mpp

Molecular Plant Pathogenesis MPP Laboratory

Personnel
	Eid M. Abou-Taleb, Ph.D., Plant Pathology Mohamed A. El-Saedy, Ph.D., Nematology Mohamed I. Salama, Ph.D., Microbiology (Virology) Amgad A. Saleh, M.Sc., Botany (Microbiology) Hanan A. Nour El-Din, M.Sc., Botany (Microbiology) Gamal A. Gabr, M.Sc., Biochemistry Maged M. Saad, M.Sc., Biochemistry Abd El-Nasser M. Elashry, M.Sc., Plant Pathology (Nematology) Hany H. Abdallah, Technical Assistant
Main Goals & Responsibilities
	• Purification and identification of different phytopathogens. • Studying the molecular characterization of the host-pathogen interaction of the most economically important plant diseases in Egypt. • Raise specific antibodies to different phytopathogens. • Production of monoclonal antibodies for potato virus Y (PVY). • Production of molecular markers in Fusarium oxysporum. • Production of molecular markers in Ascochyta. • Identification of ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIP) and their genes in the North-coast area of Egypt. • Studying the properties of RIP proteins and their correlation in plant defense against plant pathogens and pests.
Current Research Projects
	• Development of Improved Strategies for the Control of Faba Bean Necrotic Yellows Virus (FBNYV) in Food Legume Crops of West Asia and North Africa. • Development of Virus Resistance in Plants using Ribosome- Inactivating Protein (RIP) Genes. • Molecular Characterization and Identification of the Most Important Species and Races of the Root-knot Nematode (Meloidogyne spp.). • Production of Biopesticides for Controlling Plant Pathogens and Pests. • Genetic Variability within Fusarium oxysporum sp. lycopersici. • Genetic Characterization of Certain Ascochyta sp. Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD).
Current Research Services
	• Production of diagnostic ELISA kits for the detection of major phytopathogenic viruses banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) banana-cucumber mosaic Cucumovirus (Banana-CMV) potato X- Potexvirus (PVX) potato Y-Potyvirus (PVY) tomato yellow leaf curl Geminivirus (TYLCV) zucchini yellow mosaic Potyvirus (ZYMV) faba bean necrotic yellows virus (FBNYV) bean yellow mosaic Potyvirus (BYMV) broad bean stain Comovirus (BBSV)
E-mail Address
	idl@ageri.sci.eg