Staff Directory


Mohd Syahmi bin Salleh

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD in Biosciences - Doctor of Philosophy, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Master of Science - Masters Degree, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
  • Bachelor of Science Bioindustry - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Mohd Syahmi bin Salleh (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF SCIENCE


msyahmi@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Genetics ~ Molecular Genetics
  • Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Genetics ~ Mendelian Genetics
  • Agricultural ~ Agricultural Science And Technology ~ Advancement of Knowledge on Agriculture ~ Genetics, Genomics and Proteomics


Professional Membership


  • 2021 - 2025 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Ordinary Member), Persatuan Genetik Malaysia
  • 2024 - 2025 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Ordinary Member), Malaysian Nature Society


Teaching Responsibilities


BIOENTREPRENEURSHIP 2025/2026
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023/2024
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I 2025/2026
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II 2025/2026
HORTICULTURE CROP PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT 2025/2026 2024/2025
INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2023/2024
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND FARMING SYSTEM 2023/2024
PLANT AND CROP MODELING 2020/2021
PLANT BREEDING 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
PLANT BREEDING LABORATORY 2024/2025 2022/2023
PLANT MOLECULAR BREEDING 2025/2026
PLANT NURSERY MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS 2024/2025
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT SCIENCE 2020/2021
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS IN PLANT BREEDING 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2024/2025
SELECTION METHODS IN PLANT BREEDING 2024/2025
STATISTICS 2022/2023 2021/2022
URBAN FARMING AND INDOOR AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025


Supervision


Elucidation Of Pathogenicity, Virulence And Host Susceptibility Of Bacterial Panicle Blight On Rice Caused By Burkholderia Glumae.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Establishment Of In Vitro Culture Of Zingiber Officinale Var. Bentong (Bentong Ginger).
Master Completed 2025 Co-supervisor
Salinity Tolerance Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) : Phenotypic-Genotypic Evaluation Of Rice Genetic Resource.
Master Completed 2024 Main Supervisor
Screening For Tolerant Genotype Against Saline Water Submergence Stress In Rice (Oryza Sativa L.).
Master Completed 2023 Main Supervisor
Growth Performance Of Lumnitzera Racemosa Willd Under Nursery And Field Conditions.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor
Elucidating The Mechanism For Salinity Stress Management In Oryza Sativa L. Through Symbiosis With Enterobacter Sp. Uia3..
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2024 - 2025 Develop a water management assessment and concept development for SUPA component 1 pilot site in Southeast Pahang, Malaysia
2024 - 2025 Empowering Knowledge of Agriculture Science and Entrepreneurship among B40 Students through the STEMA Garden Module
2023 - 2025 Economic Empowerment Project for Single Mothers and Housewives from B40 Families through a Sustainable Community-based Stingless bee Project of Desa Kelulut
2022 - 2024 Empowering Socioeconomic of Rural Community at Sungai Ular, Kuantan Through Smart Farming Technology
2022 - 2024 Knowledge Transfer Project on Good Agricultural Practices of Pesticide-Free Chili Fertigation and Stingless Bee Integrated Farming for the B40 Members of `Persatuan Anak Kuantan Utara (PAKUTA)?
2022 - 2024 Coastal Regreening for Sustainable and livable "Keluarga Malaysia"
2022 - 2022 Pemerkasaan Golongan Orang Kelainan Upaya Melalui Pertanian Bandar
2020 - 2024 Salinity Tolerant Rice (Oryza sativa L.): Phenotypic-Genotypic Evaluation of the Malaysian Rice Genetic Resource
2020 - 2024 Elucidation on the effects of seed biopriming using phytohormones-producing endophytic bacteria on plant water deficit resistance
2019 - 2024 Characterization of OsSCE1 and Ghd2 genes involved in drought stress response of Oryza sativa via CRISPR-Cas9 systems
2019 - 2024 Genetics of saline water submergence tolerant genotypes in the Malaysian rice (Oryza sativa L.) population
2018 - 2019 Drought Stress Memory of The Seed of Rice (Oryza Sativa L) in Response to Seed Priming Treatment (TORAY RESEARCH GRANT)
On-Going
2025 - Present The Impact of Horticulture Therapy on Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) Patients and the Salivary IgA Levels at SASMEC@IIUM, Kuantan
2025 - Present Advanced Yield Trial of IIUM High Yielding Climate Resilient Rice Breeding Lines
2024 - Present Mangrove Planting Initiative for Coastal Resilience Enhancement and Coral Conservation at Pantai Balok, Kuantan
2024 - Present Developing a Framework for Understanding Permaculture for Sustainable Societies in Malaysia through Sociological Approach.
2024 - Present Elucidating the mechanism for salinity stress management in Oryza sativa L. through symbiosis with Enterobacter sp. UIA3
2024 - Present KAJIAN ETNOBOTANI BAGI SUKU KAUM ORANG ASLI PAHANG YANG TERPILIH DALAM MEMARTABATKAN WARISAN ALAM NEGERI PAHANG
2023 - Present SUPA Project: Strengthening Research Findings on Biodiversity, Hydrology, Carbon Stocking and Forest Economic Value of Pahang Peat Swamp Forest as Part of Sustainable Management of Peatland Ecosystem


Awards & Recognition


12 Jun, 2024 Bronze Medal - Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) National
30 Nov, 2023 6 Star MYRA Achiever for the Year 2022 - Kulliyyah of Science KCDIO
13 Dec, 2022 Gold Medal - Others National


