Dr Sundar Kalaipandian

Research Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

s.kalaipandian@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Dr Sundar Kalaipandian obtained his BSc (Agriculture) and MSc (Plant Breeding and Genetics) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India. He worked as a senior research fellows at Sugarcane Breeding Institute in India. He then went to undertake his PhD in Biotechnology at Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He received a postdoctoral fellowship from Academia Sinica. He got a postdoctoral position to work at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and moved to Australia. He worked for University of Adelaide and Biosecurity Queensland. Then, he joined as a research fellow at the University of Queensland.

Sundar has developed expertise in genetics, plant breeding, biotechnology, genomics, and bioinformatics during his career. He has specialized in the development of abiotic and biotic stress tolerant varieties. He has worked in several crops including sugarcane, rice, maize, Arabidopsis, wheat, weeds, and coconut. He has experience in developing strong collaborations with national and international organizations, and private industries. Currently, his project focuses on coconut cryopreservation and tissue culture technologies for the Pacific coconut varieties. He is interested in commercialization of scientific technologies for farmers and bringing various technologies to field. Apart from scientific skills, he is taking various roles in preparation of collaborative agreements, biosecurity, project and budget management activities.

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (15)

Conference Papers (2)

Book Chapter

Kalaipandian, Sundaravelpandian and Xue, Gang-Ping (2018). Rapid and quantitative CELD assay to measure the specificity of transcription factor-DNA-binding interactions and identify cis-elements. Plant description factors: methods and protocols. (pp. 307-324) edited by Nobutoshi Yamaguchi. New York, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8657-6_18

Journal Articles

Kalaipandian, Sundaravelpandian, Mu, Zhihua, Kong, Eveline Yee Yan, Biddle, Julianne, Cave, Robyn, Bazrafshan, Amirhossein, Wijayabandara, Kusinara, Beveridge, Fernanda Caro, Nguyen, Quang and Adkins, Steve W. (2021). Cloning coconut via somatic embryogenesis: a review of the current status and future prospects. Plants, 10 (10) 2050, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/plants10102050

Kazan, Kemal and Kalaipandian, Sundaravelpandian (2019). Ferroptosis: yet another way to die. Trends in Plant Science, 24 (6), 479-481. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.03.005

Kalaipandian, Sundaravelpandian, Xue, Gang-Ping, Rae, Anne L., Glassop, Donna, Bonnett, Graham D. and McIntyre, Lynne C. (2019). Overexpression of TaCML20, a calmodulin-like gene, enhances water soluble carbohydrate accumulation and yield in wheat. Physiologia Plantarum, 165 (4), 790-799. doi: 10.1111/ppl.12786

Shivalingamurthy, Suresha G., Anangi, Raveendra, Kalaipandian, Sundaravelpandian, Glassop, Donna, King, Glenn F. and Rae, Anne L. (2018). Identification and functional characterization of sugarcane invertase inhibitor (ShINH1): a potential candidate for reducing pre- and post-harvest loss of sucrose in sugarcane. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 598, 598. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00598

Hu, Xiao-Jun, Chen, Dandan, Mclntyre, C. Lynne, Dreccer, M. Fernanda, Zhang, Zheng-Bin, Drenth, Janneke, Kalaipandian, Sundaravelpandian, Chang, Hongping and Xue, Gang-Ping (2018). Heat shock factor C2a serves as a proactive mechanism for heat protection in developing grains in wheat via an ABA-mediated regulatory pathway. Plant, Cell and Environment, 41 (1), 79-98. doi: 10.1111/pce.12957

Nair, N. V., Mohanraj, K., Sunadaravelpandian, K., Suganya, A., Selvi, A. and Appunu, C. (2017). Characterization of an intergeneric hybrid of Erianthus procerus x Saccharum officinarum and its backcross progenies. Euphytica, 213 (12) 267. doi: 10.1007/s10681-017-2053-7

Nair, N. V., Mohanraj, K. and Pandian, K. S. (2016). GU04(28) EO-2: a novel intergeneric hybrid between Erianthus procerus and Saccharum officinarum. Journal of Sugarcane Research, 6 (1) 3, 63-64.

Chandrika, Nulu Naga Prafulla, Sundaravelpandian, Kalaipandian, Yu, Su-May and Schmidt, Wolfgang (2013). ALFIN-LIKE 6 is involved in root hair elongation during phosphate deficiency in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist, 198 (3), 709-720. doi: 10.1111/nph.12194

Sundaravelpandian, Kalaipandian, Chandrika, Nulu Naga Prafulla, Tsai, Yi-Hsiu and Schmidt, Wolfgang (2013). PFT1-controlled ROS balance is critical for multiple stages of root hair development in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 8 (5). doi: 10.4161/psb.24066

Sundaravelpandian, Kalaipandian, Chandrika, Nulu Naga Prafulla and Schmidt, Wolfgang (2013). PFT1, a transcriptional Mediator complex subunit, controls root hair differentiation through reactive oxygen species (ROS) distribution in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist, 197 (1), 151-161. doi: 10.1111/nph.12000

Chandrika, Nulu Naga Prafulla, Sundaravelpandian, Kalaipandian and Schmidt, Wolfgang (2013). A PHD in histone language: on the role of histone methylation in plant responses to phosphate deficiency. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 8 (6) e24381. doi: 10.4161/psb.24381

Yang, Thomas Ju Wei, Perry, Paula Jay, Ciani, Silvano, Pandian, Sundaravel and Schmidt, Wolfgang (2008). Manganese deficiency alters the patterning and development of root hairs in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59 (12), 3453-3464. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ern195

Ram, S. Ganesh, Sundaravelpandian, K., Kumar, M., Vinod, K. K., Bapu, J. R. Kannan and Raveendran, T. S. (2006). Pollen-pistil interaction in the inter-specific crosses of Sesamum sp. Euphytica, 152 (3), 379-385. doi: 10.1007/s10681-006-9225-1

Senguttuvel, P., Bapu, J. R. K. and Pandian, K. S. (2006). Heterosis breeding in rice for higher yields. Plant Archives, 6 (1) 9, 261-263.

Conference Papers

Kalaipandian, Sundaravelpandian , Rae, Anne L., Xue, Gangping and McIntyre, C. Lynne (2018). Am Hidden, Feeling Hot! Do Something!”–Heat Stress on Wheat Roots. Plant and Animal Genome XXVI Conference, San Diego, CA, United States, 13-17 January 2018.

Vijayan, Nair N., Selvi, A., Ramraj, S. Suresh and Sundaravel Pandian, K. (2006). Use of SSR markers for the identification of interspecific and intergeneric hybrids of Saccharum. . Second National Plant Breeding Congress, Plant Breeding in post genomics era, Coimbatore, India, 1-3 March 2006. Coimbatore, India: Indian Society of Plant Breeders.

Areas of research

Plant and soil sciences