Dr Quah Soon Cheang

Senior Lecturer

PhD ( University of Malaya, Malaysia)

Telephone: +603 - 5514 6105
Fax: +603 - 5514 6364
E-mail: quah.soon.cheang@artsci.monash.edu.my

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Plant genetics and plant breeding

My current interest is on the evaluation of genetic variability in crop species using both conventional and molecular techniques. We have investigated both wild and cultivated species and varieties of mungbean for their genetic variation using DNA molecular markers

Quah SC (2007) Biotechnology in Malaysia: A current perspective. Asia Pacific Biotech 11: 457-463

Quah SC (2007)Biotechnology and Monash University Malaysia. Asia Pacific Biotech 11: 481-482

Quah SC, Mahaletchumy A (2005) The National Biotechnology Policy: New opportunities for biotechnology in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Biotech News 9: 942-950

Kumar SV, Saw TM, Tan SG, Quah SC, Yusoff K (2003) Genetic variation of wild and domesticated mungbean as revealed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA markers. Pertanika J Tropical Agric Sci 26: 123-129

Kumar SV, Tan SG, Quah SC, Yusoff K (2002) Isolation of microsatellite markers in mungbean, Vigna radiata. Mol Ecol Notes 2: 96-98

Kumar SV, Tan SG, Quah SC, Yusoff K (2002) Isolation and characterization of seven tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in mungbean, Vigna radiata.  Mol Ecol Notes 2: 293-295

Bioactivity and chemical constituents of several Malaysian ferns