Gous Miah, Mohd Y. Rafii, Mohd Razi Ismail, A. B. Puteh et al.
Blast disease caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae is the most severe diseases of rice. Using classical plant breeding techniques, breeders have developed a number of blast resistant cultivars adapted to different rice growing regions worldwide. However, the rice industry remains threate...
Gous Miah, Mohd Y. Rafii, Mohd Razi Ismail, Adam Puteh et al.
Over the last few decades, the use of molecular markers has played an increasing role in rice breeding and genetics. Of the different types of molecular markers, microsatellites have been utilized most extensively, because they can be readily amplified by PCR and the large amount of allelic variatio...
Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan, Mohd Y. Rafii, Mohd Razi Ismail, Maziah Mahmood et al.
generations, it is possible to recover the recurrent parent genotype using only two or three backcrosses. So far, many high yielding, biotic and abiotic stresses tolerance, quality and fragrance rice varieties have been developed in rice growing countries through MABC within the shortest timeframe. ...
F. A. M. Ahmed, Mohd Y. Rafii, Mohd Razi Ismail, Abdul Shukor Juraimi et al.
Submergence or flood is one of the major harmful abiotic stresses in the low-lying countries and crop losses due to waterlogging are considerably high. Plant breeding techniques, conventional or genetic engineering, might be an effective and economic way of developing crops to grow successfully in w...
M. A. Malek, Mohd Y. Rafii, Most. Shahida Sharmin Afroz, Ujjal Kumar Nath et al.
Genetic diversity is important for crop improvement. An experiment was conducted during 2011 to study genetic variability, character association, and genetic diversity among 27 soybean mutants and four mother genotypes. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the mutants and moth...
Rakiba Shultana, Ali Tan Kee Zuan, Mohd Rafii Yusop, Halimi Mohd Saud
In this study, we characterized, identified, and determined the effect of salt-tolerant PGPR isolated from coastal saline areas on rice growth and yield. A total of 44 bacterial strains were isolated, and 5 were found to be tolerant at high salt concentration. These isolates were further characteriz...
Md Mahmudul Hasan Khan, Mohd Y. Rafii, Shairul Izan Ramlee, Mashitah Jusoh et al.
The stability and high yielding of Vigna subterranea L. Verdc. genotype is an important factor for long-term development and food security. The effects of G × E interaction on yield stability in 30 Bambara groundnut genotypes in four different Malaysian environments were investigated in this researc...
Saba Jasim Aljumaili, Mohd Y. Rafii, Abdul Latif, Siti Zaharah Sakimin et al.
Aromatic rice cultivars constitute a small but special group of rice and are considered the best in terms of quality and aroma. Aroma is one of the most significant quality traits of rice, and variety with aroma has a higher price in the market. This research was carried out to study the genetic div...
Sadegh Ashkani, Mohd Y. Rafii, Mahmoodreza Shabanimofrad, Ali Ghasemzadeh et al.
Rice blast disease, which is caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, is a recurring problem in all rice-growing regions of the world. The use of resistance (R) genes in rice improvement breeding programmes has been considered to be one of the best options for crop protection and blast mana...
Adedze Yawo Mawunyo Nevame, Reza Mohammad Emon, M. A. Malek, Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan et al.
Occurrence of chalkiness in rice is attributed to genetic and environmental factors, especially high temperature (HT). The HT induces heat stress, which in turn compromises many grain qualities, especially transparency. Chalkiness in rice is commonly studied together with other quality traits such a...
Yusuff Oladosu, Mohd Y. Rafii, Norhani Abdullah, Mohammad Abdul Malek et al.
Genetic based knowledge of different vegetative and yield traits play a major role in varietal improvement of rice. Genetic variation gives room for recombinants which are essential for the development of a new variety in any crop. Based on this background, this work was carried out to evaluate gene...
M Tuhina-Khatun, Mohamed Hanafi, Mohd Rafii Yusop, M. Y. Wong et al.
Upland rice is important for sustainable crop production to meet future food demands. The expansion in area of irrigated rice faces limitations due to water scarcity resulting from climate change. Therefore, this research aimed to identify potential genotypes and suitable traits of upland rice germp...
Usman Magaji, Mohd Y. Rafii, Mohd Razi Ismail, Md. Mohsin Ali Sarkar Dr. M. A. Malek et al.
Research was carried out to estimate the levels of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin that may be found in some heat tolerant chili pepper genotypes and to determine the degree of pungency as well as percentage capsaicin content of each of the analyzed peppers. A sensitive, precise, and specific ultra f...
Md Mahmudul Hasan Khan, Mohd Y. Rafii, Shairul Izan Ramlee, Mashitah Jusoh et al.
The world’s food and agricultural schemes have gradually fallen into an alarming state due to challenges such as high population birth rates, diverse agro-climatic zones, a lack of measures to counter global warming, severe practices of sole-culture cultivation, and asset reduction. A very high depe...
Mehdi Sohrabi, Mohd Y. Rafii, Mohamed Hanafi, A. Siti Nor Akmar et al.
Genetic diversity is prerequisite for any crop improvement program as it helps in the development of superior recombinants. Fifty Malaysian upland rice accessions were evaluated for 12 growth traits, yield and yield components. All of the traits were significant and highly significant among the acce...