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Dr. YASSER M. SHABANA
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Professor and ChairmanDr. YASSER M. SHABANA

Dr. Yasser Shabana is Professor and Chairman of the Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Egypt. Program Manager of Weed Biocontrol, University of Florida, USA (2006-2009); Visiting Professor, Purdue University, USA (2005-2006); Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellow, University of Hohenheim, Germany (1999-2001). Honored several awards e.g., the IFS/King Baudouin Award from IFS, Sweden (1993), Mansoura University Incentive Award (1997), the State Incentive Award (1998), Shoman Prize for Young Arab Scientists from Jordan (1998), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship from Germany (1999), and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Arab Fund (Kuwait) (2004), Mansoura University Award of Excellence (2011), Mansoura University Award for Scientific Innovation (2013), Mansoura University Award of Merit (2017). Co-inventor of two United States patents. Member or ex-member of 18 professional societies and in technical committees of societies. Invited to serve as an advisor, speaker, trainer, or panel member by international institutions such as IFS, Sweden; CABI Bioscience, UK; University of Patras, Greece; University of Hohenheim, Germany; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Benin; Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark; Novozymes Biologicals, USA; Purdue University, USA. Peer reviewer for several international journals. Served as regional editor for “Plant Pathology Journal” and “Journal of Biological Sciences; Associate Editor for: “International Journal of Plant Pathology”, “Research Journal of Agricultural Research”, and “Journal of Environmental Science and Technology”. Editor for the international journal “Agriculture International Acta”, the International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN, Agronomy). Editor for the international journal “SCIREA Journal of Biology". Associate Editor for the international journal “Advances in Plant & Agriculture Research". Editor for the international journal “American Journal of Plant Biology". Editor for the Open Access Journal of Science and Technology (Microbiology). Has published more than 115 articles in peer reviewed journals and conferences. Has published more than 115 articles in peer reviewed journals and conferences.

Area of Interest :

Plant Pathology

Academic Information :

