TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Lee,Shi Qi
TI  - Determination of enzyme activities of fungi isolated from rice straw
SN  - THE0010301 (Local)
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Kuantan, Pahang
PB  - UMPSA
KW  - Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology
KW  - Dissertations
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - Final Year Report
N1  - Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology; Final Year Report (Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Biotechnology) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah - 2025; Include bibliographical reference
N2  - Rice production in Malaysia is facing challenges such as declining yields due to soil  infertility and the environmentally harmful practice of open burning of rice straw. Rice  straw is a major agricultural by-product of rice production. Sustainable methods for  managing rice straw by utilizing fungi to degrade lignocellulosic biomass and can be  produced into biofertilizers. The objectives of this study were to determine the xylanase enzyme activity isolated from rice straw and compare the enzyme activities of different  fungus strains through statistical analysis. Seven fungal strains isolated from rice straw  were revived by sub-culturing on PDA plates to promote active growth. They were then  cultured in Czapek-Dox broth for seven days to production enzymes. The crude enzyme  was obtained by centrifuging the culture broth and subsequently used for the xylanase  activity assay. Fungus strain 4D demonstrated the highest xylanase activity at  1.1321 U/ml, while fungus strain P3 exhibited the lowest activity at 0.0358 U/ml. Lastly,  the best fungal strain of 4D for xylanase was identified in the post-hoc test which has the  highest value of mean with the subset of strains that have statistically significant  differences in enzyme activity (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the findings underscore the  potential of fungal strains, particularly strain 4D, in rice straw degradation, which can  contribute to sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation
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