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This course aims to introduce economically important seaweed species and their biology; to highlight the abundance of seaweed species in Malaysia and its potentials; to teach some basic culture techniques, and an understanding of the challenges and problems in the seaweed industry. Lectures will focus on the fundamentals of phycology and introduction of varieties of economically important seaweed species that are being cultivated around the world. An in-depth preview of seaweed diversity in Malaysia with emphasis on the availability of seaweed resources as a lucrative seaweed-based industry will be given. Selected topics on seaweed variety, distribution, and the biological features of local seaweeds; seaweed culture practices and state- of-the-art protoplast generation techniques; harvesting, seaweed diseases and post-harvest practices; extraction of commercially important carrageenan and the problems faced in this industry will be discussed.
This course aims to introduce economically important seaweed species and their biology; to highlight the abundance of seaweed species in Malaysia and its potentials; to teach some basic culture techniques, and an understanding of the challenges and problems in the seaweed industry. Lectures will focus on the fundamentals of phycology and introduction of varieties of economically important seaweed species that are being cultivated around the world. An in-depth preview of seaweed diversity in Malaysia with emphasis on the availability of seaweed resources as a lucrative seaweed-based industry will be given. Selected topics on seaweed variety, distribution, and the biological features of local seaweeds; seaweed culture practices and state-of-the-art protoplast generation techniques; harvesting, seaweed diseases and post-harvest practices; extraction of commercially important carrageenan and the problems faced in this industry will be discussed. To put theory into practice and allow students to gain "real world" experience, this course will apply the SULAM's (Service-Learning Malaysia - University for Society) pedagogy.