Biography:
Professor Chong studied Bioindustry at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia and graduated with a BSc in 2002. He joined the research group of Professor John W. Mansfield at Imperial College London and earned his MRes (Plant Biotechnology) in 2005. He received his PhD degree in 2010 at University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. He is currently a full Professor of Plant Pathology at Universiti Malaysia Sabah. He has published more than 80 research articles in SCI journals.
Title : Secondary metabolites from Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lacticaseibacillus paracasei inhibited growth of Ralstonia syzygii subsp. Celebesensis (rsc), causal pathogen of banana blood disease