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PROF. MADYA DR. GANESAN A/L VADAMALAI
HEAD OF LABORATORY
INSTITUTE OF PLANTATION STUDIES (IKP)
ganesanv@upm.edu.my
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PROFESSIONAL

NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) GANESAN A/L VADAMALAI
MANAGERIAL POSITION :
HEAD OF LABORATORY
ENTITY :
INSTITUTE OF PLANTATION STUDIES (IKP)

PERMANENT POST :
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ENTITY :
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

FIELD OF SUPERVISION
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING / PEST MANAGEMENT / PLANT PATHOLOGY / VIROLOGY
EDUCATION
PHD
UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA
Graduated : 2005
MASTER SAINS
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 1999
MASTER SAINS (PERTANIAN)
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 2000
BACELOR SAINS (HORTIKULTUR)
UNIVERSITI PERTANIAN MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 1996
BOOK PUBLICATION
JOURNAL PUBLICATION
1. ?Candidatus Phytoplasma malaysianum?, a novel taxon associated with virescence and phyllody of Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
2. Characterization of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid variants from oil palm affected by orange spotting disease in Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
3. Diagnostic techniques for detection of phytoplasma diseases: past and present
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
4. First Report of Spiroplasma citri (-Induced) Associated with Periwinkle Lethal Yellows in Southeast Asia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
5. Spiroplasma citri : A wide host range phytopathogen
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
6. Detection and Identification of Aster Yellows Phytoplasma Associated with Lipstick Yellow Frond Disease in Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
7. Transcriptomics-based analysis using RNA-Seq of the coconut (Cocos nucifera) leaf in response to yellow decline phytoplasma infection
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
8. Coconut cadang-cadang viroid infection of African oil palm
    Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
9. First Report of Two Distinct Phytoplasma Species ?Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis? and ?Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris,? Simultaneously Associated with Yellow Decline of Wodyetia bifurcata (Foxtail
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
10. Phytoplasma detection in coconut palm and other tropical crops
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
11. First Repoft of Lasiodiplodia theobromae Causing Stem Canker of Jatropha curcas in Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
12. Detection of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid sequences in oil and coconut palm by ribonuclease protection assay
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
13. Expression Patterns of Genes Involved in the Defense and Stress Response of Spiroplasma citri Infected Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
14. Detection of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd) in oil palm by reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP)
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
15. First report of the phytoplasma (16SrI) associated with yellow decline disease of Royal palms (Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook) in Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
16. ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma wodyetiae’, a new taxon associated with yellow decline disease of foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcata) in Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
17. FIRST REPORT OF CITRUS BENT LEAF VIROID IN MALAYSIA
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
18. Optimization of total nucleic acid extraction method for detecting Coconut cadang-cadang viroid variants in oil palm
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
19. Plant tonic, a plant-derived bioactive natural product, exhibits antifungal activity against rice blast disease
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
20. Citrus Bent Leaf Viroid
    Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
21. Assessment of Leaf Spot and Anthracnose Diseases in Nurseries and It Relationship with Oil Palm Seedling Ages
    Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
22. Wilting of Bean Plants from Tobacco Mosaic Virus from Smoking Tobacco in Pakistan
    Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
23. Isolation, identification and characterization of endophytic bacteria antagonistic to Phytophthora palmivora causing black pod of cocoa in Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
24. Detection of Candidatus Phytoplasma Asteris’ (16srI) Associated with Bitter Gourd Leaf and Floral Malformations in Malaysia
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
25. Phylogenetic Analysis and Genetic Diversity of Phytophthora palmivora Causing Black Pod Disease of Cocoa in Malaysia
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
26. Molecular and biological characterization of citrus bent leaf viroid from Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
27. Detection and Characterization of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) Infecting Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) in Malaysia
    Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
28. Detection and Characterization of Cucumber mosaic virus Infecting Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) in Malaysia
    Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
29. Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus tropicus Strain UPMCREST01, Isolated from the Bulk Paddy Soil at Kampung Gajah, Perak
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
30. Detection and identification of 16SrI-B and a novel 16SrI phytoplasma subgroups associated with leaf malformation of Cucurbita moschata (pumpkin) in Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
31. Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) transmission through infected ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) rhizomes
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
32. Analysis of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid variants on field samples exhibiting variation in orange spotting symptom expression and severity
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
PUBLICATION
2023
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) transmission through infected ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) rhizomes
2023
Analysis of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid variants on field samples exhibiting variation in orange spotting symptom expression and severity
2022
COMPARISON OF REAL-TIME PCR, CONVENTIONAL PCR AND RT-LAMP FOR THE DETECTION OF COCONUT CADANG-CADANG VIROID VARIANT IN OIL PALM
2022
Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus tropicus Strain UPMCREST01, Isolated from the Bulk Paddy Soil at Kampung Gajah, Perak
2022
Detection and identification of 16SrI-B and a novel 16SrI phytoplasma subgroups associated with leaf malformation of Cucurbita moschata (pumpkin) in Malaysia
2021
Molecular and biological characterization of citrus bent leaf viroid from Malaysia
2021
Phylogenetic Analysis and Genetic Diversity of Phytophthora palmivora Causing Black Pod Disease of Cocoa in Malaysia
2020
Detection of Candidatus Phytoplasma Asteris’ (16srI) Associated with Bitter Gourd Leaf and Floral Malformations in Malaysia
2019
Isolation, identification and characterization of endophytic bacteria antagonistic to Phytophthora palmivora causing black pod of cocoa in Malaysia
2018
Plant tonic, a plant-derived bioactive natural product, exhibits antifungal activity against rice blast disease
2017
Optimization of total nucleic acid extraction method for detecting Coconut cadang-cadang viroid variants in oil palm
2017
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma wodyetiae’, a new taxon associated with yellow decline disease of foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcata) in Malaysia
2017
FIRST REPORT OF CITRUS BENT LEAF VIROID IN MALAYSIA
2015
First report of the phytoplasma (16SrI) associated with yellow decline disease of Royal palms (Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook) in Malaysia
2015
Transcriptomics-based analysis using RNA-Seq of the coconut (Cocos nucifera) leaf in response to yellow decline phytoplasma infection
2014
Detection of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd) in oil palm by reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP)
2014
Detection and Identification of Aster Yellows Phytoplasma Associated with Lipstick Yellow Frond Disease in Malaysia
2013
Diagnostic techniques for detection of phytoplasma diseases: past and present
2013
?Candidatus Phytoplasma malaysianum?, a novel taxon associated with virescence and phyllody of Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
2013
Characterization of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid variants from oil palm affected by orange spotting disease in Malaysia
2012
Expression Patterns of Genes Involved in the Defense and Stress Response of Spiroplasma citri Infected Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus
2011
Spiroplasma citri : A wide host range phytopathogen
2010
Phytoplasma detection in coconut palm and other tropical crops
2009
Detection of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid sequences in oil and coconut palm by ribonuclease protection assay