This document summarizes a project to develop an environmentally friendly biopesticide from the tuba plant in Malaysia. The project aims to build a pilot processing unit to extract rotenone from Derris elliptica tuba plants. Rotenone is an active ingredient that has been used historically as a natural insecticide and pesticide. The project seeks to commercialize a rotenone-based biopesticide and collaborate with various Malaysian research institutions to develop the technology and generate data needed for product registration and commercial scale manufacturing.

1. “ DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY NATURAL BIO-PESTICIDE FROM LOCAL PLANT SPECIES Derris elliptica (TUBA)” PROJECT COORDINATOR: PROF. DR. MOHAMMAD ROJI SARMIDI PROJECT MANAGER/RESEARCHER: SAIFUL IRWAN ZUBAIRI STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNIT – ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY NATURAL BIO-PESTICIDE FOR AGRICULTURAL & HORTICULTURAL APPLICATIONS

6. TUBA SPECIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN MALAYSIA TUBA GADING ( Derris malaccensis ) TUBA KAPUR ( Derris elliptica ) TUBA BUAH (Unknown species) LOCATION : MARDI JERANGAU, TERENGGANU HERBAL INCULCATION, 2003

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