Exploration of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.), an Underutilized Crop, to Aid Global Food Security: Varietal Improvement, Genetic Diversity and …

I Muhammad, MY Rafii, SI Ramlee, MH Nazli… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, the global agricultural system is focused on a limited number of crop species,
thereby presenting a threat to food security and supply, especially with predicted global …

Morphological characterization and assessment of genetic variability, character association, and divergence in soybean mutants

MA Malek, MY Rafii… - The Scientific World …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic diversity is important for crop improvement. An experiment was conducted during
2011 to study genetic variability, character association, and genetic diversity among 27 …

Genetic diversity of upland rice germplasm in Malaysia based on quantitative traits

M Sohrabi, MY Rafii, MM Hanafi… - The Scientific World …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic diversity is prerequisite for any crop improvement program as it helps in the
development of superior recombinants. Fifty Malaysian upland rice accessions were …

Variability assessment of aromatic and fine rice germplasm in Bangladesh based on quantitative traits

MZ Islam, M Khalequzzaman, MK Bashar… - The scientific world …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The study was conducted to investigate genetic variability among 113 aromatic and fine
local rice genotypes of which five were exotic in origin. The test genotypes were evaluated …

Phenotypic, genotypic and genetic divergence found in 48 newly collected Malaysian accessions of Jatropha curcas L.

M Shabanimofrad, MY Rafii, PEM Wahab… - Industrial Crops and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. is an important bio-fuel crop. The present study was
conducted to determine the extent of genetic variation and relationship among 48 J. curcas …

[HTML][HTML] Agro-morphological characterization and assessment of variability, heritability, genetic advance and divergence in bacterial blight resistant rice genotypes

MS Mazid, MY Rafii, MM Hanafi, HA Rahim… - South African Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Genetic based knowledge of different growth traits including morphological, physiological
and developmental plays fundamental role in the improvement of rice. Genetic divergence …

Influence of Parental Dura and Pisifera Genetic Origins on Oil Palm Fruit Set Ratio and Yield Components in Their D × P Progenies

S Swaray, M Din Amiruddin, MY Rafii, S Jamian… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
This research was conducted to study the performance of biparental dura× pisifera (D× P)
progenies and their parental genetic origins on fruit set and yield components. Twenty-four …

[HTML][HTML] One Hundred Years of Progress and Pitfalls: Maximising Heterosis through Increasing Multi-Locus Nuclear Heterozygosity

BF Hallahan - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Humans are diploid organisms, carrying one set of chromosomes from our
mother and one from our father. Plants can exist as diploid or polyploid, carrying multiple …

Genetic variation, heritability, divergence and biomass accumulation of rice genotypes resistant to bacterial blight revealed by quantitative traits and ISSR markers

MS Mazid, MY Rafii, MM Hanafi… - Physiologia …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A field experiment was carried out in order to evaluate genetic diversity of 41 rice genotypes
using physiological traits and molecular markers. All the genotypes unveiled variations for …

Analysis of the genetic diversity of physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. accessions using RAPD markers

MY Rafii, M Shabanimofrad… - Molecular Biology …, 2012 - Springer
A sum of 48 accessions of physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. were analyzed to determine the
genetic diversity and association between geographical origin using RAPD-PCR markers …