Persatuan Genetik Malaysia :: PGM Appreciation Awards 2014

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DR. RAMLI OTHMAN

1. Academic Qualification:

· Diploma Agriculture 1974 – Univ. of Agriculture, Malaysia

· BSc (Plant Science) 1976 – Univ. of California, Davis, USA

· MSc (Plant Breeding/Genetics) 1978 – Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, USA

· PhD (Plant Breeding/Genetics) 1982 - Kansas State University, USA.

2. Service & Working Experience

· Tun Ismail Atomic Research Centre (PUSPATI) 1979 – 1989: Research Officer (Mutation Breeding & Genetics), Head of Mutation Breeding Research Group, Head of Program of Isotope & Radiation in Biology & Agriculture.

· Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia (RRIM) 1989 – 2009: Senior Research Officer (Hevea Breeding & Genetics), Head of Crop Improvement and Protection Unit, Director of Production Development Division.

Hevea Breeding Activities

· Breeding & Selection of high yielding rubber clones for latex and timber production.

· Conservation and utilization of Hevea genetic resources to broaden the genetic base.

· Breeding for Corynespora leaf disease resistance.

· RRIM -Environmax Clones Recommendation.

· 1995 RRIM Expedition to Amazon, Brazil to collect Hevea Germplasm.

· Plant Breeding Liaison Officer, International Rubber Research Development Board (IRRDB).