Collaborative Research

Advanced Agriecological Research S/B welcomes collaborative research into almost all aspects of plantation tree crops and plantation forestry in particular issues related to production and management. Our joint work with public and private research centers, institutes, government agencies and universities worldwide has resulted in a number of publications in international journals and conferences. Some of our collaborators have come from the University of Manchester, England, Simon Fraser University, Canada, Hokkaido University, Japan, MIT, U.S.A., University Malaya, University Putra Malaysia, Department of Agriculture, Sarawak, Malaysian Cocoa Board and Malaysian Palm Oil Board. We have local and international students doing part of their MSc and PhD at our research stations. We also provide practical (industrial) training to undergraduates from local and foreign universities. Although we generate most our research funds through commercialization of our research work and technical advices, we also receive funding from other institutions or companies such as IMPHOS, Sumitomo and Union Harvest. Below are some of our current collaborative research and selected publications with our collaborators.

Title
University, Institute etc
Funding
University Putra Malaysia, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Golden Hope Research, Felda Agricultural Services and Tradewinds R&D center
IMPHOS
Department of Agriculture, Sarawak and Hokkaido University
IRPA and Department of Agriculture, Sarawak
Universiti Putra Malaysia and Malaysian Palm Oil Board
IRPA and Felda
MPOB, UKM, FELDA, Guthrie Biotech, United Plantations (UP), Sime Darby, IOI Corp., Golden Hope Plantations and Applied Agricultural Research (AAR)

Publications in journals
Melling, L., Hatano, R. and Goh, K.J. (2005). Soil CO2 flux from three ecosystems in tropical peatland of Sarawak, Malaysia. Tellus (2005) 57B: 1-11.
Melling, L., Hatano, R. and Goh, K.J. (2005). Methane fluxes from three ecosystems in tropical peatland of Sarawak, Malaysia. Soil Biology and Biochemistry: 1445 – 1453.
Rhainds, M., Gries, G., Ho, C.T., and Chew P.S. (2002) Dispersal by bagworm larvae, Metisa plana: effects of population density, larval sex, and host plant attributes. Ecological Entomology 27 (2): 204-212.
Sasaerila, Y., Gries, G., Gries, R. and Teo, C.B. (2000) Specificity of communication channels in four limacodid moths: Darna bradleyi, Darna trima, Setothosea asigna, and Setora nitens (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Chemoecology 10(4): 193-199
Sasaerila, Y., Gries, R., Gries, G., Khaskin, G., King, S. and Teo, C.B. (2000) Decadienoates: Sex pheromone components of nettle caterpillars, Darna trima and D. bradleyi. J. Chemical Ecology 26(8): 1969-1981.
Rhainds, M., Gries, G. and Min, M.M. (1999) Size- and density-dependent reproductive success of bagworms, Metisa plana. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 91(3): 375-383.

Publications in conferences
Teh, C.B.S., Henson, I.E., Harun, H., Goh, K.J. Husni, M.H.A. (2005) Do not reinvent the wheel: Extending the life span of agriculture models. In: Cebeci, Z., Sideridis, A., Say, S.M. & Darcan, N. (Eds.). International Congress On Information Technology In Agriculture, Food & Environment (ITAFE 2005), Cukurova University: 550-556.
Teh, C.B.S., Henson, I.E., Harun, H., Goh, K.J. Husni, M.H.A. (2005) Do not reinvent the wheel: Extending the life span of agriculture models. In: Cebeci, Z., Sideridis, A., Say, S.M. & Darcan, N. (Eds.). International Congress On Information Technology In Agriculture, Food & Environment (ITAFE 2005), Cukurova University: 550-556.
S. M. F. D. Syed Mustapha, S. T. Bong and Goh, K.J. (2000) Measuring performance of probabilistic inferencing and K-nearest neighbor for the Best Month Fertilizer application. In: M. K. Hamza (Ed.): Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, July 24-26, 2000, Banff, Alberta, Canada, IASTED/ACTA Press: 380-385.