Tracing the Geographic Origin of Merbau (Intsia palembanica Miq.) in Century Old Planting Trials
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection and DNA Extraction
2.2. Chloroplast DNA Analyses
2.3. Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Field No. | Planting Year | Geographic Origins (Number of Individuals) |
---|---|---|
11 | Not available | Pasoh (2), HGombak (1), BLagong (1), HSelangor (1) |
12 | 1940, 1950 | Pasoh (10), HSelangor (2), Yong (2), HGombak (1), Lenggeng (1), Korbu (1) |
14 | 1927, 1940 | Pasoh (2), SNipah (1) |
15 | 1941 | HGombak (2), BLagong (1), HSelangor (1), Pasoh (1), Korbu (1), UMudaB (1) |
20 | Not available | HSelangor (1) |
24 | 1937, 1946 | HSelangor (13), Pasoh (12), Korbu (5), BLagong (3), Yong (3), HGombak (1) |
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Ng, C.H.; Ng, K.K.S.; Lee, C.T.; Tnah, L.H.; Zakaria, N.F.; Ayop, N.; Lee, S.L. Tracing the Geographic Origin of Merbau (Intsia palembanica Miq.) in Century Old Planting Trials. Forests 2020, 11, 1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111171
Ng CH, Ng KKS, Lee CT, Tnah LH, Zakaria NF, Ayop N, Lee SL. Tracing the Geographic Origin of Merbau (Intsia palembanica Miq.) in Century Old Planting Trials. Forests. 2020; 11(11):1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111171
Chicago/Turabian StyleNg, Chin Hong, Kevin Kit Siong Ng, Chai Ting Lee, Lee Hong Tnah, Nurul Farhanah Zakaria, Noorsiha Ayop, and Soon Leong Lee. 2020. "Tracing the Geographic Origin of Merbau (Intsia palembanica Miq.) in Century Old Planting Trials" Forests 11, no. 11: 1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111171
APA StyleNg, C. H., Ng, K. K. S., Lee, C. T., Tnah, L. H., Zakaria, N. F., Ayop, N., & Lee, S. L. (2020). Tracing the Geographic Origin of Merbau (Intsia palembanica Miq.) in Century Old Planting Trials. Forests, 11(11), 1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111171