About the Authors

Shiou Yih Lee

Affiliation Forest Biotech Laboratory, Department of Forest Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Wei Lun Ng

Affiliation Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Mohd Noor Mahat

Affiliation Forest Research Institute Malaysia, 52109 Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia

Mohd Nazre

Affiliation Department of Forest Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Rozi Mohamed

rozimohd@upm.edu.my

Affiliation Forest Biotech Laboratory, Department of Forest Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SYL RM. Performed the experiments: SYL. Analyzed the data: SYL WLN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM MNM. Wrote the paper: SYL. Revised manuscript: WLN MN RM.