Month: February 2020

The growing demand for localized predictions, spatial pattern and hotspot analyses over large regions has prompted the application of the Geographical Information System (GIS) and geostatistics that can be used to analyse and manage plant disease information data. GIS has been used most extensively for mapping distributions of disease or specific genotypes of plant pathogen … Read more

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has been involved in palm biodiesal research and development since the 1980s. Various experiments and field trials have been conducted searching for a better, cleaner and renewable fuel either using crude palm oil, palm olein or palm methyl ester for the diesel engine. Among the important parameters evaluated during … Read more

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has been involved in palm biodiesel research and development since the 1980s. Various experiments and field trials have been conducted searching for a better, cleaner and renewable fuel either using crude palm oil, palm olein or palm methyl ester for the diesal engine. Among the important parameters evaluated during … Read more

In situ hybridization is a widely used method that permits the localization of target mRNAs in a preserved tissue section. Most in situ hybridization methods use either non-isotopic or isotopically labelled riboprobes. The use of digoxigenin (DIG) compound is popular in the former type of labeling. For this, hybridized DIG-labelled ripoprobes are normally detected with high affinity anti-digoxigenin … Read more

Molecular cytogenetics involves a combination of molecular biology and cytogenetics. In general, this involves the use of a series of techniques referred to as the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), in which DNA probes are labelled with differently coloured fluorescent tags to visualize one or more specific regions of the genome (Figure 1). The technology enables the … Read more

Genetic engineering has been identified as a promising technology to further enhance the value of oil palm via the production of high value traits. Similarly, value can be generated for other plant services to ensure that the transfer of foreign gene(s) has taken place. Among the services are gene/DNA delivery, promoter analysis, and transient and … Read more