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Wilmar, which is engaged in oil-palm cultivation, oilseeds crushing, edible-oils refining, sugar, specialty fats, oleochemicals and biodiesel manufacturing and grains processing, plans to continue investing in existing and new businesses as part of its growth strategy, the statement said.

Wilmar Profit Falls Gaurav Raghuvanshi 2011

The oil-palm genome consists of around 1.8 billion base pairs, the building blocks of DNA, close to four times the size of the rice genome.

Malaysia Maps Oil-Palm Genome in a Bid to Increase Production 2009

Mr. Sabri said the first draft of the oil-palm gene sequence is likely to be completed by June.

Malaysia Maps Oil-Palm Genome in a Bid to Increase Production 2009

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board has almost finished a five-year mapping of the oil-palm genome.

Malaysia Maps Oil-Palm Genome in a Bid to Increase Production 2009

Such technological leaps are needed because Malaysia has limited fallow land available for expanding oil-palm plantations.

Malaysia Maps Oil-Palm Genome in a Bid to Increase Production 2009

Genetic information could also be used to improve the timing of the oil-palm harvest, he said.

Malaysia Maps Oil-Palm Genome in a Bid to Increase Production 2009

The History With Indians arriving in British Malaya in large numbers by the turn of the last century, first to work on rubber estates and later oil-palm plantations, Indian street vendors began pushing what back home is called a paratha

Roti Canai 2009

Here, harvesting oil-palm fruit in Bidor, Malaysia, in November.

Malaysia Maps Oil-Palm Genome in a Bid to Increase Production 2009

Basal stem rot, caused by the fungus Ganoderma boninense, is one of the most harmful oil-palm diseases in Malaysia.

Malaysia Maps Oil-Palm Genome in a Bid to Increase Production 2009

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's efforts to break the genetic code for the oil-palm plant could increase the supply of palm oil at a time when demand is growing.

Malaysia Maps Oil-Palm Genome in a Bid to Increase Production 2009