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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Sime Darby Foundation (YSD) Collaborative Scholarship Programme

This programme is offered through a collaboration between UPM and Sime Darby Foundation (YSD). This progeamme invites potential candidates with excellent academic results who wish to pursue their postgraduate study in UPM.

Candidates are required to pursue their studies in the following fields:

1

Robotic automation in oil palm estate

2

Engineering for palm oil mill improvement

3

Agronomy- precision agriculture technology

- Plant physiology on agronomic traits
- Precision agriculture
- Genetics, genomics and system biology 
 

4

Gene study – biotechnology for crop improvement

5

Gene editing in oil palm

6

Palm oil specialty and wellness product

- Analytical chemistry - oil products and plant biochemistry. Development of rapidanalysis tools
- Investigation of components in oils that affect oil quality
- Applied biochemistry
- New oil product development 

7

Sustainable waste to wealth technology

8

Sustainable management in oil palm plantation

- Germplasm exploration for traits introgression
- Marker assisted breeding, especially for early-evident traits
- Seed germination quality/storage improvement 
 

9

Soil microbiome/crop protection

- Soil Microbiome manipulation
- Plant nutrient uptake
- Microbe-plant interaction study
- Development of rapid soil analysis techniques 
 

10

Bioinformatics and statistics

 

The related informations are as in the poster below. Please click this link to download related forms to apply for the scholarship: http://www.tncjinm.upm.edu.my/faildokumen?L=en

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