Molecular Systematics Of Cryptocoryne Spp. From Indo-Malaya Archipelago

Several expeditions in Sumatera and adjacent islands have resulted in identifications of new Cryptocoryne species and interspecific hybrids within the genus. Some of the newly discovered species possessed a mixture of morphological structure from different Cryptocoryne species. These newly described species were proven to exhibit various ploidy level even within nearby geographical area. The situation has resulted in taxonomic complexity of this genus. In this study, complete chloroplast genome reconstruction was done using next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and perl programming language

MyRice: pangkalan data pengetahuan padi Malaysia

Pada masa ini, semua maklumat mengenai penyelidikan padi di Malaysia bertaburan di penerbitan yang berbeza, depositori dan pangkalan data dengan menggunakan pelbagai format digital dan analog. Walaupun terdapat pangkalan data antarabangsa mengenai penyelidikan padi, data tersebut tidak dipautkan dengan dengan geolokasi dan maklumat arkib asas lain yang diperlukan penyelidik untuk membawa penyelidikan ke peringkat yang lebih tinggi. Kami mempersembahkan MyRice, sebuah pangkalan data atas talian Malaysia untuk kegunaan penyelidik dan orang awam. Pembangunan pangkalan data ini akan membolehkan penyelidik saintifik untuk mengesan kembali maklumat penyelidikan padi dan lokasi ia ditanam. Ia dibina menggunakan saluran pendigitalan yang membolehkan pendigitalan pemprosesan berkelajuan tinggi data arkib dan dihubungkan terus dengan enjin carian penerbitan seperti Google Scholar. Fungsi utama termasuk bibliografi, pemetaan dan pemuat naik media untuk penyelidik berkongsi video dan imej. Kami percaya MyRice yang akan menyumbang kepada ekosistem pengetahuan digital di kalangan penyelidik padi tempatan untuk meningkatkan akses kepada pengetahuan dan menjadi tumpuan utama untuk memacu penyelidikan padi Malaysia ke arah sebuah negara berstatus sara diri dalam keterjaminan makanan. Pangkalan data dapat dilayari di http://biodiversity.fbb.utm.my/myrice/

Development and deployment of an ethnobotanical and phytochemical knowledge database of Malaysia

Currently, all the information regarding ethnobotanical, phytochemical and pharmaceutical information of South East Asia are scattered over many different publications, depositories and databases using various digital and analogue formats. Although there are taxonomic databases of medicinal plants, they are not linked to phytochemical and pharmaceutical information which are often resides in scientific literature. We present Phyknome; an ethnobotanical and phytochemical database with more than 22,000 species of ethnoflora of Asia. The creation of this database will enable a biotechnology researcher to seek and identify ethnobotanical information based on a species’ scientific name, description and phytochemical information. It is constructed using a digitization pipeline that allow high throughput digitization of archival data, an automated dataminer to mine for pharmaceutical compounds information and an online database to integrated these information. The main functions include an automated taxonomy, bibliography and API interface with primary databases such as Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). We believe that Phyknome will contribute to the digital knowledge ecosystem to elevate access and provide tools for ethnobotanical research and contributes to the management, assessment and stewardship of biodiversity. The database is available at http://mapping.fbb.utm.my/phyknome