Distribution and Abundance of Wildlife Roadkills in Jengka, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia Nur Ezzaty Farhana Hamzah, Khairunnisa Shahrum Nizam, Nabilah Zainol, Nurul Jannah Ahmad Ghulamuddin, Farah Ayuni Farinordin, et al. Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 2024 Malaysia's growing transportation network has increased human impact on wildlife habitats, causing a rise in roadkill cases. This study aims to assess the distribution and abundance of roadkill in Jengka, Pahang. Surveys along selected roads for ten days in March 2022 recorded 72 incidents (0.36 roadkill km-1). The water monitor (Varanus salvator) was the most frequently recorded species with 12 incidents, while the least frequently recorded species, each with 1 incident, included the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) and the house rat (Rattus rattus). Species of particular concern based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Categories included the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) (Endangered), clouded monitor lizard (Varanus nebulosus) (Near Threatened), and Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) (Vulnerable). Main Federal Roads, particularly Jalan Bukit Tajau - Bandar Pusat Jengka (FT62) and Jalan Utama Jengka Utara/Selatan (FT83), had notable roadkill rates of 0.73 and 0.35 per kilometer, respectively. Jalan FELDA 25 (FT1553), linking Bandar Tun Abdul Razak to Jerantut and Kuala Krau, recorded the highest rate at 0.78 roadkill per kilometer, highlighting the need for attention. Proposed actions include wildlife crossings, wildlife warning reflectors and wildlife warning signs in hotspots, and table drains alongside roads. It is also essential to educate drivers on the importance of reducing speed, especially in wildlife crossing zones, to minimize incidents. These findings stress the importance of proactive measures in reducing roadkill and safeguarding wildlife in Jengka, urging collaborative efforts to enhance road safety for both humans and animals.
First Report of Colletotrichum scovillei Causing Anthracnose on Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Malaysia Ka Sheng Goh, Jagaathiswary Balasubramaniam, Safia Fazariah Sani, Muhammad Waqar Alam, Nor Azliza Ismail, et al. Plant Disease, 2022 Production of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Malaysia was 150,000 mt in 2020 (Malaysian Department of Agriculture, 2021). In November 2019, nine locally produced watermelon fruit (red flesh, seedless) from five local stores in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, and Penang exhibited sunken, circular, brown lesions that enlarged to1.5 to 10 cm in diameter with scattered orange masses of conidia. Lesions coalesced to cover approximately 50% of the fruit surface. Lesions were surface sterilized by spraying 70% alcohol onto the fruit followed by drying with sterilized paper towels. A total of 153 tissue segments (1×1 cm) were excised from the rind, immersed in 1% sodium hypochlorite for 3 min, rinsed twice for 1 min in sterilized distilled water, air-dried, transferred to potato dextrose agar (PDA) plates, and incubated at 25±1°C for 7 days. Single-spore transfers produced pure cultures, resulting in 12 isolates. Colonies on PDA were initially white and turned pale gray with age. Conidia were hyaline, one end round and the other narrowly acute, aseptate, smooth-walled, straight, cylindrical to clavate, 10.5-16.5 µm × 3-4.5 μm (n = 30). Observed morphological characters matched published description of Colletotrichum spp. (Damm et al. 2012). Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and glyceraldehyde-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) genes were amplified using primer sets ITS1/ITS4 and GDF1/GDF2, respectively. All sequences were deposited in GenBank (MW856808 for ITS; MZ219296 for GAPDH). A BLASTn search of both sequences on GenBank showed 99% identity with C. scovillei along with other closely related Colletotrichum species. Phylogenetic analysis of ITS and GAPDH alignments, using maximum likelihood along with reference strains of closely related species from Mycobank, confirmed species identity as C. scovillei. A pathogenicity test was conducted on two healthy watermelon fruit (red flesh, seedless). A 6-mm-diameter mycelial plug of a colony on PDA was positioned on a 0.5-cm-long wound on each fruit; a sterile PDA plug placed on a similar wound on the opposite side served as a control. Fruit were incubated at 25±1°C for 7 days in plastic-wrapped trays above distilled water to maintain high humidity. Small, sunken, circular brown lesions appeared and expanded at inoculation sites within 7 days. Symptoms were identical to those produced by natural infections, and the controls were asymptomatic. Isolates from the lesions at the inoculation sites were confirmed as C. scovillei based on morphological characteristics, fulfilling Koch's postulates. The pathogenicity test was conducted four times with a total of eight fruit. Many species in the C. orbiculare complex cause watermelon anthracnose (Keinath, 2018). To our knowledge, this is the first report of C. scovillei (C. acutatum species complex; Damm et al. 2012) causing anthracnose on watermelon in Malaysia. Anthracnose caused by C. scovillei has been confirmed on other crops such as pepper (Toporek and Keinath, 2021), banana (Zhou et al., 2017), and chili (Oo et al., 2017). This insight will inform efforts to improve management of watermelon anthracnose in Malaysia.
