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Nor'Aishah Hasan1,2\*, Mohd Rafii Yusoff1,3, Abdul Rahim Harun4 and Faiz Ahmad4

1 Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

2 Faculty of Applied Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Negeri Sembilan, Kampus Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

3 Department of Crop Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

4 Agrotechnology and Bioscience Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

\*Address all correspondence to: aishahnh@uitm.edu.my

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