Ts. Dr. Siti Izera Ismail

PhD: Iowa State University, USA (2014)
Master: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia (2007)
Bachelor: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia (2004)
Email: izera@upm.edu.my
Phone: 603-9769 1292
Fax: 603-9769 4299
Field of Expertise: Plant Pathology
10 Landmark Publications:
C. Harrington, M. Kazmi, A. Al-Sadi, I. Ismail. Intraspecific and intragenomic variability of ITS rDNA sequences reveals taxonomic problems in Ceratocystis fimbriata sensu stricto. (2014). Mycologia, 13-189.
Ismail, S.I., Batzer, J.C., Harrington,T.C., Crous, P.W., Lavrov, D.V., Li, H. and Gleason, M.L. Ancestral state reconstruction infers phytopathogenic origins of sooty blotch and flyspeck fungi on apple. 2016. Mycologia 108 (2), 292-302.
Yusoff, S.F.; Haron, F.F.; Asib, N.; Mohamed, M.T.M.; Ismail, S.I. Development of Vernonia amygdalina Leaf Extract Emulsion Formulations in Controlling Gray Mold Disease on Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Agronomy 2021, 11, 373. https://doi.org/10.3390/ agronomy11020373
Yusoff, S.F.; Haron, F.F.; Tengku Muda Mohamed, M.; Asib, N.; Sakimin, S.Z.; Abu Kassim, F.; Ismail, S.I. Antifungal Activity and Phytochemical Screening of Vernonia amygdalina Extract against Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold Disease on Tomato Fruits. Biology 2020, 9, 286. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9090286
Chukwu SC, Rafii MY, Ramlee SI, Ismail SI, Hasan MM, Oladosu YA, Magaji UG, Akos I, Olalekan KK. Bacterial leaf blight resistance in rice: a review of conventional breeding to molecular approach. Mol Biol Rep. (2019) Feb;46(1):1519-1532.
T.K. Mendy, A. Misran, T.M.M. Mahmud, S.I. Ismail. Application of Aloe vera coating delays ripening and extend the shelf life of papaya fruit. Scientia Horticulturae,Volume 246, (2019), 769 776.
Zakaria, N., Ruzmi, R., Moosa, S. Asib, N. Zulperi, D. Ismail, S. & S. Ahmad Hamdani. Asp-376 Glu substitution endows target-site resistance to AHAS inhibitors in Limnocharis flava, an invasive weed in tropical rice fields. Physiol Mol Biol Plants (2021).
Ngalimat, M.S., Mohd Hata, E., Zulperi, D., Ismail, S.I. Ismail, M.R., Mohd Zainudin, N.A.I. Saidi, N.B.,Yusof, M.T. Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria as an Emerging Tool to Manage Bacterial Rice Pathogens. Microorganisms (2021), 9, 682.
S.I. Ismail, N. A. Rahim, and D. Zulperi. First Report of Colletotrichum3 siamense Causing Blossom Blight on Thai Basil (Ocimum basilicum) in Malaysia. Plant Disease. (2021) 105:4, 1209 1209
Zee, K.Y, Asib, N. & Ismail, S.I. First Report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae Causing Postharvest Fruit Rot on Guava (Psidium guajava) in Malaysia. Plant Disease. First Look 14 April 2021.
Updated:: 25/03/2022 [norshahmimi]

Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia