

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2021-09-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Kalaivani Nadarajah; Nur Sabrina Natasha Abdul Rahman
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Effects of Abiotic Stress on Soil Microbiome

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2021-08-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Nur Sabrina Natasha Abdul Rahman; Nur Wahida Abdul Hamid; Kalaivani Nadarajah
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SA-Mediated Regulation and Control of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2021-05-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Kalaivani Nadarajah; Nur Wahida Abdul Hamid; Nur Sabrina Natasha Abdul Rahman
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Meta-Analysis of Quantitative Traits Loci (QTL) Identified in Drought Response in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Plants
2021-04-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Nurhanis Selamat; Kalaivani K. Nadarajah
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Comparative Genomics: Insights on the Pathogenicity and Lifestyle of Rhizoctonia solani

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2021-02-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Nurhani Mat Razali; Siti Norvahida Hisham; Ilakiya Sharanee Kumar; Rohit Nandan Shukla; Melvin Lee; Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar; Kalaivani Nadarajah
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A Meta-Analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Multiple Disease Resistance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Plants
2020-11-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Ilakiya Sharanee Kumar; Kalaivani Nadarajah
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Fatty Acid Synthase Beta Dehydratase in the Lipid Biosynthesis Pathway Is Required for Conidiogenesis, Pigmentation and Appressorium Formation in Magnaporthe oryzae S6

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2020-09-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Vaanee Sangappillai; Kalaivani Nadarajah
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ROS Homeostasis in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2020-07-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Kalaivani K. Nadarajah
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Elicitor and Receptor Molecules: Orchestrators of Plant Defense and Immunity

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2020-01-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Nurul Azmina Abdul Malik; Ilakiya Sharanee Kumar; Kalaivani Nadarajah
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Drought Response in Rice: The miRNA Story

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2019-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kalaivani Nadarajah; Ilakiya Sharanee Kumar
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Transposable Elements Adaptive Role in Genome Plasticity, Pathogenicity and Evolution in Fungal Phytopathogens

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2019-07-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Nurhani Mat Razali; Boon Huat Cheah; Kalaivani Nadarajah
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Draft Genome Sequence of Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group 1 Subgroup 1A Strain 1802/KB Isolated from Rice

Genome Announcements
2017-10-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Kalaivani Nadarajah; Nurhani Mat Razali; Boon Huat Cheah; Nur Syafiqah Sahruna; Ismanizan Ismail; Madhura Tathode; Kiran Bankar
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Identification of functionally important microRNAs from rice inflorescence at heading stage of a qDTY4.1-QTL bearing Near Isogenic Line under drought conditions

PLOS ONE
2017-10-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Boon Huat Cheah; Turgay Unver; Sudhir Jadhao; Madavan Vasudevan; Ratnam Wickneswari; Kalaivani Nadarajah
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Identification of four functionally important microRNA families with contrasting differential expression profiles between drought-tolerant and susceptible rice leaf at vegetative stage

BMC Genomics
2015-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Boon Huat Cheah; Kalaivani Nadarajah; Mayur Dashrath Divate; Ratnam Wickneswari
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Evaluating the efficacy of trichoderma isolates and bacillus subtilis as biological control agents against rhizoctonia solani

Research Journal of Applied Sciences
2013 | Journal article
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10.3923/rjasci.2013.72.81

Contributors: Ali, H.Z.; Nadarajah, K.
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Isolation and identification of catechol degrading bacteria

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Tian, T.S.
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Characterisation of the barley oxalate oxidase gene and generation of rice transformant

Biotechnology
2012 | Journal article
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10.3923/biotech.2012.263.271

Contributors: Chee, K.Y.; Tan, P.L.; Nadarajah, K.
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Efficiency of treated sludge as fertilizer and soil conditioner

Oriental Journal of Chemistry
2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen, C.W.; Nadarajah, K.; Farina, Y.
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Employers perception on the quality of graduates from the School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Social Sciences (Pakistan)
2012 | Journal article
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10.3923/sscience.2012.478.485

Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Noor, M.M.; Hamzah, A.; Azlan, A.A.
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The Relau River water quality analysis at the National Forest Reserve, Merapoh, Pahang