Ph.D. (1992) --- Plant Pathology

Associated Jounals
International Research Journal of Biological Sciences Editorial Board Member
List of Publications
  1. Elwakil, M.A., Abo-Hashem, E.M., Shabana, Y.M., El-Metwally, M.A., El-Kannishy, G., El-Adl, A.M., Anwar, R., Fawzy, E., Saied, N., and Elzyat, M. 2017. Hepatocellular carcinoma in rural populations exposed to dietary heavy metals pollution. Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology 11(2): 55-61.
  2. Shabana, Y.M., Abdalla, M.E., Shahin, A.A., El-Sawy, M.M., Draz, I.S., and Youssif, A.W. 2017. Efficacy of plant extracts in controlling wheat leaf rust disease caused by Puccinia triticina. Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Elsevier 4: 67-73.
  3. Shabana, Y.M., Abdalla, M.E., Hilal. A.A., and Abdel–Aziz, H.M. 2016. Performance of three silicon sources in suppressing Rhizoctonia solani diseases on sage (Salvia officinales L.) and in improving yield productivity of plant herb and essential oil. J. Plant Protection and Pathology, Mansoura Univ. 7(9): 555-563.
  4. Shabana, Y.M., Abou Tabl, A.H., and Eid, M. 2016. Curvularia prsadii as a biological control agent for barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) in rice. The American Phytopathological Society Meeting, July 30-August 3, 2016, Tampa, Florida, USA.
  5. Al-Askar, A.A., Baka, Z.A., Abdulkhair, W.M., Rashad, Y.M., Hafez, E.E., Ghoneem, K.M., and Shabana, Y.M. 2015. Evaluation of Streptomyces mutabilis E44G for the control of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici: ultrastructural and cytochemical investigations. Annals of Microbiology 65 (4): 1815-1824. DOI 10.1007/s13213-014-1019-4.
  6. Shabana, Y.M., El-Boray, M.S.S., Mustafa, M.F.M., and Al-Juboori, G.A.R.M. 2015. Antifungal activity of plant extracts, essential oils, and microbial culture filtrates against Botrytis cinerea in-vitro. J. Plant Protection and Pathology, Mansoura Univ. 6 (9): 1297-1311.
  7. Shabana, Y.M., Abou Tabl, A.H., and Sadek, M.E. 2015. Effect of nutrition and physical factors on mycelial growth and spore production of Curvularia prasadii, a mycoherbicide agent for barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) in rice. J. Plant Protection and Pathology, Mansoura Univ. 6 (8): 1143-1153.
  8. Shabana, Y.M., Abou Tabl, A.H., and Ilham M. H. Al-Farhan. 2015. Effect of culture media on mycelial growth and sporulation of two isolates of Alternaria solani, the causal agent of early blight disease of tomato. J. Plant Protection and Pathology, Mansoura Univ. 6 (7): 1135-1141.
  9. Shabana, Y.M., Ghazy, N.A., Tolba, S.A., and Fayzalla, E.A. 2015. Effect of storage conditions and packaging material on incidence of storage fungi and seed quality of maize grains. J. Plant Protection and Pathology, Mansoura Univ. 6 (7): 987-996.
  10. Al-Askar, A.A., Ghoneem, K.M., Hafez, E.E., Abdulkhair, W.M., Rashad, Y.M., Shabana, Y.M., and Baka, Z.A. 2014. Occurrence and distribution of tomato seed-borne mycoflora in Saudi Arabia and its correlation with the climatic variables. Microbial Biotechnology 7 (6): 556-569.
  11. Shabana, Y.M., Shahin, A.A., and Hend A. Omar. 2014. Identification of physiological races and virulence of yellow rust on wheat in Egypt. J. Plant Protection and Pathology, Mansoura Univ. 5 (4): 309–316.
  12. Shabana, Y.M., S.M. El-Wahsh; A.F. Abdelkhalik; S.A. Fayzalla, and A.A. Hassan. 2013. Physiological races of rice blast pathogen and host resistant genes under Egyptian conditions. J. Plant Protection and Pathology, Mansoura Univ. 4 (8): 709–720.
  13. Rosskopf, E.N., DeValerio, J.T., Elliott, M. S., Shabana, Y.M., and Yandoc, C.B. 2010. Impact and Legacy of Raghavan Charudattan in Biological Control of Weeds. Weed Technology 24: 182-184.
  14. Shabana, Y.M., Singh, D., Ortiz-Ribbing, L.M., and Hallett, S.G. 2010. Production and formulation of high quality Microsphaeropsis amaranthi conidia for the biological control of weedy Amaranthus species. Biological Control 55: 49-57.
  15. Shabana, Y.M., Charudattan, R., Abou Tabl, A.H., Morales-Payan J.P., Rosskopf, E., and Klassen, W. 2010. Production and application of the bioherbicide agent Dactylaria higginsii on organic solid substrates. Biological Control 54: 159-165. 
  16. Shabana, Y.M., Stiles, C., Charudattan, R., and Abou Tabl, A. 2010. Evaluation of bioherbicidal control of tropical signalgrass, crab grass, smut grass, and torpedograss. Weed Technology 24: 165-172.
