CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SEMINAR
H. M Khairul Bashar, et al. and S. M. Rezaul Karim. 2022. Allelopathic activities of Parthenium plant parts extracted in different solvents on D. sanguinalis and E. indica. Preesented in the int. conference of WSSB held on 21 May 2022 at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Karim, S.M.R. 2022. Production of biohydrogen from weeds and agricultural wastes. Presented in the 1st International WSSB Conference (online) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 21 May 2022.
Karim, S.M.R. 202. Allelochemicals in rice: A Biochemical Tool for Defencing Against Weeds. Presented in the 2nd Edition of Global Conference on Agriculture and Horticulture held at France, from 1 to 3 September 2022. Keynote paper presented
M A Halim Sheikh, L. Naher, S. M. Rezaul Karim, P. Sannasi & Norhafizah. 2020. An Assessment of In Vitro Herbicidal Potential of Fungal Metabolites Against Parthenium Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.). IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 596, 012087.
Karim, S.M.R. 2020. Covid-19 pandemic: Disastrous effects on agriculture and its mitigation. Global virtual discussion on Global food security and agriculture practice after COVID-19 pandemic, organized by JNKVV, College of Agriculture, Tikamghar, India on 22 June 2020.
S. M. Rezaul Karim, Md. Salauddin Polash and Laila Naher. 2020. Enhancing vegetables production by hydroponic farming to ensure nutrition food security during covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Proc. Food Science Virtual (Conference) 2020, held on 13-14 July 2020, organized by Magnus Group, USA.
Karim, S.M.R., Naher, L. & Norhafizah, M.Z. 2019. Management of parthenium hazards using biocontrol methods in Malaysia. Proc. The 27th Asian Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, p. 128 held on 3-6 Sept. 2019 at Riverside Majestic Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Karim, S.M.R. 2018. Sustainable management of Parthenium hysterophorus L. – the most invasive alien species in Malaysia. Proceeding of the 2018 IAS Symposium, held at Palm Garden Hotel, Putrajaya, 29 to 30 Aug, 2018, pp. 18.
Maszura C.M., Karim, S.M.R, and Norhafizah M.Z. 2016. Parthenium weed survey at Batang kali, Selangor and Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. Proc. UMTAS 2016 Annual Symposium on “Sustainability Science and Management” held at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu during 13 to 15 December, p. 37, 2016
Maszura C.M., Karim, S.M.R, and Norhafizah M.Z. 2016. Parthenium weed survey at Batang kali, Selangor and Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. Proc. UMTAS 2016 Annual Symposium on “Sustainability Science and Management” held at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu during 13 to 15 December, p. 37, 2016
Karim, S.M.R, Norhafizah M.Z., Maszura C.M. 2016. Incidence of parthenium allergy on human health in Kedah, Malaysia. Proc. 7th South East Asia Veterinary School Association (SEAVSA) Congress, held at Tok Aman Bali Beach Resort, Kelantan during 13 to 14 October, 2016. p. 44.Karim, S.M.R, Norhafizah M.Z., Maszura C.M. 2016. Incidence of parthenium a
Karim, S.M.R, Kasthuri Loganathan and Nadiatul Nordini Bt. Yahia. 2016. Estimation of vitamins and minerals from ten selected weeds and local plants of Kelantan. Proc. 9th International Conference on Plant Protection in the Tropics, held at Hilton Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, 2 to 4 August, 2016, pp. 52-55.
PAPER PRESENTED
Karim, S.M.R. 2022. Public lecture (online) done in an international seminar arranged by USAID (FEED THE FUTURE) on Parthenium Problems and Management in Bangladesh and Malaysia held on February 23, 2022.
S. M. Rezaul Karim, Md. Salauddin Polash and Laila Naher. 2020. Enhancing vegetables production by hydroponic farming to ensure nutrition food security during covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Proc. Food Science Virtual (Conference) 2020, held on 13-14 July 2020, organized by Magnus Group, USA.
