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SAFEGUARDING THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF WILD FRUITS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: CASE OF GARCINIA MANGOSTANA (CLUSIACEAE) WILD RELATIVES
Project summary:
This is a multiple institute collaborated cotutelle PhD project for a studentship at UPM and UM. The goal is to safeguard the genetic diversity in wild relatives of, and domesticated Garcinia mangostana through (i) clarification of their origin and genetic variations and (ii) formulation of conservation and sustainable use strategies.
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MSc. in Plant Systematics
Year obtained:
2012
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Current student
Malaysia
Flowering plants
Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):
Yao, T.L. (2013). Nine new species of Thottea (Aristolochiaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, with two taxa in Peninsular Malaysia redefined and a taxon lectotypified. Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 58(3), 245–262. https://doi.org/10.3767/000651913X675791
Yao, T.L. (2015). Three new species of Loxocarpus (Gesneriaceae) from Sarawak, Borneo. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore, 67(2), 289–296. https://doi.org/10.3850/S2382581215000241
Yao, T.L. (2016). Nomenclatural updates and new records in Peninsular Malaysian Pentaphylacaceae. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore, 68(2), 215–223. https://doi.org/10.3850/S238258121600017X
Puglisi, C., Yao, T.L., Milne, R., Möller, M., & Middleton, D.J. (2016). Generic re-circumscription in the Loxocarpinae (Gesneriaceae), as inferred by phylogenetic and morphological data. Taxon, 65(2), 277–292. https://doi.org/10.12705/652.5
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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM); University of Montpellier (UM). In employment of Forest Research Institute Malaysia. On study leave currently and enrolled in a cotutelle PhD programme co-funded by Agropolis International-UPM-SEARCA (Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture).
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YAO Tze Leong