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PROF. MADYA DR. ZAKRY FITRI BIN AB AZIZ

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

zakryfitri@upm.edu.my

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PROFESSIONAL

NAME :

(Prof. Madya Dr.) ZAKRY FITRI BIN AB AZIZ

MANAGERIAL POSITION :

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

ENTITY :

PERMANENT POST :

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

ENTITY :

FIELD OF SUPERVISION

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY / MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

EDUCATION

PHD
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 2014

MASTER (SAINS)
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 2008

BACELOR SAINS (BIOINDUSTRI)
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 2002

JOURNAL PUBLICATION

1. 16S rRNA Phylogenetic Analysis of the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Pepper (Piper nigrum L.)
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies

2. Overview of citric acid production from Aspergillus niger
Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)

3. Seed and Seedling Vigour of Winged Bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) after Single and Dual Inoculation with Rhizobium sp. and Bacillus cereus
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies

4. Plant bioassay screening exposes Bacillus cereus strain UPMLH24 as the most potential plant growth promoting rhizobacteria strain
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies

5. In silico Protein Prediction of the 16S ribosomal RNA Gene from Novel Rhizobacterium Bacillus cereus UPMLH24
Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)

6. Rhizobacterium Bacillus cereus induces root formation of pepper (Piper nigrum L.) stem cuttings
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies

7. Optimisation of Citric Acid Production from a Novel Strain of Aspergillus niger by Submerged Fermentation
Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed

8. Identification of Coniella musaiaensis as pathogen causing stem rot disease of Hibiscus cannabinus L. In Terengganu, Malaysia
Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - ERA

9. Selecting the most effective plant growth-promoting bacteria from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) roots
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies

10. Effect of culture media, temperature, light and pH on Corynespora cassiicola; A fungal pathogen of leaf spot disease on Carica papaya
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies

11. Inoculation of Bacillus sphaericus UPMB-10 to Young Oil Palm and Measurement of Its Uptake of Fixed Nitrogen Using the 15N Isotope Dilution Technique
Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)

12. Isolation of citric acid-producing Aspergillus niger from soil and organic wastes
Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus

13. Isolation and characterization of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria from rhizospheric soil of hill paddy
Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)

14. Indole-3-acetic acid production by rhizobacteria Bacillus spp. to various abiotic stress factors
Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus

15. Wilt disease symptoms in red leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) after inoculated with Trichoderma longibrachiatum
Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed

16. Mechanisms used by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria to boost plant growth - A Review
Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus

17. Plants Wilt Disease of Red Leaf Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) After Colonized by Trichoderma longibrachiatum
Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus

18. Plant Growth-Enhancing Traits of Rhizobacteria Isolated from Brinjal, Okra, and Leaf Mustard
Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus

19. Survival of transport-stressed black pepper stem cuttings after glucose, sucrose, fructose, and IBA treatments
Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

2013

Philosophy Doctor (Microbial Biotechnology)

2008

Master of Science (Soil Microbiology and Biofertiliser)

2003

Bachelor of Science Bioindustry

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2005

Tutor

2004

Graduate Research Assistant (Soil Microbiology)

2003

Research Assistant (Master LARM Program Coordination)

2002

Research Assistant (Urban Entomology)

SKILL

N(15) isotope technique

SPSS Statistical Program

SAS Statistical Program

P(32) radioisotope technique

Analysis and translational molecular bioinformatics

PROJECT

2022

Council Member, Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture Malaysia Chapter

CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SEMINAR

2022

Congress on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security 2022

AWARD AND ACHIEVEMENT

2009

Biasiswa Skim Latihan Akademik [Academic Training Scheme Scholarship], Doctoral Research, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, July 2009 to July 2012.

2006

Biasiswa Universiti Putra Malaysia [Universiti Putra Malaysia Scholarship], Masters Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, August 2006 to August 2007.

2005

Gold Medal. Co-author paper entitled “Utilisation of Ground Oil Palm Frond (GOPF) as an organic substrate for rhizobacterial inoculum production” In. Invention, Research and Innovation Exhibition UPM, 9 March 2005, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang,

RESEARCH AREA

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

Bacterial Biofertiliser

Stable isotope in tracer study

RESEARCH PROJECT

2009

Isolation and characterization of diazotrophic growth-promoting rhizobacteria from rhizosphere of pepper vine (Piper nigrum L.)

PUBLICATION

2025

Functional characteristics of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria from Acacia mangium L.

2025

Survival of transport-stressed black pepper stem cuttings after glucose, sucrose, fructose, and IBA treatments

2023

Plants Wilt Disease of Red Leaf Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) After Colonized by Trichoderma longibrachiatum

2023

Plant Growth-Enhancing Traits of Rhizobacteria Isolated from Brinjal, Okra, and Leaf Mustard

2023

Mechanisms used by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria to boost plant growth - A Review

2021

Indole-3-acetic acid production by rhizobacteria Bacillus spp. to various abiotic stress factors

2020

Isolation of citric acid-producing Aspergillus niger from soil and organic wastes

2019

Selecting the most effective plant growth-promoting bacteria from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) roots

2019

Effect of culture media, temperature, light and pH on Corynespora cassiicola; A fungal pathogen of leaf spot disease on Carica papaya

2017

Identification of Coniella musaiaensis as pathogen causing stem rot disease of Hibiscus cannabinus L. In Terengganu, Malaysia

2015

16S rRNA Phylogenetic Analysis of the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Pepper (Piper nigrum L.)

2015

Plant bioassay screening exposes Bacillus cereus strain UPMLH24 as the most potential plant growth promoting rhizobacteria strain

2015

Overview of citric acid production from Aspergillus niger

2015

Seed and Seedling Vigour of Winged Bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) after Single and Dual Inoculation with Rhizobium sp. and Bacillus cereus

2015

Rhizobacterium Bacillus cereus induces root formation of pepper (Piper nigrum L.) stem cuttings

2014

In silico Protein Prediction of the 16S ribosomal RNA Gene from Novel Rhizobacterium Bacillus cereus UPMLH24

2012

Inoculation of Bacillus sphaericus UPMB-10 to Young Oil Palm and Measurement of Its Uptake of Fixed Nitrogen Using the 15N Isotope Dilution Technique

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