Genome Manipulation for Yield Enhancement in Rice
(Collaborative project with MARDI, UKM and UPM)
Growing human population and shrinking availability of new arable land result in increased pressure on yield of crops such as rice, which is the food staple of 50% of the world population. Cereal improvement breeding programmes, particularly those employing molecular markers, have identified a number of genomic regions (Quantitative Trait Loci or QTL) related to various yield characteristics. Comparative genomic studies also reveal high similarity both in genes and gene order (synteny) in the grasses, giving the possibility to employ knowledge from one cereal crop to another. This project explores the possibility of introduction of yield related genes and contigs from other cereals and wild rice varieties, into a local variety of rice.
Principal Investigators at MUST
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