About the Authors

Eng-Ti L. Low

Contributed equally to this work with: Eng-Ti L. Low, Rozana Rosli

Affiliation Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Rozana Rosli

Contributed equally to this work with: Eng-Ti L. Low, Rozana Rosli

Affiliation Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Nagappan Jayanthi

Affiliation Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Ab Halim Mohd-Amin

Affiliation Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Norazah Azizi

Affiliation Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Kuang-Lim Chan

Affiliation Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Nauman J. Maqbool

Affiliation AgResearch Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand

Paul Maclean

Affiliation AgResearch Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand

Rudi Brauning

Affiliation AgResearch Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, New Zealand

Alan McCulloch

Affiliation AgResearch Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, New Zealand

Roger Moraga

Affiliation AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Meilina Ong-Abdullah

Affiliation Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Rajinder Singh

rajinder@mpob.gov.my

Affiliation Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ETLL, RS. Performed the experiments: ETLL MOA RS. Analyzed the data: ETLL RR NJ AHMA NA KLC NJM PM RB AM RM. Wrote the paper: ETLL RR NJ AHMA NA KLC NJM PM RB AM RM MOA RS.