Dr. Wafaa Mohamed Haggag

Name: Wafaa Mohamed Haggag Address: Pathology Department, National Research Center, Dokki. Telephone: +202-3371362 / 3371499 (Work) Telephone: +202-3031736 (Home) Mobile: 0124269551 E-mail: mkelany@link.net

• Education:
  1. B.Sc., Plant Pathology, Agricultural Faculty, Cairo University, Egypt. 1986
  2. M.Sc., "Cumin Wilt in New Reclaimed Regions and its Control", Plant Pathology, Agricultural Faculty, Ain Shams University, Egypt. 1993
  3. Ph. D., "New Approaches for Controlling Soil Borne Fungi Infecting Cucumber Plants Under Greenhouse Conditions".Plant Pathology, Agricultural Fac. , Ain Shams University, Egypt., 1998.
  
   
• Employment:
  1. 1986, Graduated with B.Sc. Agriculture Sciences, Plant Pathology
  2. 2/1989 - 9/1993, Assistant Researcher, Plant Pathology, National Research Centre.
  3. 9/1993 -1/1998, Researcher Assistant, Plant Pathology, National Research Centre.
  4. 26/1/1998 - 28/1/2003, Researcher , Plant Pathology, National Research Centre
  5. 29/1/2003 until now, Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, National Research Centre
  
   
• Professional Experience:
  • Fungal diseases
  • Diagnosis the plant diseases and identification of the causal organisms
  • Improving the crop productivity through disease control of protected , non protected crops by:
  1. Biological Control to minimize the role of fungicides in environmental pollution, through: - Use of beneficial microorganisms (BMO).
     - Metabolic profiling of antagonist strains .
     - Functional impact of genetically modified microorganisms.
     - Exploiting microorganisms using combinatorial biology to provide novel lead chemicals for agrochemical use. - Improve production and formulation technology
     - Development of agricultural waste into a delivery system for biological control agents against plant pathogens.
     
  2. Use of safe chemicals as anti-transparent , polyamines, antioxidants, induce resistance, plant extract to control of plant diseases.
• Experimental approaches include laboratory, greenhouse, and field experiments with broad spectrum of biological and chemical agents, to reduce fungal populations and sustain crop yields.
   
• Scientific Mission:
  1. Advanced International Training Programme by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) on: 'Sustainable Agriculture in an Environmental Perspective'. Weibull, Sval?f, Sweden on August 2 to 19 October. 2002.
  2. Advanced International Training Programme by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) on: 'Sustainable Agriculture in an Environmental Perspective'. Kenya, Ketali on 21 to 30 October. 2006.
  
   
• Teaching:
  1. Plant Pathology course , Plant Pathology Department, Agricultural Collaboration Institute , Ain Shams 2003-2004
  2. Production of High Quality Fruit Crops National Research Center, Training Center, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
  3. Coordinator of Production and Use of Natural Alternative of Fungicides in the Clean Farming. National Research Center, Training Center, From April to July 2005, Graduates.
  4. Recycling of Agricultural Wastes and compost production.National Research Center, Training Center,.From 3/9/2005 to 7/9/2005.
  
   
• Training Course:
  1. Legume Diseases and Their Control. In: The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria, 6-16 April, 1997.
  2. Application of Diagnostic Molecular Biology, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). In: Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science. 17 - 20 February, 2002.
  3. PhotoShop 5.5., In: National Research Center. 1May - 11 July, 2002.
  4. Bio-Informatics: Concept and Application In: Alexandria University Faculty of Science dept. Environmental Sciences27-29 April 2004.
  
   
• Research Projects:
  Principal investigator:
  
  1. Development of bicultural for controlling soil borne fungi of some vegetable crops. From 1998 to 2001, National Research Centre.
  2. Biocontrol of some foliar plant diseases by using genetic engineer technique . From 2001 to 2004, National Research Centre.
  3. Safe chemicals (Antitranspirants) in : Integrated pest management of pests and diseases- Applications of modern technologies for safety agriculture--Agricultural Research and Biology Division, 2004-2007, National Research Centre.
      
       Co-Principal investigator::
     
  4. Microbial genetic improvement that produce anti- components and enzymes. From 2001 to 2004, National Research Centre
  
   
• Patents:
  Egyptian patent , Arab Republic of Egypt, Ministry of State for Scientific Research and Technology, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology about:
  1. Biofungicide for controlling grey mould disease (BIOMOULD)
  2. Biofungicide for controlling powdery mildew disease (BIOMILDII)
  
   
• Awards:
  Environment Prize of Professor Mostafa Kamal Tolpa of in approach of the best pepper ready application for protection of water, soil and air. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt 2003.
   
   
• Memberships:
  1. ESRGroups (Engineering and Scientific Research Groups), France.
  2. International Society for Plant Pathology, U.K. (ISPP).
  3. British Mycological Society, U.K. (BMS).
  4. Integrated Pest Management Network, Integrated Plant Protection Ctr., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, U.S.A
  5. International Organization for Biotechnology and Bioengineering Sweden www.iobbnet.org/drupal/tracker/1576
  6. German Phytomedical Society
  7. Arab Society of Plant Protection.
  
   
• Editor:
  1. Assistant editor in Scientific Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment- ISFAE, Finland www.idosi.org/journals.htm
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  2. Middle East Journal of Scientific Research
  3. Associat Editors " World Journal of Agricultural Sciences" www.idosi.org/wjas/wjasa.htm
  4. Associat Editors "American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sci; www.idosi.org/aejaes/aejaesboard.htm
     5-Technical Editor and Editor in International Journal in field of Biotechnology, Agriculture , Environment ; International Journal of Agriculture and Biology.
  