Journal of Applied Sciences
2012 | Journal article
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10.3923/jas.2012.1801.1808

Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Rashid, N.; Farina, Y.
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Comparative physical mapping using overgo-tagged site reveals strong conservation of synteny between cultivated and common wild rice in the 1.2 mb yld1.1 region

Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Song, B.-K.; Waugh, R.; Marshall, D.; Nadarajah, K.; Ratnam, W.
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Isolation and characterisation of O. rufipogon pib gene

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
2010 | Journal article
Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Ali, A.S.M.; Wickneswari, R.
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The green MAPKS

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences
2010 | Journal article
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10.3923/ajps.2010.1.10

Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Sidek, H.M.
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Effect of signal molecules and hormones on the expression of protein kinase gene OrMKK1 in rice

Journal of Plant Sciences
2009 | Journal article
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10.3923/jps.2009.32.42

Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Kassim, N.M.
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Function of mitogen-activated protein kinase gene in biotic stress

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences
2009 | Journal article
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10.3923/ajps.2009.191.198

Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Kasim, N.M.; Fui, V.V.
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Functional prediction of Calamus manan inflorescence ESTs through motif detection

Biotechnology
2009 | Journal article
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10.3923/biotech.2009.329.342

Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Choong, C.Y.; Leong, S.J.; Wickneswari, R.
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Identification of floral ESTs from Calamus manan inflorescence library

Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Leong, S.J.; Choong, C.Y.; Ratnam, W.
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Isolation and characterization of fungal chitosan from Malaysian isolates

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Cheng, T.Y.W.
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Screening of transgenic tobacco for resistance against cucumber mosaic virus

Plant Pathology Journal
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Hanafi, N.M.; Tan, S.L.
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The 172-kb genomic DNA region of the O. rufipogon yld1.1 locus: Comparative sequence analysis with O. sativa ssp. japonica and O. sativa ssp. indica

Functional and Integrative Genomics
2009 | Journal article
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10.1007/s10142-008-0091-x

Contributors: Song, B.-K.; Hein, I.; Druka, A.; Waugh, R.; Marshall, D.; Nadarajah, K.; Yap, S.-J.; Ratnam, W.
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The modulation of abiotic stresses by mitogen-activated protein kinase in rice

Journal of Biological Sciences
2009 | Journal article
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10.3923/jbs.2009.402.412

Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Kasim, N.M.; Fui, V.V.
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Transformation of overlapping, movement protein and coat protein gene into Nicotiana tabacum

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Nadarajah, K.; Leng, T.S.
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated tranformation of chili with CMV (cucumber mosaic virus) coat protein gene

Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia
2008 | Journal article
Contributors: Sahidatul, N.K.; Nadarajah, K.; Bin Ahmad, I.
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A non-redundant strategy for identification of a minimum tiling path BAC contig spanning approximately 390 kb of the QTL yld1.1 in Oryza rufipogon

Korean Journal of Genetics
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Song, B.-K.; Nadarajah, K.; Ratnam, W.
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Prophylactic activity of chitosan against Plasmodium berghei infections in BALB/c mice

Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Yun Yuh, M.; Kalaivani, N.; Zainal-Abidin, B.A.H.
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Cross-species bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library screening via overgo-based hybridization and BAC-contig mapping of a yield enhancement quantitative trait locus (QTL) yld1.1 in the Malaysian wild rice Oryza rufipogon

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters
2005 | Journal article
Contributors: Song, B.-K.; Nadarajah, K.; Romanov, M.N.; Ratnam, W.
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Cross-species bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library screening via overgo-based hybridization and BAC-contig mapping of a yield enhancement quantitative trait locus (QTL) yld1.1 in the Malaysian wild rice Oryza rufipogon.

2005 | Journal article
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16217554

Contributors: Song BK; Nadarajah K; Romanov MN; Ratnam W
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Optimization of medium composition for chitosan production by Absidia butleri dr using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences
2005 | Journal article
Contributors: Ariffin, S.A.; Kader, J.; Nadarajah, K.
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The yield and quality of chitosan extracted from fungi grown on different growth media

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences
2005 | Journal article
Contributors: Paul, D.C.; Nadarajah, K.; Kader, J.
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