  17. Shabana, Y.M., Abdalla, M.E., Ismaiel, A.A.A., and El-Nady, I.A.E. 2009. Effect of different plant extracts and essential oils on sugar beet damping-off and root rot. J. Plant Protection and Pathology, Mansoura Univ. 34: 9107-9116.
  18. Abdalla, M.E., Zaied, S.M., Shabana, Y.M., and El-Khawaga, A.A. 2009. Effect of climatic conditions and fungicidal and natural compounds on the occurrence of flax powdery mildew as well as on agronomic traits and fiber technical characters of flax. J. Plant Protection and Pathology, Mansoura Univ. 34: 5311-5325.
  19. Fayzalla E.A., Shabana, Y.M., and Mahmoud N.S. 2008. Effect of environmental conditions on wilting and root rot fungi pathogenic to Solanaceous plants. Plant Pathology J. 7: 27-33.
  20. Shabana, Y.M., Abdel-Fattah, G.M., Ismail, A.E. and Rashad, Y.M. 2008. Control of brown spot pathogen of rice (Bipolaris oryzae) using some phenolic antioxidants. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 39: 438-444.
  21. Nemat Alla, M.M., Shabana, Y.M., Serag, M.S., Hassan, N.M., and El-Hawary, M.M. 2008. Granular formulation of Fusarium oxysporum for biological control of faba bean and tomato Orobanche. Pest Management Science 64: 1237-1249.
  22. Abdel-Fattah, G.M., Shabana, Y.M., Ismail, A.E. and Rashad, Y.M. 2007. Trichoderma harzianum: a biocontrol agent against Bipolaris oryzae. Mycopathologia 164: 81-89. 
  23. Nemat Alla, M.M., Shabana, Y.M., Serag, M.S., Hassan, N.M., and El-Hawary, M.M. 2007. Granular mycoherbicides formulation of Fusarium oxysporum for Orobanche biocontrol mitigates oxidative stress and growth reduction in host species. Research Journal of Botany 2: 165-175. 
  24. Abdelhamid, A.M., Shabana, Y.M., and Sahar S.A. Gomaa. 2006. Aquatic fungi and fish production in Egypt: in vivo studies. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 31: 7675-7686.
  25. Shabana, Y.M. and Mohamed, Z.A. 2005. Integrated control of water hyacinth with a mycoherbicide and a phenylpropanoid pathway inhibitor. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 15(7): 659-669.
  26. Shabana, Y.M. 2005. The use of oil emulsions for improving the efficacy of Alternaria eichhorniae as a mycoherbicide on waterhyacinth. Biological Control 32: 78-89.
  27. Shabana, Y.M., Müller-Stöver, D., and Sauerborn, J. 2003. Granular Pesta formulation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. orthoceras for biological control of sunflower broomrape: efficacy and shelf life. Biological Control 26: 95-108.
  28. Shabana, Y.M., Cuda, J.P. and Charudattan, R. 2003. Combining plant pathogenic fungi and the leaf-mining fly, Hydrellia pakistanae, increases damage to hydrilla. J. Aquatic Plant Management 41: 76-81.
  29. Shabana, Y.M., Cuda, J.P. and Charudattan, R. 2003. "Evaluation of pathogens as potential biocontrol agents of hydrilla". J. Phytopathology 151: 607-613.
  30. Shabana, Y.M., and Mohamed, Z.A. 2003. "Integrated control of water hyacinth by using Alternaria eichhorniae isolate 5 (Ae5) with a phenylpropanoid pathway inhibitor". J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 28: 333-342.
  31. Abdel-Fattah, G.M. and Y.M. Shabana. 2003. "The use of Glomus fasiculatum, a mycorrhizal fungus to overcome the effect of the industrial wastes on the growth of cowpea". J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 28: 5387–5403.
  32. Dawood, K.M., Shabana Y.M., Fayzalla E.A., and El-Sherbiny E.A. 2003. "Search for antifungal compounds of plant origins for biological control of plant diseases: (A) from aqueous plant extracts". J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 28: 5317 - 5335.
  33. Dawood, K.M., Shabana Y.M., Fayzalla E.A., and El-Sherbiny E.A. 2003. "Search for antifungal compounds of plant origins for biological control of plant diseases: (B) from methanolic plant extracts". J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 28: 5335 - 5349.
  34. Abdel-Fattah, G.M. and Y.M. Shabana. 2002. "Efficacy of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus clarum in protection of cowpea plants against root rot pathogen Rhizoctonia solani". J. Plant Diseases and Protection 109: 207-215.
  35. Shabana, Y.M. 2002. “Water hyacinth in Egypt: its problems and strategies for its control with a special reference to the biological control as a safe, nonpolluting management approach”. Proc. 2nd Conf. Foodborne Contamination and Egyptians’ Health, 23-24 April 2002, El-Mansoura, Egypt. Pages 11-43.
  36. Shabana, Y.M., M.A. Elwakil, and R. Charudattan. 2001. Effect of nutrition and physical factors on mycelial growth and production of pigments and nonchromatic UV-absorbing compounds of Alternaria eichhorniae. J. Phytopathology 149: 21-27.
