The tissue culture laboratory provides the oil palm industry with innovations for the production of improved planting materials and information on the molecular biology of tissue culture processes. Research has shown that factors such as temperature, humidity, liquid, phase and gas compositions, are critical in producing quality clonal materials using tissue culture process. Therefore, it is ne...

Toxinotype of Clostridium perfringens (CP) isolates collected from the Bernam River, Selangor River and Tengi Canal between April 2007 and January 2008 were determined by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) using published primers. All the 147 isolates were toxinotype Type A, harbouring the alpha toxin gene. In addition, 5 of the isolates also had the enterotoxin (CPE) gene. Clostridium perfringens...

A study was undertaken to search for opportunities apply Geographical Information System (GIS) into the management and administration of waqf institution. Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) is a trustee responsible manage property affairs in Selangor. It reported that recently Selangor, there are 832 recorded lots land bequeathed by (MAIS). Out these, 517 falls under general category rem...

I. INTRODUCTION We humans tend to worry first about our own happiness, then about our families, then about our communities. In times of great stress, such as war or natural disaster, we may focus temporarily on our country but we rarely think about Earth as a whole or the human species as a whole. This narrow perspective, perhaps best exemplified by the American consumer, has led to the environ...

The female and male of Dasybasis (Agelanius) cortesi, new species, is described and illustrated from specimens collected in the National Reserve of Río Clarillo, Cordillera Province, Central Chile. Its relationships to other Dasybasis species are discussed.

*Correspondence: Herni Halim, Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia e-mail: [email protected] HIGHLIGHTS • Highway traffic noise is a serious problem in Malaysia • Heavy traffic flow highway recorded higher noise level compared to low traffic flow • Noise level stabilized at certain n...

K. Khosravi-Darani1 and M. R. Mozafari2 1Department of Food Technology Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology, Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P. O. Box: 19395-4741, Tehran, 2Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, ...

1 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Chemical Engineering Dept., 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. 2 The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering/ Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies, Broga Road, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia. 3 Aalto University, School of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 16100, FIN-00076 Aalto, Fi...