Sheikh Hasna Habib, Hossain Kausar, Halimi Mohd Saud
Salinity is a major environmental stress that limits crop production worldwide. In this study, we characterized plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) containing 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase and examined their effect on salinity stress tolerance in okra through the inductio...
Rakiba Shultana, Ali Tan Kee Zuan, Mohd Rafii Yusop, Halimi Mohd Saud
In this study, we characterized, identified, and determined the effect of salt-tolerant PGPR isolated from coastal saline areas on rice growth and yield. A total of 44 bacterial strains were isolated, and 5 were found to be tolerant at high salt concentration. These isolates were further characteriz...
Rakiba Shultana, Ali Tan Kee Zuan, Mohd Y. Rafii, Halimi Mohd Saud et al.
Salt-tolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) could be an alternative to alleviate salinity problems in rice plants grown in the coastal areas. This study was conducted to isolate and characterize salt-tolerant PGPR and observe their effects on the physiological and biochemical propertie...
Hatari Sendi, Mahmud Tengku Muda Mohamed, Md. Parvez Anwar, Halimi Mohd Saud
Peat moss (PM) is the most widely used growing substrate for the pot culture. Due to diminishing availability and increasing price of PM, researchers are looking for viable alternatives for peat as a growth media component for potted plants. A pot study was conducted with a view to investigate the p...
Sheikh Hasna Habib, H. Kausar, Halimi Mohd Saud, Mohd Razi Ismail et al.
The study was undertaken to characterize plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for growth enhancement and stress tolerant traits and their efficacy on early establishment of rice seedling. In vitro growth promoting traits revealed that out of 30 PGPR isolates, 18 fixed nitrogen, 17 solubilized...
Abul Hossain Molla, Zulkifli Shamsuddin, Halimi Mohd Saud
Stimulation of root growth and promotion of nodulation in vegetable soybean (Glycine max) by Azospirillum brasilense was studied under lightroom conditions to understand the possible mechanism of root growth as well as the enhancement of nodule initiation when co-inoculated with Bradyrhizobium. Root...
H. Kausar, Mohd Razi Ismail, Halimi Mohd Saud, Radziah Othman et al.
ABSTRACT The present study was conducted at the Composting Unit, Universiti Putra Malaysia to determine the physico-chemical changes, microbial dynamics, and enzyme activities during microbial composting of rice straw at different pH conditions. Different treatments comprising of composting substrat...
H. Kausar, Mohd Razi Ismail, Halimi Mohd Saud, Sheikh Hasna Habib et al.
The physical and chemical parameters were monitored for seven weeks during Trichoderma/Aspergillus inoculated rice straw composting at various pH levels. Three treatments (A, B, and C) were inoculated with lignocellulolytic microbial consortium (Aspergillus niger, F44 and Trichoderma viride, F26) an...
Sotoodehnia Poopak, Norida Mazlan, Halimi Mohd Saud, A. W. Samsuri et al.
Background Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are highly promising biofertilizers that contribute to eco-friendly sustainable agriculture. There have been many reports on the anti-microbial properties of nanoparticles (NPs). Toxic effects of NPs under laboratory conditions have also reporte...
Hossain Kausar, Mohd Razi Ismail, Halimi Mohd Saud, Zulkarami Berahim et al.
Sheikh Hasna Habib, Halimi Mohd Saud, Humera Kausar
Oil palm tissues are rich in polyphenols, polysaccharides and secondary metabolites; these can co-precipitate with RNA, causing problems for downstream applications. We compared two different methods (one conventional and a kit-based method - Easy-Blue(TM) Total RNA Extraction Kit) to isolate total ...