No | Project Leader | Members | Project Titles | Funding amount (RM) | Funding Agencies | Progress (Ongoing (% of progress) / Completed) | Start Date | End Date |
1 | Dr. Loh Pek Chin | Dr. Wong Hann Ling | Molecular
Characterization of Microbes from a Biofertilizer and its Improvement for the Control of the Basal Stem Rot (BSR) Disease in Oil Palm |
RM266,560 | External grant | In progress | 16/7/2018 | 15/1/2022 |
2 | Dr. Wong Hann Ling | Dr. Loh Pek Chin | Identification and Characterization Beneficial Microbes from a Foliar Fertilizer for the Enhancement of Crop Productivity | RM140,000 | External grant | In progress | 16/7/2018 | 15/7/2020 |
3 | Dr. Phoon Lee Quen | Dr. Tee Chong Siang; Dr. Goh Wei Lim | DNA Content Analysis and Expression of Pathogenesis-Related Genes in Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus spp.) During Pathogen Infection | RM48,000 | UTARRF | In progress | 20/12/2018 | 19/6/2020 |
4 | Ms. Chan Mun Yee | Dr. Tan Gim Cheong; Dr. Kwong Phek Jin | Potential
of mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) peel extract in ameliorating infertility
due to oxidative stress on murine model |
RM87,500 | FRGS | In progress 70% | 1/1/2019 | 31/12/2020 |
5 | Dr. Wong Hann Ling | Dr. Loh Pek Chin | Construction of miniaturized broad host range helper plasmids for improving the efficiency of agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation | RM102,200 | FRGS | In progress | 1/1/2019 | 31/12/2020 |
6 | Dr. Wong Wey Lim | Dr. Tee Chong Siang, Prof. Dr. Peter Ooi Aun Chuan | Biological control of Lepidopteran pests in oil palm plantations: Host searching behaviors of insect parasitoids | RM87,900 | UTARRF | On going 15% | 1/6/2019 | 1/4/2021 |
7 | Dr. Wong Hann Ling | Dr. Loh Pek Chin | Construction of a CRISPR/Cas9-based biosensing system for in vitro detection of DNA from plant pathogens | RM60,000 | UTARRF | In progress | 1/6/2019 | 31/5/2020 |
8 | Dr. Teoh Chaiw Yee | Dr. Wong Wey Lim | Potential use of live mealworm feeding for giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii: Health, growth performance, feed utilization and nutritional content | RM53,900 | UTARRF | In progress | 1/12/2019 | 19/6/2021 |
9 | Dr. Goh Wei Lim | Prof. Minoru Murata | Population genetic assessment of ×Gigantocalamus malpenensis (Poaceae, Bambuseae), a bamboo hybrid of silvicultural potential in Malaysia | RM57,000 | UTARRF | In progress 30% | 1/12/2019 | 19/6/2021 |
10 | Dr. Chang Ying Ping | Dr. Lee Kok Chang | Effects
of cellulase-xylanase treatments on dietary fiber properties, prebiotic activity and bioprotein production of palm decanter cake |
RM36,900 | UTARRF | In progress | 1/12/2019 | |
11 | Dr. Wong Fai Chu | Dr. Chai Tsun Thai, Dr. Ooi Ai Lin | Increased
Hydroponic Crop Yields Using Enzyme-digested Protein Hydrolysates |
RM36,400 | UTARRF | In progress | 2/12/2019 | |
12 | Dr. Minoru Murata | Dr. Wong Hann Ling | Characterization of centromere-specific proteins in oil palms-Towards systematic haploid plant production | RM69,500 | UTARRF | On Going | 20/12/2019 | 19/6/2020 |
13 | Dr. Yew Ming Kun | Dr. Yew Ming Chian, Dr. Bernard Saw Lip Huat, Ts. Beh Jing Han, Dr. Teoh Chaiw Yee | Development
of green polyurethane lightweight foamed ferrocement concrete incorporating of macro fibre for ecological floating
cage fish |
RM45,000 | UTARRF | 0 | 21/12/2020 | 22/12/2021 |