UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA 

 Wickneswari Ratnam

 Academic | Research | Students | Publication
  Selected Publications
  • Wickneswari R. 1989. Use of isozyme analysis in a proposed Acacia mangium x Acacia auriculiformis hybrid seed production orchard. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 2(2) : 157 - 164.

  • Sedgley M., Harbard J., Smith R-M.M., Wickneswari R. and Griffin A.R. 1992. Reproductive biology and interspecific hybridisation of Acacia mangium and Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex Benth. (Leguminosae : Mimosideae). Australian Journal of Botany, 40 : 37-48.

  • Wickneswari R. and Norwati M. 1993. Genetic diversity of natural populations of Acacia auriculiformis. Australian Journal of Botany, 41(1) : 65-77.

  • Sunderasan E., Wickneswari R., Md. Zain Abd. Azia and Yeang H.Y. 1994. Incidence of self and cross-pollination in two Hevea brasiliensis clones. Journal of Natural Rubber Research, 9(4) : 253-257.

  • Zakri A.H., Normah M.N. and Wickneswari R. 1996. Potential applications of biotechnolgy and molecular biology in plantation forest in developing countries (Review). Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 4(1) : 1-12.

  • Tsumura Y., Kawahara T., Wickneswari R. and Yoshimura K. 1996. Molecular phylogeny of Dipterocarpaceae in Southeast Asia using RFLP of PCR-amplified chloroplast genes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 93 : 22-29.

  • Yeang H.Y., Sunderasan E., Wickneswari R., Napi D. and Zamri A.S.M. 1998. Genetic relatedness and identities of cultivated Hevea clones determined by isozymes. Journal of Rubber Research, 1(1) : 35-47.

  • Kajita T., Kamiya K., Nakamura K., Tachida H., Wickneswari R., Tsumura Y., Yoshimaru H. and Yamazaki T. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of Dipterocarpaceae in Southeast Asia based on nucleotide sequences of matK, trnL intron, and trnL-trnF intergenic spacer region in chloroplast DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 10(2) : 202-209.

  • Ujino T., Kawahara T., Tsumura Y., Nagamitsu T., Yoshimaru H. and Wickneswari R. 1998. Development and polymorphism of simple sequence repeat DNA markers for Shorea curtisii and other Dipterocarpaceae species. Heredity, 81:422-428.

  • Lee S.L., Wickneswari R., Mahani M.C. and Zakri A.H. 2000. Inheritance of allozyme variants in Shorea leprosula MIQ. (Dipterocarpaceae). Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 12:124-138.

  • Song B.K., Clyde M.M., Wickneswari R. and Normah M.N. 2000. Genetic relatedness among Lansium domesticum accessions using RAPD markers. Annals of Botany, 86(2):299-307.

  • Lee S.L., Wickneswari R., Mahani M.C. and Zakri A.H. 2000. Genetic diversity of a tropical tree species, Shorea leprosula Miq.. (Dipterocarpaceae) in Malaysia. Implication for conservation of genetic resources and tree improvement. Biotropica, 32(2): 213-224.

  • Lee S.L., Wickneswari R., Mahani M.C. and Zakri A.H. 2000. Mating system parameters in a tropical tree species, Shorea leprosula Miq.. (Dipterocarpaceae) from Malaysian lowland dipterocarp forest. Biotropica, 32(4a): 693-702.

  • Lee S.L., Wickneswari R., Mahani M.C. and Zakri A.H. 2001. Comparative genetic diversity studies of Shorea leprosula Miq. (Dipterocarpaceae) using RAPD and allozyme markers. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 13(1): 202-215.

  • Lee C.T., Wickneswari R., Mahani M.C. and Zakri A.H. 2002. Effect of selective logging on the genetic diversity of Scaphium macropodum. Biological Conservation, 104: 107-118.

  • Mahani M.C., Jong K., Yu C.P., Fatimah M. and Wickneswari R. 2002. Techniques for dipterocarp chromosomes with particular reference to triploidy in Hopea odorata. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 14(2): 264-267.

  • Lee C.T., Wickneswari R., Mahani M.C. and Zakri A.H. 2002. Maintenance of genetic diversity in Parkia speciosa in logged-over forests. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 14(2): 163-178.

  • Lim L.S., Wickneswari R., Lee S.L. and Latiff A. 2002. Genetic variation of Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn. F. (Dipterocarpaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia using microsatellite DNA markers. Forest Genetics, 9(2):127-138.

  • Ng C. H., Wickneswari R., Salmijah S. Teng Y.T. and Ismail B. S. 2002. Gene polymorphisms in glyphosate-resistant and -susceptible biotypes of Eleusine indica from Malaysia. Weed Research 43:108-115.

  • Wickneswari R. and Ho W.S. 2003. Determination of genetic relatedness of selected individual trees of Shorea leprosula Miq. and Dipterocarpus cornutus Dyer in forest seed production areas. Tropics13(2):139-149.

  • Hayati A., Wickneswari R., Maisura I. and Rajanaidu N. 2004. Genetic diversity of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) germplasm collections from Africa: Implications for improvement and conservation of genetic resources. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 108:1274-1284.

  • Ng C.H., Wickneswari R., Salmijah S., and Ismail B.S. 2004. Glyphoste resistance in Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. and polymerase chain reaction amplification of specific alleles. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 55: 407-414.

  • Ng C.H., Wickneswari R., Salmijah S., and Ismail B.S. 2004. Inheritance of glyphosate resistance in goosegrass (Eleusine indica). Weed Science 52 (4): 564-570.

  • Ali M.F., Heng L.Y., Ratnam W.., Nais J. and Ripin R. 2004. Metal Distribution and Contamination of the Mamut River, Malaysia, Caused by Copper Mine Discharge. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 73(3):535-542.

  • Wickneswari R., Ho W.S., Lee K.S. and Lee C.T. 2004. Impact of disturbance on population and genetic structure of tropical forest trees. Forest Genetics 11(3-4):193-201.

  • Ho W.S., Wickneswari R., Mahani M.C. and Shukor M.N. 2004. The effects of the timing and method of logging on forest structure in Peninsular Malaysia. Forest Management and Ecology 203:209-228.

  • Song B.K., Kalaivani N., Romanov M.N. and Wickneswari R. 2005. Cross-species bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library screening via overgo-based hybridization and BAC-contig mapping of a yield enhancement quantitative trait loci (QTL) Yld1.1 in the Malaysian wild rice Oryza rufipogon. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters 10:425-437.

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Last Updated: January 11, 2006