| Molecular Plant Virology MPV Laboratory |
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| Personnel | |
Naglaa A. Abdallah, Ph.D., Genetics El-Sayed E. Hafez, M.Sc., Botany & Entomology (Microbiology) Khaled H. Radwan, M.Sc., Botany (Microbiology) Khaled M. Essam El-Din, B.Sc., Plant Pathology (Virology) Ghada A. Abu-Elheiba, B.Sc., Botany (Microbiology) Dina A. Abbas, B.Sc., Horticulture Lamiaa F. El-Gaied, B.Sc., Biochemistry Abdel-Aty A. El-Basheer, B.Sc., Horticulture Samah A. Mahrous, Technical Assistant
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| Main Goals & Responsibilities | |
• Production of molecular and serological tools for diagnosis of geminiviruses. • The application of pathogen-derived resistance to genetically-engineering resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl Geminivirus (TYLCV) into tomato crops. • Study the geminivirus/whitefly interaction and try to find a suitable way to control them. • Molecular studies of sugarcane streak Geminivirus in Egypt. • Studies on transcriptional promoters and protein expression and function of C4 open reading frame of TYLCV-Eg. • Development of transcriptional and regeneration protocols on Egyptian tomato cultivar.
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| Current Research Projects | |
• Engineering Tomatoes to Induce Resistance to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) from Egypt. • Protein Engineering, an Efficient Approach for Controlling Viruliferous Whiteflies. • Whitefly Biotypes and Biotype-Specific Transmission of Geminiviruses in Egypt and Arizona.
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| Current Research Services | |
• Production of diagnostic PCR kits for accurate detection of TYLCV.
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| E-mail Address | |
| mppl@ageri.sci.eg | |
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