SITUATION FOR CORN IN MALAYSIA

Presented by Mr. Muhammad Nuradib Bin MazlanAssistant Director

Crop Quality Control DivisionDepartment of Agriculture, Malaysia

CONTENT

1. Status of Plant Variety Protection in Malaysia

2. Production of corn in Malaysia

3. Future Plan

STATUS OF PLANT VARIETY

PROTECTION IN MALAYSIA

PVP Applications 2015 - 2016 No. Crop Number of

Applications

Applicant

1. Chrysanthemum 34 Dekker Breeding B.V.

Deliflor Royalties

B.V.

Van Zanten BV

Seikoen Co. Ltd.

2. Rice 2 Malaysia Nuclear

Agency

3. Sweet Potato 3 Vegefruit Resources

Sdn Bhd

4. Pineapple 1 MARDI

5. Coconut 1 MARDI

6. Cucurma 1 INDIVIDU

7. Banana 1 Taiwan R&D

Institute

TOTAL 28

Number of Applications Received 2008 – 2016 (by Crop Type)

Crop Type Total Applications

Fruit 21

Ornamentals 130

Industrial Crop 12

Forest Plantation Sp. 20

Rice 22

Vegetables 16

Mushroom 4

Herbs 4

TOTAL 229

Government Research Agencies

14%

Domestic Private Companies

21%

International Companies

49%

Universities11%

Individuals5%

PVP APPLICATIONS by APPLICANT CATEGORIES(2008- Nov 2015)

PRODUCTION OF CORN

IN MALAYSIA

Type and most popular varieties of Corn in Malaysia

◦ Sweet Corn

MARDI GWG GREEN EAGLE LECKAT

Thai Super Sweet Akik SC422 Hybrid Golden Thousand Super Sweet

Corn

Sweet Empire

Super Sweet Red Kristal SC477 Hybrid Pearl Gold Sweet Corn Pacific Sweeter

Super Sweet Yellow Mutiara SC466 Grand Carnival

Manis Madu Platinum SC488 XT Bling Bling

Mas Madu Tembaga SC433 Crossover

Improved Mas

Madu

Gold Bar

Hibridmas Pearl Gold

Minions

Honey melody

Sugar Rich

Type and most popular varieties of Corn in Malaysia

◦ Grain Corn

◦ GWG 111

◦ GWG 888

◦ SUWAN 3

Production of corn in Malaysia

Production of corn in Malaysia

FUTURE PLAN

Future Plan for Corn in Malaysia

◦ We are targeting to develop more new hybrid

varieties especially for grain corn

◦ Expecting to grow more grain corn focusing to

supply grain food especially for livestock in

Malaysia

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