Encik Zakaria Sidek
Email: szakaria@agri.upm.edu.my
Tel: +603-8946 7251
Fax: +603-8946 0698
Expertise: Plant Virology
Website: Agri/szakaria
 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  1. Bachelor, Biological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, 1979.

  2. Master, Life Sciences, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA, 1982.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  1. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, Pest and Disease Management, Virology.

  2. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Microbiology,

RESEARCH

  1. Epidemiological studies of cucurbit viruses, Project Leader, 2006-present, MOSTI (eSCIENCE), National.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

  1. Malaysian Plant Protection Society (MAPPS), Council Member, 1996-present.

  2. Malaysian Plant Protection Society (MAPPS), President 30th Council, 2005-2006.

  3. Malaysian Plant Protection Society (MAPPS), Life Member, 1987-present.

  4. Malaysian Society for Microbiology, Life Member, 1990-present.

EXPERT/TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

  1. MS ISO 9001:2000, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM, Mgmnt Representative, 2003-present, National.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. M. N. Mohamad Roff and Z. Sidek. (1989). An isometric virus associated with ringspot symptoms on Aranda orchids hybrid. Malaysian Applied Biology 18(2): 139-143., - Journal

  2. Zakaria Sidek and Lim Tong Kwee. (1990). Occurence of a mosaic virus in guava. Pertanika 13(3): 357-359., - Journal

  3. Zakaria Sidek, Huzaidi Abdul Samad and Inon Sulaiman. (1993). Detection of cucumber mosaic virus in weeds in Malaysia using dot immunobinding assay. Journal of Plant Protection in the Tropics 10(2): 111-117., - Journal

  4. Z. Sidek, H. Okui and N. Sako. (1994). Watermelon mosaic virus 2 isolated in Malaysia. Annals Phytopathological Society of Japan 60(6): 738-739, - Journal

  5. Zakaria Sidek and Nobumichi Sako. (1996). Isolation of five viruses naturally infecting cucurbit plants in Malaysia. Journal of Bioscience 7(2) : 114-121., - Journal

  6. Zakaria Sidek, Nobumichi Sako and Kazusato Ohshima. (1999). Characterization and coat protein sequence of a Malaysian isolate of zucchini yellow mosaic potyvirus. Journal of Plant Protection in the Tropics 12 (2) : 92-105., - Journal

  7. Z. Sidek, J. Barin and I. Sulaiman. (1999). Weed hosts of cucurbit viruses. Agro-Search 6(1) : 1-3., - Monograph

  8. Z. Sidek, T. Tokumasu and N. Sako. (1999). Biological properties and coat protein sequence comparison of two isolates of zucchini yellow mosaic potyvirus in Malaysia. Proceedings MAPPS Fifth International Conference on Plant Protection in the Tropics 1999, pp 415 -418. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15-18 March 1999., - Proceeding

  9. Z. Sidek. (1999). Viruses of cucurbits : The strategies. Proceedings MCB-MAPPS Plant Protection Conference 99, pp 68-71. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 2-3 November 1999., - Proceeding

  10. Inon Sulaiman, Zakaria Sidek and Yaakob Doon. (1998). Viral problems of sweet potato in Malaysia. Agro-Search 5(2) : 31-34., - Monograph