The goal of the Malaysian Oil Palm Genome Programme (MyOPGP) is to produce gold standard references of the E. guineensis (EG) and E. oleifera (EO) genomes, which have a genome size of ~1.8 Gb. The sequences of both of these species, EG and EO and the shell gene were recently published in two back-to-back landmark publications in the prestigious journal – Nature (Singh et […]

Makmal Sitogenetik MPOB has transferred several services as follows: PORIM TT No. 49 (1998). Chromosome Painting in Oil Palm Hybrids  Genomic in situ hybridisation (GISH) method was developed to distinguish between oleifera and guineensis chromosomes. Hence, this is a useful method for oil palm breeders to assess the genome composition of backcrosses and oil palm hybrids. MPOB TS No. 18 (2007). Flow […]

Interest in eco-friendly and sustainable agricultural practices using biological approach have increased rapidly with considerable success. However, extensive use of chemical fertilisers has led to environmental problems such as soil degradation, water pollution and emission of greenhouse gases. Environmental pollution has increased rapidly in the recent years, especially soil and groundwater contamination. Hence, it is vital to determine the concentration of contaminant rapidly and precisely, in […]

Fungi play important roles in soil structure, soil fertility and soil-plant interaction. Therefore, it is crucial to identify them. The FIDS 1 is a fungal identification system using ITS region which identifies a limited range of fungal species whereas, the FIDS 2 identified the fungal through LSU fragments with broader range of fungal species and the system is suitable for large number of samples. […]

The fungal population in oil palm plantation soil plays a diverse role that affect the palm tree productivity. Therefore, advance in fungal identification technique is crucial in order to investigate the importance of this microbial community. Fungal identification procedure is made easy by the introduction of MicroSeq® D2 LSU rDNA fungal identification sequencing system. This is an alternative molecular identification system for FIDS 1 and […]