PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. ZAKRY FITRI BIN AB AZIZ
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
zakryfitri@upm.edu.my
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
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