Acga Cheng
SENIOR LECTURER
INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
University Malaya
Malaysia
Biography
Acga Cheng working in Institute of Biological Science at University of Malaya, Malaysia. She was awarded Higher Education Academy Fellowship, The Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom, 2016, (International), Travel Award (Attachment Programme, University of Leicester), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, 2011, (Government), National Science Fellowship, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, 2009, (Government).
Research Interest
Molecular Genetics, Molecular Marker, Crop Improvement
Publications
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Massawe, F.; Mayes, S. & Cheng, A. (2016). Crop diversity an unexploited treasure trove for food and nutrition security. Trends in Plant Science, 21(5): 365-368. (ISI-Indexed)
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Cheng, A.; Mayes, S; Dalle, G.; Demissew, S. & Massawe, F. (2017) Diversifying crops for food and nutrition security - a case of teff, Biological Reviews, 92(1): 188-198. (ISI-Indexed)
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Cheng, A.; Ismanizan, I.; Mohamad, O. Habibuddin, H. & Nur Samahah, M.Z. (2017). Rapid and targeted introgression of fgr gene through marker-assisted backcrossing in rice (Oryza sativa L.), Genome, DOI: 10.1139/gen-2017-0100 (ISI-Indexed)