Fumonisin B1-producing Fusarium species from agricultural crops in Malaysia Nor Azliza Ismail, Masratul Hawa Mohd, Nik Mohd Izham Mohamed Nor, Latiffah Zakaria Crop Protection, 2017 Many species of Fusarium are pathogenic as well toxigenic to a wide variety of plants. The present study was conducted to determine the ability of four members of Fusarium fujikuroi species complex and F. oxysporum from various crops to produce fumonisin B1 (FB 1 ). Isolates of Fusarium species from infected parts of asparagus, ginger, oil palm, mango, banana, maize, and rice were identified as F. verticillioides (11 isolates), F. proliferatum (50 isolates), F. fujikuroi (24 isolates), F. andiyazi (six isolates), and F. oxysporum (32 isolates). FUM1 , a gene involved in fumonisin biosynthesis, was detected in 94 isolates of F. verticillioides (11 isolates), F. proliferatum (49 isolates), F. fujikuroi (24 isolates), and F. oxysporum (10 isolates) but only 61 were positive for FB 1 when tested using RIDA ® Quick Fumonisin test strip, indicating that the presence of FUM1 was not necessarily associated with FB 1 production. Based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography, all the 61 isolates were detected to produce FB 1 , at variable levels, with concentrations ranging from 0.60 to 29.2 μg/g. Our results suggested that there is a potential risk of FB 1 contamination in agricultural crops in Malaysia.
Morphological and molecular characterization of fungus isolated from tropical bed bugs in Northern Peninsular Malaysia, Cimex hemipterus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid, Zulaikha Zahran, Abd Hafis Abd Rahim, Nor Azliza Ismail, Wardah Abdul Rahman, et al. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2015 Objective: To investigate some morphological and molecular characteristics of fungal parasites isolated from wild tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus. Methods: A series of culture methods were used to obtain fungal isolates from field-collected bed bugs. Characteristics of the isolates such as colony appearance, mycelial texture and pigmen-tation were studied to explore their morphology. Isolates were also subjected to a PCRbased genotyping test. Results: There were noticeable differences in morphological characteristics among the four isolates. Conidial areas of one isolate were dark green, whereas those of the remaining colonies were olive-green, black or dark brown. Conidia of the dark green isolate were globose, while those of olive-green, black and dark brown isolates were globose to subglobose, globose to spherical and globose to subglobose/finely roughened, respectively. These morphological specificities and the molecular analyses showed that the fungal internal transcribed spacer ribosomal region and β-tubulin gene sequences of the isolates shared clade with Trichoderma and Aspergillus sequences. Conclusions: Overall, the new discovery of common pathogens in agricultural field developed in live bed bugs storage tank may initiate the use of biological agents in later years.
Production of major mycotoxins by fusarium species isolated from wild grasses in peninsular Malaysia Sains Malaysiana, 2014
Diversity of Fusarium species from highland areas in Malaysia Tropical Life Sciences Research, 2012
PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST OF EPIPHYTIC TERRESTRIAL ALGAE ON TREE TRUNKS OF SRI GADING EDUCATIONAL FOREST AND UiTM PAHANG JENGKA CAMPUS, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA FA Farinordin, NS Saffiee, NASA Rahman, SNL Roslan, NA Ismail, ... Gading Journal for Science and Technology 9 (1), 1-11 , 2026 2026
Colletotrichum horii causing fruit rot of nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) in Malaysia KS Goh, NF Azuddin, RBR Firdaus, NA Ismail, ML Gleason, H Rosli Crop Protection 199, 107435 , 2026 2026
From pots to soil-a first verified record of outdoor Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Corda) Singer in Pahang, Malaysia AM Halit, MAM Azhar, AS Azizi, NAM Izam, FA Farinordin, NF Azuddin, ... Bioresources and Environment 3 (3), 85-92 , 2025 2025
Species diversity of macroalgae in Teluk Bidara Beach, Dungun, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. NK KAUJ, SNURL ROSLAN, NURFAIN ZAINEE, NORB RAZALI, ... Biodiversitas: Journal of Biological Diversity 25 (11) , 2024 2024
