prof. dr. kalaivani a/p k. nadarajah

pensyarah universiti

jabatan sains biologi & bioteknologi



   Biografi/ Biography :

  • My research is mainly in plant microbe interactions, plant molecular biology, disease resistance and study of phytopathogens. I apply molecular and omics technologies to conduct my research which is mostly directed toward commercial crops such as rice.

  • mohd ikmal bin asmuni;kalaivani a/p k. nadarajah;noor liyana binti sukiran;noraziyah binti abd aziz shamsudin.  (2025).  comparative phenotypic and molecular dissection for high yielding submergence and drought stress tolerant rice (oryza sativa l.) lines .  -

     

    kalaivani a/p k. nadarajah;ismanizan bin ismail;muhamad hafiz bin che othman.  (2025).  comprehensive meta analysis of cereal qtls associated with growth and yield traits under drought conditions.  -

     

    kalaivani nadarajah.  (2024).  prosiding simposium biologi kebangsaan ke-10.  - prosiding simposium biologi kebangsaan ke-10.  1-165. 

     

    ilakiya sharanee kumar, kalaivani k nadarajah.  (2023).  pemetaan meta-qtl: penyelesaian kepada pembangunan kerintangan penyakit padi.  - 210. 

     

    kalaivani a/p k. nadarajah;mohd firdaus bin mohd raih.  (2023).  in silico mapping of qtls associated with resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses.  -

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, nur sabrina natasha abdul rahman.  (2023).  the microbial connection to sustainable agriculture.  - plants.  1-25. 

     

    sujitra raj genga raj; kalaivani nadarajah.  (2023).  qtl and candidate genes: techniques and advancement in abiotic stress resistance breeding of major cereals.  - international journal of molecular science.  1-36. 

     

    nur wahida abdul hamid; kalaivani nadarajah.  (2022).  microbe related chemical signalling and its application in agriculture.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1-25. 

     

    kalaivani k. nadarajah, nur sabrina natasha abdul rahman.  (2022).  the role of non-coding rna in rice immunity.  - agronomy.  1-24. 

     

    nurhani mat razali, siti norvahida hisham, ilakiya sharanee kumar, rohit nandan shukla, melvin lee, mohd faizal abu bakar, kalaivani nadarajah.  (2021).  comparative genomics: insights on the pathogenicity and lifestyle of rhizoctonia solani.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1-23. 

     

    shyama sundari devi chanthran, cheah boon huat, kalaivani nadarajah.  (2018).  in silico analysis of disease resistance and defence-related genes for a major sheath blight qshb 9-2 qtl in rice.  - malaysian journal for microbiology.  534-546. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, ilakiya sharanee kumar, vanee sangapillai, nurfarahana syuhada omar.  (2018).  recent advances in understanding the fungal g-protein-coupled receptors.  - malaysian journal for microbiology. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, hari kumar krishnan, ilakiya sharanee kumar, vaanee sangappilai.  (2018).  extraction and characterisation of proteins from a malaysian isolate of magnaporthe grisea.  - malaysian journal of microbiology. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah dan hamdia z ali.  (2015).  trichoderma and bacillus as biocontrol agents against fusarium in rice.  - journal of pure and applied microbiology.  3245-3254. 

     

    md kamal hossain, ong shin tze, kalaivani nadarajah, kshirod jena, md atiqur rahman bhuiyan & wickneswari ratnam.  (2014).  identification and validation of sheath blight resistance in rice (oryza sativa l.) cultivars against rhizoctonia solani.  - canadian journal of plant pathology.  482-490. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, nur sabrina natasha abdul rahman.  (2023).  the microbial connection to sustainable agriculture.  - plants.  1-25. 

     

    sujitra raj genga raj; kalaivani nadarajah.  (2023).  qtl and candidate genes: techniques and advancement in abiotic stress resistance breeding of major cereals.  - international journal of molecular science.  1-36. 

     

    nur wahida abdul hamid; kalaivani nadarajah.  (2022).  microbe related chemical signalling and its application in agriculture.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1-25. 

     

    kalaivani k. nadarajah, nur sabrina natasha abdul rahman.  (2022).  the role of non-coding rna in rice immunity.  - agronomy.  1-24. 