Publications


Articles

2026 Effects of symbiosis between enterobacter cloacae UIA3 and rice plant seedlings under different salinity treatments. AGRIVITA ,Journal of Agricultural Science, 48 (1) pp. 75-91
2025 Enhancing stem interest and science stream enrolment among b40 students in rural Pahang, Malaysia through the STEMA garden module. International STEM Journal, 6 (1) pp. 28-39
2025 Genome editing for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance in selected cereal (poaceae) crops: current applications, tools, and future perspectives. Malaysian Applied Biology, 54 (4) pp. 1-24
2025 Perubahan iklim dan tekanan industri padi di Malaysia. Dewan Kosmik, (7) pp. 10-13
2024 Communiversity initiative via knowledge transfer project (KTP-RIGS): Realising the meaning of Rahmatan Lil-Alamin to disabled community through modern agriculture. Revelation and Science, Special Issue: Plant Science 2 () pp. 41-50
2024 Effect of different solvent extracts on the yield and in vitro antibacterial activity, with GC-MS analysis of active extracts from Vernonia amygdalina leaves. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 8 (1) pp. 2982-2989
2024 Nutrient requirement and fertilizer management for agarwood plantations: a review. AGRIVITA Journal of Agricultural Science, 46 (2) pp. 413-423
2023 Development of CRISPR/CAS9 construct in rice (Oryza Sativa subsp. Indica) using golden gate cloning method towards drought tolerance. Journal of Tropical Life Science, 13 (2) pp. 257-276
2023 Genetics, physiological mechanism and breeding for tolerance against submergence, salinity, and saline-submergence stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Science Today, 10 (Special Issue 2) pp. 235-242
2023 Integrated farming of stingless bee and pesticide-free chilli fertigation: sharing experience from knowledge transfer project (KTP-RIGS) with Persatuan Anak Kuantan Utara and Organic Farm Venture. Revelation and Science, 1 (Special Issue 1) pp. 71-79
2023 Morphological, biochemical and genetic variation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes to vegetative stage salinity stress. Plant Science Today, 10 (SP1) pp. 1-11
2022 Drought-induced changes in the flowering capacity, anthesis quality and seed set in rice (Oryza Sativa L.). Tropical Life Sciences Research, 33 (2) pp.
2022 Drought-induced changes in the flowering capacity, anthesis quality and seed set in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Tropical Life Sciences Research, () pp.
2022 Effects of guano manure on height growth and foliar nutrient concentrations of Selasih (Ocimum tenuiflorum L.). Science Heritage Journal (GWS), 6 (1) pp. 27-30
2022 Genotypic-phenotypic relationship between grain yield, leaf biochemicals and anthesis quality traits in rice under reproductive stage drought. Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Special Issue (2022) (2) pp. 9-19
2021 Early development of fig (Ficus carica L.) root and shoot using different propagation medium and cutting types. Tropical Life Sciences Research, 32 (1) pp. 81-88
2021 Effects of seed priming on seed germination and early seedling growth of chili (Capsicum Annum L.) under water deficit condition. Tropical Agrobiodiversity, 2 (1) pp. 35-39
2021 Response of primed rice (oryza sativa l.) seeds towards reproductive stage drought stress. Sains Malaysiana, 50 (10) pp. 2913-2921
2021 Susceptibility of Malaysian rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar to saline water submergence based on the morphological traits. Journal Of Agrobiotechnology, 12 (2) pp. 47-55
2020 Germination performance and biochemical changes under drought stress of primed rice seeds. Seed Science and Technology, 48 (3) pp. 333-343
2020 Screening rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes for resistance against drought. Water Conservation And Management, 4 (2) pp. 68-72
2018 Effects of pre-anthesis drought stress on yield components and seed quality of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Malaysian Applied Biology Journal, 47 (5) pp. 149-155
2018 Effects of pre-anthesis drought stress on yield components and seed quality of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Malaysian Applied Biology Journal, 47 (5) pp. 149-155
2015 Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the above ground biomass and yield of maize (Zea Mays). Malaysian Applied Biology Journal, 44 (1) pp. 37-40
Conference or Workshop Items

2023 Development and assessment of CRISP/Cas9- construct towards drought tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa subsp. indica). In: 5th International Conference on Biosciences and Medical Engineering (ICBME 2023),
2022 Bacteria associated with rice panicle blight and grain discolouration in Penang. In: The 4th International Conference on Biosciences & Medical Engineering (ICBME 2022),
2022 Genotypic-phenotypic relationship between grain yield, leaf biochemicals and anthesis quality traits in rice under reproductive stage drought. In: 5th International Plant Breeding Conference (IPBC) 2022,
2022 Strategies for developing and evaluating CRISPR/CAS9 construct towards drought tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa ssp. Indica). In: International Applied Biology Conference 2022,
2021 Morpho-Physiological Response of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Genotypes to Salinity Stress at Seedling Stage. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL SCIENCES & FOOD TECHNOLOGY 2021,
2021 Screening for Tolerant Genotype to Saline Water Submergence in Rice (Oryza sativa L.).. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL SCIENCES & FOOD TECHNOLOGY 2021,
2020 Genome-scale compositional comparisons towards drought tolerant genes in rice, date palm, maize and thale cress. In: Malaysian Applied Biology Society Virtual Seminar 2020,
Books

2024 Proceedings of the International Soil Science Conference 2024. Malaysian Society of Soil Science, ISBN: 978-967-16101-6-9
Book Sections

2021 Adventitious rooting of fig (Ficus carica L.) stem cuttings in the Sandy Bris Soil. In: Noor Publishing, ISBN: 978-620-3-86004-7, pp. 84-91
2021 Adventitious rooting of fig (Ficus carica L.) stem cuttings in the Sandy Bris Soil. In: Noor Publishing, ISBN: 978-620-3-86004-7, pp. 84-91