Karim, S.M.R. 2020. Covid-19 pandemic: Disastrous effects on agriculture and its mitigation. Global virtual discussion on Global food security and agriculture practice after COVID-19 pandemic, organised by JNKVV, College of Agriculture, Tikamghar, India on 22 June 2020.
. Karim, S.M.R, and Nayeem Asif. 2018. Poverty reduction strategy in Malaysia: a success story. Proc. 8th International RENPER seminar, held at Sun Beda University, Metro Manila, Philippines during 24 to 26 October, 2018. p. 31.
Karim, S.M.R. 2018. Parthenium hazards and its sustainable management. Proceeding of the 3rd International Conference on Food and Agriculture: Sustainable Agriculture for Global Food Security, held at Universiti Putra Malaysia, 26 to 28 November, 2018, pp. 23.
Karim, S. M. R. 2015. Possible threats of parthenium weed in Malaysia and its sustainable management. Proc. Simposium Biosekuriti Tumbuhan, 12-14 May 2015, held at Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur. pp.21-27.
Karim, S.M.R.; Fatimah Bt. Changgrok @ Kayat and Nur Zafirah Zulkifli. 2014. Parthenium weed invasion of Malaysia: Possibility of natural disaster and poverty in rural livelihood. Proceeding of 5th International RENPER seminar, held at Banking University, Ho Chi Mihn City, Vietnam on 22-24 October 2014, pp. 607-615.
Paper presented on "Invasion of parthenium weed in Indo-Pak sub-continent is a cancerous threat: What are the Way Outs?" on 2 October, 2012 at Divisio of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia niversity, USA.
S. M. Rezaul Karim. 2020. Parthenium hazards and its management. Paper presented at the Weed Science Society of Bangladesh (WSSB) workshop held at BARC, Dhaka on 27 January 2020
COMMITTEE
Vice Chairman, Organizing Committee, 27th APWSS Conference, to be held in Kuching, Sarwak, Malaysia during 24-26 August, 2019.
As Chairman of Examination Committee of PhD/Master students at UMK, Malaysia1. Rizki Wannahari, Nanomagnetic adsorbent composite derived from activated carbon modified with iron oxide for Cu2+ and Pb2+ removal. PhD viva completed on 18 April 20182. Nurshazren Binti Fauzi (GeoScience), Faculty of Earth Science, UMK. Viva Voce held on 25 May 20173. K
As Chairman of the Examination Committee of Martina Binti Mohd Irwan Khoo. The effect of cultivation methods on the growth performance of Kappaphycus striatum var. Subul subul and its application in the improvement of fish feed nutrition profile. Master viva completed on 6 August 2017.
As Evaluator of International, MOSTI, and SGJP (UMK) grant proposals at UMK, Malaysia
Head, SIG Parthenium Weed Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan from 5 Nov. 2017 to Dec. 2018
Member of publication committee of Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, UMK, Kelantan, Malaysia from 29 Sept. 2016 to Dec. 2018
Member of Publication Committee of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, Malaysia from 13 May 2013 to Dec. 2018
Organizing Secretary of 2nd Biennial WSSB conference on Weed Management for Sustainable Crop Production held at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, on 1 January, 2011
Convenor, Provost council, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.
Officer-in-charge (Director), Agronomy Field Laboratory, BAU, Mymensingh.
AWARD AND ACHIEVEMENT
Best Research Award, Universiti Malysia Kelantan, awarded for achievement in Parthenium Research given in the Research & Innovation Week, held at UMK, Jeli Campus during 24 to 26 Oct. 2017
ITEX15 Silver Award for discovering Killer Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus) in Malaysia awarded in the ITEX2015 Conference and Exhibition held at KLCC, Kuala Lumpur on 21 to 23 May 2015
AGU award (Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang for year 2012) by Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, Kelantan on 10 October 2013.
Bronze Medal Award for presenting paper on “M.A. Hakim, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, M. M. Hanafi, A. Selamat. Mohd Razi Ismail and S. M. Rezaul Karim. 2011. Seed germination and seedling vigour of dominant weed species in rice field under salinity stress, in PAMERAN REKA CIPTA PENYELIDIKAN DAN INOVASI, UPM 2011held on 19-21 July, 2011.