     

    nurhani mat razali, siti norvahida hisham, ilakiya sharanee kumar, rohit nandan shukla, melvin lee, mohd faizal abu bakar, kalaivani nadarajah.  (2021).  comparative genomics: insights on the pathogenicity and lifestyle of rhizoctonia solani.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1-23. 

     

    nurhani mat razali, mohd faizal abu bakar, cheah boon huat, kalaivani nadarajah.  (2019).  characterizations of transposable element (te) landscape in rhizoctonia solani.  - the 2018 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium, aip conference proceedings.  1-5. 

     

    nurul azmina binti abdul malik, and kalaivani nadarajah.  (2019).  isolation and characterisation of chitin elicitor binding protein (cebip) gene in oryza sativa variety ukmrc9.  - the 2018 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium.  1-6. 

     

    nurulhidayah mat muni and kalaivani nadarajah.  (2014).  morphological and molecular characterization of magnaporthe oryzae (fungus) from infected rice leaf samples.  - aip conference proceedings - the 2014 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium.  756-760. 

     

    o. nurfarahana syuhada and n. kalaivani.  (2014).  investigating the roles of micrornas in biotic stress response induced by rhizoctonia solani in rice.  - aip conference proceedings - the 2014 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium.  761-764. 

     

    cheah boon huat, kalaivani nadarajah, and wickneswari ratnam.  (2014).  identification of drought-responsive micrornas in leaf and stem tissues of oryza sativa by solexa sequencing.  - aip conference proceedings - the 2014 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium.  587. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah.  (2023).  plant pathogen interactions.  - 21. 

     

    ilakiya sharanee kumar, kalaivani k nadarajah.  (2023).  pemetaan meta-qtl: penyelesaian kepada pembangunan kerintangan penyakit padi.  - 210. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, nurhanis selamat.  (2023).  genetik padi tahan kemarau.  - 162. 

     

    kalaivani k. nadarajah.  (2022).  advances in agricultural and industrial microbiology.  - 16. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, hari krishnan kumar, nur wahida abdul hamid.  (2022).  potensi protein kulat dalam kawalan penyakit karah padi.  - 164. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah.  (2023).  plant pathogen interactions.  - 21. 

     

    kalaivani k. nadarajah.  (2022).  advances in agricultural and industrial microbiology.  - 16. 

     

    kalaivani k nadarajah.  (2021).  soil nitrogen ecology.  - 15. 

     

    kalaivani k nadarajah.  (2020).  women for change and empowerment.  - 17. 

     

    er ah choy, zurina mohammad, habibah ahmad, che radziah che mohd zain, salmah yaakop, kalaivani k. nadarajah.  (2020).  sustainable and resilient rice farming.  - 4. 

     

    ilakiya sharanee kumar, kalaivani k nadarajah.  (2023).  pemetaan meta-qtl: penyelesaian kepada pembangunan kerintangan penyakit padi.  - 210. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, nurhanis selamat.  (2023).  genetik padi tahan kemarau.  - 162. 

     

    kalaivani nadarajah, hari krishnan kumar, nur wahida abdul hamid.  (2022).  potensi protein kulat dalam kawalan penyakit karah padi.  - 164. 

     

    hamdia zair ali, kalaivani nadarajah.  (2021).  biocontrol of rice pathogens.  - 170. 

     

    kalaivani k. nadarajah, cheah boon huat, ratnam wickneswari.  (2020).  mirnas and drought response in rice.  - 133. 

     

    mohd ikmal bin asmuni;kalaivani a/p k. nadarajah;noor liyana binti sukiran;noraziyah binti abd aziz shamsudin.  (2025).  comparative phenotypic and molecular dissection for high yielding submergence and drought stress tolerant rice (oryza sativa l.) lines .  -

     

    kalaivani a/p k. nadarajah;ismanizan bin ismail;muhamad hafiz bin che othman.  (2025).  comprehensive meta analysis of cereal qtls associated with growth and yield traits under drought conditions.  -

     

    kalaivani a/p k. nadarajah;mohd firdaus bin mohd raih.  (2023).  in silico mapping of qtls associated with resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses.  -

     

    noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin, kalaivani nadarajah.  (2023).  the problem with local padi.  - new strait times.  1-3. 

     

    noraziyah abd aziz shamsudin;kalaivani a/p k. nadarajah;r wickneswari a/p v ratnam.  (2023).  development of new high yielding rice with tolerance to multiple biotic and abiotic stresses.  -