Distribution and Abundance of Wildlife Roadkills in Jengka, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia NEF Hamzah, KS Nizam, N Zainol, NJA Ghulamuddin, FA Farinordin, ... Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences 20 (5), 1049-1058 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Bengkel Pengendalian dan Penyelenggaraan Mikroskop Anjuran Unit Biologi, UiTM Pahang Kampus Jengka SF Syed Mohamad, NA Ismail, Z Ismail, S Suib 2024
Diversity and Ecological Roles of Macrofungi within UiTM Jengka, Pahang, Malaysia NASMS Fee, NAM Izam, FA Farinordin, NF Azuddin, H Rosli, NA Ismail Bioresources and Environment 1 (3), 1-13 , 2023 2023
Frog Metamorphosis: A Review of Metamorphic Stages, Developmental Progression, and Influential Factors KS Nizam, NA Ismail, FA Farinordin, NAM Izam Bioresources and Environment 1 (3), 120-155 , 2023 2023 Citations: 5
Occurrence of stinkhorns (Agaricomycetes, Phallales) in the urban areas of UiTM Pahang Jengka campus. NORA ISMAIL, FA FARINORDIN, NURAM IZAM, NF AZUDDIN, H ROSLI, ... Malayan Nature Journal 75 (2) , 2023 2023
Preliminary Checklist of Fish Species of Sungai Rengai, Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia SDSA Bakar, FA Farinordin, NAM Izam, NA Ismail, MKZ Abidin, S Sharir, ... Bioresources and Environment 1 (1), 9-21 , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
A brief review of snake venom AN Mohd Nor, FA Farinordin, NA Ismail, NA Mohd Izam GADING (Online) Journal of Science and Technology 6 (2), 1-7 , 2023 2023
Fusarium falciforme and F. oxysporum causing postharvest fruit rot of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Malaysia: A first report J Balasubramaniam, KS Goh, SF Sani, MW Alam, NA Ismail, ML Gleason, ... Crop Protection 163, 106115 , 2023 2023 Citations: 20
First Report of Colletotrichum scovillei Causing Anthracnose on Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) in Malaysia KS Goh, J Balasubramaniam, SF Sani, MW Alam, NA Ismail, ML Gleason, ... Plant Disease 106 (9), 2521 , 2022 2022 Citations: 10
Voters’ perception towards political party: a geospatial case study of young voters in Johor Bahru A Ismail ISPRS-International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and … , 2022 2022 Citations: 3
Airborne fungi in Universiti Sains Malaysia: knowledge, density and diversity TK Xin, NM Azman, RBR Firdaus, NA Ismail, H Rosli Environmental monitoring and assessment 193 (8), 504 , 2021 2021 Citations: 9
Mating populations of the fusarium fujikuroi species complex (FFSC) associated with wild grasses (gramineae) in Peninsular Malaysia NA Ismail, NF Azuddin, H Rosli, B Salleh Gading Journal of Science and Technology 4 (1), 62-70 , 2021 2021
A conceptual framework of service quality and patient loyalty in muslim friendly healthcare NAI Azman, N Rashid, N Ismail, S Samer International Journal of Human and Technology Interaction (IJHaTI) 4 (1 … , 2020 2020 Citations: 10
Secondary metabolites of the entomopathogenic fungus, Cladosporium cladosporioides and its relation to toxicity of cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii (Glov.) M El-Sawy, EH Mostafa, N Ismail Int. J 5, 115-120 , 2019 2019 Citations: 27
The effect of service quality on patient satisfaction and loyalty in Malaysia Muslim Friendly Hospital NAI Azman, N Rashid, N Ismail, S Shami Opción: Revista de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, 629-649 , 2019 2019 Citations: 6
Fumonisin B1-producing Fusarium species from agricultural crops in Malaysia NA Ismail, MH Mohd, NMIM Nor, L Zakaria Crop Protection 98, 70-75 , 2017 2017 Citations: 26
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A novel cytotoxic flavonoid glycoside from Physalis angulata N Ismail, M Alam Fitoterapia 72 (6), 676-679 , 2001 2001 Citations: 135
A reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography method for the determination of fumonisins B1 and B2 in food and feed using monolithic column and positive confirmation … WS Khayoon, B Saad, B Salleh, NA Ismail, NHA Manaf, AA Latiff Analytica Chimica Acta 679 (1-2), 91-97 , 2010 2010 Citations: 47