TWAS-USM Visiting Scholar Fellowship at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (May 01 to 29 July 2010)
Best Poster Award" received in 2004 Agriculture Congress for presenting poster on S.M. Rezaul Karim, Ismail B. Sahid and Azmi Man. 2004. Problems of weedy rice and its management, held at Mines Convention Centre, Serdang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October 2004
MOSTI merit fellowship, Malaysia in Post-doc study at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2005
IDB (Islamic Development Bank) Merit Fellowsh, K.S.A. in PhD course at the University of Aberdeen, U.K. (1995-1999)
Commonwealth Scholarship in M.Phil course at University of Reading, UK (1989-91)
RESEARCH PROJECT
As Project Leader (at UMK with International Collaboration). Title: Isolation and characterization of parthenium pathogen to develop bioherbicide for effective and eco-friendly control of parthenium weed, SGJP-Matching Grant, UMK, RM100,000 from 01 Oct. 2018 to Sept. 2020.
As Co-researcher (at UMK, Malaysia). Title: Characterization and conservation of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) genetic resources. Funded by Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Value: RM 20,000 from Dec. 2017 to Nov. 2018.
As Co-researcher (at UMK, Malaysia).Title: Combined effect of N fertilizer and herbicides on control Eleusine indica in aerobic rice system (started in July 2015 and December. 2017). Funded by Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia as FRGS (RM 87,700.00). Under this project we are going to find out the best way of control of goose grass in aerobic r
As Projecr Leader (at UMK, Malaysia). Title: Risk assessment of Parthenium weed in Batang Kali, Selangor and Sungai Petani, Kedah (started in July 2014 and finished in December 2016). Funded by Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia as FRGS (RM101200.00).
As Project Leader (at UMK, Malaysia)Title: Feasibilty of growing onion in the hilly land of Batu 17, JeliFunded by UMK (RM40,000.00) in 2011. Under this project, a number of onion varieties are testing for their suitability of growing under the soil and environmental conditions of the hilly land of Jeli. We have observed that at least five varietie
As Principal InvestigatorTitle: Technology development for allelopathic weed management in rice.Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural University for the period from July 2009 to June 2011. In this project, some rice varieties have been screened out as highly allelopathic to weeds which will lead to less amount of herbicide for weed control. Two Master
As Principal Investigator (at BAU, Bangladesh)Title: Monitoring the competitive ability of transplant aman rice cultivars.Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural University for the period from 2003 to 2005. Under this project the competitive ability of a number of transplant aman rice cultivars was evaluated against barnyard grass in order to select the
PUBLICATION
Total published papers =115, Proceedings = 50
Selected papers are given here:
1. Karim, S.M.R. and Osama, R. 2022. Sustainable nutrient-rich food production during covid-19 pandemic through year-round vegetable farming using the hydroponic technique. Chem. Proc. 2022, 10 (1): 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/IOCAG2022-12204.
2. H M Khairul Bashar, Abdul Shukor Juraimi *, Muhammad Saiful Ahmad Hamdani, Md. Kamal Uddin, Norhayu Asib, Md. Parvez Anwar, S. M. Rezaul Karim, Ferdoushi Rahaman, Mohammad Amdadul Haque, Akbar Hossain. 2022. Documentation of Phytotoxic Compounds Present in Parthenium hysterophorus Leaf Extract and Their Herbicidal Effects on Eleusine indica and Digitaria sanguinalis, Toxins, 14(8):561 (Q1), Article No. toxins-1810884
3. Mohammad Moneruzzaman Khandaker, Rosnah Jamaludin, Ali Majrashi, Zalilawati Mat Rashid, Sarker Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Hatim M. Al-Yasi, Noor Afiza Badaluddin, Mekhled Mutiran Alenazi, Khamsah Suryati Mohd. 2022. Enhancing Rubisco Gene Expression and Metabolites Accumulation for Better Plant Growth in Ficus deltoidea under Drought Stress Using Hydrogen Peroxide. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:965765. Doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.965765 (Q1, Top 10%), Article No. 965765.
