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Effects of Pathogenic Bacteria and Fungi on Agronomic Traits and Fatty<br />

Acid Profile of Aerobe Rice<br />

Ag Ku Kamal Rezza Bin Ag Ku Kemainddra<br />

Supervisor: Dr Ng Lee Chuen<br />

Bachelor of Science Agrotechnology (Crop Science)<br />

School Of Food Science and Technology<br />

Rice disease in Malaysia is one of the limiting factors to maintain the sustainability.<br />

Xanthomonas and Pyricularia oryzae are the causes for the bacteria blight and rice<br />

blast disease respectively. This research is to study the effect of pathogenic bacteria<br />

and fungi on agronomic field and the involvement of fatty acid profile in defence and<br />

tolerance which will be conducted in completely block randomized design with 3<br />

replicates for each treatment. The pathogens trigger pathogen-associated molecular<br />

patterns (PAMPs) such as fatty acid which responsible for the defence action. Gas<br />

chromatography will be use for analyzing fatty acid. An internal standard for<br />

quantification of free and bounded fatty acids converted into fatty acid methyl esters<br />

(FAMEs) is used. Agronomic traits will be assessed such as leaf area index, wet and<br />

dry weight, flag leaf length, plant height, number of tillers per plant, panicle length<br />

and exertion, and fertile and unfertile spikelets.<br />

1092 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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