Dr. Khadija Faraj Al-Arabi

Name: Khadija Faraj Al-Arabi Address: Plant Protection department,University of El-Fateh,Tripoli, Libya. E-mail1: khadija_faraj@yahoo.com

• Education:
  1. B. SC. In agricultural science at plant protection, University of Omar Al-Moktar - Al-Beida- Libya, 1979.
  2. MSc. In Plant Protection (Plant Pathology), Al-Fateh University, 1985. The Title of the Thesis: (Some Fusarium Oxysporum Isolates from Tomato Plants In Coastal Regions of Libyan Jamihiria)
  3. Ph.D., 2002: In Godoulo University, the Ph.D. dissertation title In Biological Control: (Noval Antagonistic Bacteria As Prospective Agents For The Biocontrol of Some Plant Bacterial Diseases)
      
• Experience:
  
  1. Present: Teaching at the plant protection department, Faculty of Science, El-Fatih, University, Tripoli-Libya. Botany Plant Pathology as under graduate courses - and Biological Control as graduate course will Start Next Semeste.
  2. 1991- 1996: Joined the University of Omar Al-Moktar then Alfateh University. - Plant Protection Department - As a staff member - teaching Subjects: Botany- Plant Pathology.
  3. 1996: Joined University of Horticultural Sciences (Corvinus University.) - Budapest - Hungary Studying and research working for the requirments of Ph.D.
  4. Participating with Plant Protection Institute - Budapest I Held, many experimental works on systemic resistance in plants and published in papers beside my main Ph.D. research on biocontrol.
  5. Participated In Date Palms and Olive Development and Improvement Center as a team member for surveying olive diseases in western regions in Libya carrying on the field trips.
  
   
• Publications:
  
  1. Hevesi, M., Toth, G., Göndör, M., Papp, J., Honty, K., Kása K., and K. Al-Arabi ,(2004): Development of Eco-friendly strategies for the control of fire blight in Hungary (In print)
      
  2. Al-Arabi, K. F. (2003): Effectivity of antagonistic bacterial strain Pantoea agglomerans (HIP32) on disease reduction of Xanthomonas vesicatoria on tomato and pepper plants Symposium of 8th Arabic Plant Protection Conf. El-Bieda - Libya
      
  3. Al-Arabi, K. F. and A. M. Abughaina (1998): Distribution of Fusarium spp. of tomato from different regions in Libya. Acta Phytopathol. and Entomologica Hungarica 33: 107-110.
      
  4. Al-Arabi, K. F. and A. M. Abughaina (1998): Pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lycopersici isolates on tomato cultivars and solanaceous cropsin Libya. Acta Phytopathol. and Entomologica Hungarica 33: 101-106.
      
  5. Al-Arabi, K. F. and M. Hevesi (1998): A preliminary study of bacterial antagonists to phytopathogenic bacteria. Tempus Progr. University of Horticulture and Food Industry, Budapest, Hungary, 1998. May 25-June 5.
      
  6. Hevesi, M., K. F. Al-Arabi and L. Kiraly (1998): Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora cannot induce systemic acquired resistance to bacterial growth and necrotic symptoms in a transgenic tobacco that expresses salicylate hydroxylase. Acta Phytopathol. et Entomologica Hungarica 33: 223-238.
      
  7. Szatmari, Sz., K. F. Al-Arabi and M. Hevesi (1998): First report of a new knot-forming bacterium in Hungary. "Lippay Janos-Vas Karoly" National Conference, 1998. September 16-18., Budapest. 341
      
  8. Al-Arabi, K. F., J. Papp, E. Jambor-Benczúr and M. Hevesi (1998): Phytohormone production of Pseudomonas syringae ssp. savastanoi. "Lippay Janos-Vas Karoly" National Conference, 1998. September 16-18., Budapest. 303.
      
  9. Hevesi, M. and K. F. Al-Arabi (1998): Isolation of epiphytic bacterium antagonistic to Erwinia amylovora. 8th International Workshop of Fire Blight. Kusadasi. Turkey. 12-15. October. Acta Hort. 489, ISHS (1999) 619-622.
      
  10. Al-Arabi, K. F. and M. Hevesi (1999): Isolation of antagonistic bacteria effective against plant pathogenic bacteria. 45th Plant Protection Days. Budapest, Hungary. 1999. Febr. 23-24., 167.
       
  11. Kiraly, L., K. F. Al-Arabi and M. Hevesi (1999): Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora cannot induce systemic acquired resistance in tobacco against necrosis caused either by bacterium reproduction or by a bacterium and virus pathogen. 45th Plant Protection Days. Budapest, Hungary, 1999. Feb. 23-24., 107.
       
  12. Al-Arabi, K. F., M. Hevesi and K. Csizmar (2000): Reduction of disease severity on tomato and pepper seedlings caused by Xanthomonas vesicatoria with antagonistic bacteria "Lippay Janos-Vas Karoly" National Conference, 2000. November Budapest, 377.
       
  13. Hevesi, T M.. Buban, J. Dobranszki, E. Benczúr-Jambor, K. F. Al-Arabi and J. Papp (2000): Susceptibility of leaves of apple cultivars to Erwinia amylovora by in vitro methods. "Lippay Janos-Vas Karoly" National Conference, 2000. November 6-7. Budapest, 391.