4. H M Khairul Bashar, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Muhammad Saiful Ahmad Hamdani, Md. Kamal Uddin, Norhayu Asib, Md. Parvez Anwar, Ferdoushi Rahaman, S. M. Rezaul Karim, Mohammad Amdadul Haque, Zulkarami Berahim, Nik Amelia Nik Mustapha, Akbar Hossain. 2022. Determination and Quantification of Phytochemicals from the Leaf Extract of Parthenium hysterophorus L. and Their Physio-Biochemical Responses to Several Crop and Weed Species. Plants 2022, (Q1)11, 3209. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11233209
5. Rahaman F, Shukor Juraimi A, Rafii MY, Uddin K, Hassan L, Chowdhury AK, Karim SMR, Yusuf Rini B, Yusuff O, Bashar HMK and Hossain A (2022) Allelopathic potential in rice - a biochemical tool for plant defence against weeds. Front. Plant Sci. 13:1072723. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1072723
6. Naher, L.; Fatin, S.N.; Sheikh, M.A.H.; Azeez, L.A.; Siddiquee, S.; Zain, N.M.; Karim, S.M.R. 2021. Cellulase Enzyme Production from Filamentous Fungi Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus awamori in Submerged Fermentation with Rice Straw. J. Fungi 2021, 7, 868. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7100868.
7. Hakim, M.A.; Juraimi, A.S.; Karim, S.M.R.; Khan, M.S.I.; Islam, S.; Choudhury, K.; Soufan, W.; Alharby, H.; Bamagoos, A.; Iqbal, M.A.; et al. 2021. Effectiveness of Herbicide to Control Rice Weeds in Diverse Saline Environments. Sustainability 2021, 13, No. 104680.
8. Karim, S.M.R. and Laila Naher. 2019. Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Book chapter) In: Invasive Weeds of Malaysia and Their Sustainable Management, Eds. Karim et al. 2019. Published by Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, pp. 1-25.
9. Laila NAHER; Nur SYAWANI; Nor AMIEZA; Afiqah Binti KAMARUDIN; S M R KARIM. 2019. Trichoderma species diversity in rhizosphere soils and potential antagonism with Fusarium oxysporum. Bioscience Journal, 35(1): 13-26.
10. Karim, S.M.R. M. Mohd and Nur Atikah Samsi. 2018. Effect of Lantana camara L. and Parthenium hysterophorus L. to control pathogenic nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood. Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 42: Accepted for publication
11. Maszura C.M, Karim, S.M.R, Norhafizah M.Z., Kayat, F. and Arifullah, M. 2018. Distribution, Density, and Abundance of Parthenium Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) at Kuala Muda, Malaysia. International Journal of Agronomy, 2018 Vol. Article No. 1046214.
12. Hakim, M.A., Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Norshafiqah Binti Khalid, Farzad Aslani, Md. Amirul Alam, S. M. Rezaul Karim, A. K. M. Mosharof Hossain and M. S. Islam. 2018. Evaluation of BioHerbicide for Controlling the Weedy Rice and Enhancing the Yield of Rice in Malaysia. Journal of Environmental Biology, 39: 677-683.
13. Karim, S.M.R., Naher, L., Norhafizah M.Z., Kayat, F. and Nabilah, S. 2018. First Report of Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn. Isolated from Parthenium Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) in Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 41 (3): 1373-1384.
14. Karim, S.M.R., Noorjanna B. R., Mariam Firdaus, M. N. and Rajin, S. M. A. K. 2018. Effect of stage of maturity, variety, and frying time on the quality of banana springs. Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 41 (3): 1097 - 1110.
15. Mastura Binti Ibrahim, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, M. A. Hakim, farzad aslani, S. M. Rezaul Karim, Md. Amirul Alam. 2017. Residual effect of Imidazolinone herbicide used in Clearfield® rice on non-Clearfield rice. Bangladesh Journal Botany. Vol. 46(1), 335-341.