Phone: 603-89213840
Fax: 603-89253357
Email: wicki@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Area of specialization:
Plant Genetics and Biotechnology.

Research interests:
Genetic diversity and breeding system studies of forest tree species using isozyme, RAPD, SSR, DAMD and AFLP markers; Assessment of genetic erosion of forest species due to logging and other forms of disturbances; Genetics of glyphosate resistance in Eleusine; Genetic effects of heavy metal pollutants on plants; Molecular biology of flowering in Calamus; Functional genomics of wood formation in Acacia hybrid; Characterization of yield genes in rice; QTL mapping in rice and Acacia hybrid; Production and assessment of Acacia hybrids; Molecular systematic studies of Dipterocarpaceae.

Faculty of Science and Technology

Current Projects:
> Prioritized Research Project on Genetic Studies on Acacia Hybrids to Enhance Wood Pulp Quality
> IRPA Project on Gene/Genome Manipulation of Yield Enhancement in Rice
> IRPA Project on Sex Determination in Calamus manan
> UNDP/GEF Small Grant/ Fellowships Research in Peninsular Malaysian Peat Swamp Forest Project on Characterisation of genetic diversity in ramin (Gonystylus bancanus): State and population-level patterns