  37. Shabana, Y.M., M.A. Elwakil, and R. Charudattan. 2001. Biological control of water hyacinth by a mycoherbicide in Egypt. International Organization for Biological Control, 2nd Global Working Group Meeting for Biological and Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth, Beijing, China 9-12 October 2000. PP 53-56. 
  38. Shabana, Y.M., M.A. Elwakil, and R. Charudattan. 2000. Effect of media, light and pH on growth and spore production by Alternaria eichhorniae, a mycoherbicide agent for waterhyacinth. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz – J. Plant Diseases and Protection 107: 617-626.
  39. Rosskopf, E.N., R. Charudattan, Y.M. Shabana, and G.L. Benny. 2000. Phomopsis amaranthicola, a new species from Amaranthus sp. Mycologia 92: 114-122. 
  40. Shabana, Y.M., Baka, Z.A. and Abdel-Fattah, G.M. 1997. "Alternaria eichhorniae, a biological control agent for waterhyacinth: mycoherbicidal formulation and physiological and ultrastructural host responses". European Journal of Plant Pathology 103: 99-111.
  41. Shabana, Y.M. 1997. "Formulation of Alternaria eichhorniae, a mycoherbicide for waterhyacinth, in invert emulsions averts dew dependence". Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz – J. Plant Diseases and Protection 104: 231-238.
  42. Shabana, Y.M. 1997. "Vegetable oil suspension emulsions for formulating a weed pathogen to bypass dew". Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz – J. Plant Diseases and Protection 104: 239-245.
  43. Shabana, Y.M. and Charudattan, R. 1997. "Preparation and regeneration of mycelial protoplasts of Alternaria eichhorniae". J. Phytopathology 145: 335-338.
  44. Shabana, Y.M., Charudattan, R., DeValerio, J.T. and Elwakil, M.A. 1997. "An Evaluation of hydrophilic polymers for formulating the bioherbicide agents Alternaria cassiae and A. eichhorniae". Weed Technology 11: 212-220.
  45. Shabana, Y.M. and Ragab, M.E. 1997. "Alternaria infectoria, a promising biological control agent for the fig wax scale, Ceroplastes rusci (Homoptera: Coccidae), in Egypt". Biocontrol Science and Technology 7: 553-563.
  46. Shabana, Y.M. and Charudattan, R. 1996. “Microorganisms associated with hydrilla in ponds and lakes in north Florida”. Journal of. Aquatic Plant Management 34: 60-68. 
  47. Shabana, Y.M. 1996. "Regeneration of Alternaria eichhorniae protoplasts as an effort to develop a high virulent pathogen on waterhyacinth". J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 21: 643-650.
  48. Shabana, Y.M. 1996. "Effects of culture media on macroconidium morphology and pathogenicity of Fusarium solani". J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 21: 3181-3190.
  49. Shabana, Y.M., Baka, Z.A. and Abdel-Fattah, G.M. 1996. "Effect of designed mycoherbicide prepared from host specific candidate Alternaria eichhorniae on some physiological and ultrastructural characters of waterhyacinth". Annals of Agricultural Science 41: 421-443.
  50. Shabana, Y.M., Charudattan, R. and Elwakil, M.A. 1995. "Identification, pathogenicity, and safety of Alternaria eichhorniae from Egypt as a bioherbicide agent for waterhyacinth". Biological Control 5: 123-135. 
  51. Shabana, Y.M., Charudattan, R. and Elwakil, M.A. 1995. "Evaluation of Alternaria eichhorniae as a bioherbicide for waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in greenhouse trials". Biological Control 5: 136-144.
  52. Shabana, Y.M., Charudattan, R. and Elwakil, M.A. 1995. "First record of Alternaria eichhorniae and Alternaria alternata on waterhyacinth in Egypt". Plant Disease 79: 319.

 

Books:

  1. Co-Editor of the Proceedings of the Egyptian-Sudano Workshop on Biological Control of Water Hyacinth, 26-28 October 2002, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura, Egypt. Helal Press, El-Mansoura, Egypt. 2003. (In English). pp 166.
  2. Editor of the Manual on The Use of Alternaria eichhorniae as a Mycoherbicide for Water Hyacinth. Mansoura University Press, Egypt, 2002. (In English). pp 28 with 25 color plates.

 

Patents:

  1. Charudattan, R, Y.M. Shabana, J.T. DeValerio, and E.N. Rosskopf. 1996. Phomopsis species fungus useful as a broad-spectrum bioherbicide to control several species of pigweeds. United States Patent No. 5,510,316 dated 23. 4. 1996. USA.
  2. Charudattan, R, Y.M. Shabana, J.T. DeValerio, and E.N. Rosskopf. 1995. A broad-spectrum bioherbicide for controlling pigweed species. United States Patent No. 5,393,728 dated 28. 2. 1995. USA.