Morphological and molecular characterization of fungus isolated from tropical bed bugs in Northern Peninsular Malaysia, Cimex hemipterus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) AH Ab Majid, Z Zahran, NA Ismail, WA Rahman, KSM Zubairi, H Dieng, ... Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 5 (9), 707-713 , 2015 2015 Citations: 35
Diversity of Fusarium species from highland areas in Malaysia N Manshor, H Rosli, NA Ismail, B Salleh, L Zakaria Tropical life sciences research 23 (2), 1 , 2012 2012 Citations: 35
Sheath brown rot disease of rice caused by Pseudomonas fuscovaginae in the Peninsular Malaysia AA Razak, NAIM Zainudin, SNM Sidiqe, NA Ismail, NMIN Mohamad, ... Journal of Plant Protection Research 49 (3) , 2009 2009 Citations: 35
Production of major mycotoxins by Fusarium species isolated from wild grasses in peninsular Malaysia IN Azliza, R Hafizi, M Nurhazrati, B Salleh Sains Malays 43, 89-94 , 2014 2014 Citations: 33
Secondary metabolites of the entomopathogenic fungus, Cladosporium cladosporioides and its relation to toxicity of cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii (Glov.) M El-Sawy, EH Mostafa, N Ismail Int. J 5, 115-120 , 2019 2019 Citations: 27
Fumonisin B1-producing Fusarium species from agricultural crops in Malaysia NA Ismail, MH Mohd, NMIM Nor, L Zakaria Crop Protection 98, 70-75 , 2017 2017 Citations: 26
Fusarium falciforme and F. oxysporum causing postharvest fruit rot of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Malaysia: A first report J Balasubramaniam, KS Goh, SF Sani, MW Alam, NA Ismail, ML Gleason, ... Crop Protection 163, 106115 , 2023 2023 Citations: 20
First Report of Colletotrichum scovillei Causing Anthracnose on Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) in Malaysia KS Goh, J Balasubramaniam, SF Sani, MW Alam, NA Ismail, ML Gleason, ... Plant Disease 106 (9), 2521 , 2022 2022 Citations: 10
A conceptual framework of service quality and patient loyalty in muslim friendly healthcare NAI Azman, N Rashid, N Ismail, S Samer International Journal of Human and Technology Interaction (IJHaTI) 4 (1 … , 2020 2020 Citations: 10
Airborne fungi in Universiti Sains Malaysia: knowledge, density and diversity TK Xin, NM Azman, RBR Firdaus, NA Ismail, H Rosli Environmental monitoring and assessment 193 (8), 504 , 2021 2021 Citations: 9
Distribution and diversity of Fusarium species associated with grasses in ten states throughout peninsular Malaysia MZ Nur Ain Izzati, S Nordahliawate, I Nor Azliza, B Salleh Biotropia 16 (2) , 2009 2009 Citations: 7
The effect of service quality on patient satisfaction and loyalty in Malaysia Muslim Friendly Hospital NAI Azman, N Rashid, N Ismail, S Shami Opción: Revista de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, 629-649 , 2019 2019 Citations: 6
Frog Metamorphosis: A Review of Metamorphic Stages, Developmental Progression, and Influential Factors KS Nizam, NA Ismail, FA Farinordin, NAM Izam Bioresources and Environment 1 (3), 120-155 , 2023 2023 Citations: 5
Nitrate non-utilizing mutants and vegetative compatibility groups of Fusarium proliferatum and f. sacchari isolated from rice in the peninsular malaysia and kalimantan, Indonesia N Zainudin Journal of Plant Protection Research , 2009 2009 Citations: 5
Preliminary Checklist of Fish Species of Sungai Rengai, Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia SDSA Bakar, FA Farinordin, NAM Izam, NA Ismail, MKZ Abidin, S Sharir, ... Bioresources and Environment 1 (1), 9-21 , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
Voters’ perception towards political party: a geospatial case study of young voters in Johor Bahru A Ismail ISPRS-International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and … , 2022 2022 Citations: 3
Distribution and Abundance of Wildlife Roadkills in Jengka, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia NEF Hamzah, KS Nizam, N Zainol, NJA Ghulamuddin, FA Farinordin, ... Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences 20 (5), 1049-1058 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST OF EPIPHYTIC TERRESTRIAL ALGAE ON TREE TRUNKS OF SRI GADING EDUCATIONAL FOREST AND UiTM PAHANG JENGKA CAMPUS, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA FA Farinordin, NS Saffiee, NASA Rahman, SNL Roslan, NA Ismail, ... Gading Journal for Science and Technology 9 (1), 1-11 , 2026 2026