   
• Documentation:
  Documentation of the Scientific Research Academic Achievement Docum From 3/9/2005 to 14/9/2005. entation, Scientific Research Academic and Technology. From Mai, 2003 until now.
   
• First record:
  Disease detect
  
  1. Septoria pistaciae causing leaf spot of pistachio in Egypt Haggag, Wafaa, M., M.S.M. Abou Rayya and N.E. Kasim (2006). First report of Septoria pistaciae causing leaf spot of pistachio in Egypt. Plant Diseases: (USA): 90 :12 , 1553.
  2. Botryodiplodia theobromaecausing dieback of walnut in Egypt- Haggag, Wafaa, M., M.S.M. Abou Rayya and N.E. Kasim (2006). First record of Botryodiplodia theobromae associated with walnut in Egypt. Plant Diseases: (USA): 91 : 2 . 226.
  3. Botryodiplodia theobromae causing dieback of Annona in Egypt Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Nofal, M. A.(2005). Improving biological control of Botryodiplodia disease in some Annona cultivars by combining biological agents in Egypt. Biological Control. V. 38: 3, 341-349.
  
   
• Membership In Societies:
  
  1. Egyptian Plant Pathology Society.
  2. Clean Farming Association Society , Egypt .
  3. Egyptian Society for Horticulture Science .
  4. Applied Microbiology Society, Egypt.
  5. Egyptian Society of Agronematology.
  6. Egyptian Society for Entomology.
  7. Egyptian Society for Biotechnology and Ecology Sciences.
  8. Egyptian Society for Biological control of Pests, Cairo University.
  9. Arab Society for Medicinal Plant Research, Egypt.
  10. Egyptian Society for Biotechnology.
  
   
• Local and International Conferences:
  
  1. Safe Alternatives of Pesticides For Pest Management Conference Oct., 28-29 th, 2001. Assiut , Egypt.
  2. Prospects of the Recent Agricultural Research. The Second Scientific Conference, National Research Center, Egypt.
  3. The First International Conference of Scientific research and its Applications, Cairo University 18-20 December, 2004 Cairo-Egypt.
  4. The Third International Conference of Plant Protection Research Institute on IPM Role in Integrated Crop Management and Impacts on Environment and Agricultural Products , 26- 29 November 2005, Egypt
  5. 5.Research in Agricultural Development Service Conference, 26-28 April, 1999, Jordan.
  6. Bioactive Fungal Metabolites - Impact and Exploitation, International Symposium by British Mycological Society, 22-27 April, 2001 at University of Wales Swansea, U.K. ,
  7. XIII. International Botrytis Symposium, Antalya, Turkey, 25-31 /10/2004.
  8. The Second Syrian-Egyptian conference in the Agriculture and Food . El Bath University, Syria, 25-28 April, 2005.
  9. 9th Arab Congress of Plant Protection Congress Palace, Damascus, Syria 19-23 November, 2006
  10. st Int. Egyptian-Jordanian Conference on Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Current Status and Future Scenarios CONFERENCE PROGRAM, December 11-15th 2006.
  
   
• Arranging of a Workshop:
  
  1. Development of Environment and Health Awareness in Rural Community. 21-21 June 2004. (Oral presentation) Wafaa M. Haggag (2004). Environment Awareness and Biological Control.
  2. Organic Farming between Theory and Application ,In Agriculture Faculty, Fayum Univ. and Province of Agriculture (Fayum). Arranged by Clean Farming Association Society , Egypt 7-10 May 2006. Wafaa M. Haggag (2006). Use of Natural Alternative of Fungicides in the Clean Farming System .
  
   
• List of Publications:
  In Conferences:
  1. Amine, W.A. and Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2001). Role of Trichoderma spp. in control of reniform nematodes and Fusarium oxysporum fungus diseases complex infecting sunflower.
      
  2. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2003). Biological control of plant diseases, and its developments, Invited Speaker.
      
  3. Mohamed, A. and Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2004). Biocontrol potential of salinity tolerant mutants of trichoderma harzianum against fusarium oxysporum, causing wilt of tomato.
      
  4. Nofal , M.A. and Haggag ,Wafaa, M. (2006). Integrated pest management for the control of powdery mildew on mango trees in Egypt.
      
  5. Haggag, Wafaa, M. Enhancement of suppressive metabolites from Pseudomonas fluoreseans against tomato damping- off pathogens.
      
  6. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Mohamed, H. (2001). Overproduction of antifungal metabolites from gamma-ray induced mutants of some Trichoderma species to control onion white rot disease .
      
  7. Haggag, Wafaa, M.; H. A. A. Mohamed and M, A. Saker. (2004). Improving the bicontrol activity and molecular characterization of polyploidy yeast strain of Rhodotorula glutinis on grey mould disease of greenhouse sweet pepper.
      
  8. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2005). Polyamines: induction and effect on rust disease control of bean. Haggag, Wafaa (2006). Isolation of bioactive antibiotic peptides from Bacillus brevis and Bacillus polymyxa against Botrytis grey mould in strawberry
      
  9. Haggag, Wafaa, M., M, A. Saker and Mahmoud A Ibrahim (2006). Biological, Biochemical and Molecular Characteristics of the Tilletiopsis spp. With Distinct Potential against Grapevines Powdery Mildew.
      
  10. El-Awady, M.; Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2006). Over-expression of the E. coli catalase enhanced resistance to Peronospora parasitica and Erysiphe polygoni in canola.
       
  
    In Journals::
  1. Omer, E.A., Nofal, M.A. , Lashin, S.M. and Haggag, Wafaa, M. (1997). Effect of some growth regulators on the growth parameters and oil content of cumin wilt disease incidence under two types of soil. Egyptian Journal of Horticulture, 24: 29-41.
      
  2. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (1999). Enhancement of suppressive metabolites from Pseudomonas fluoreseance against tomato damping- off pathogens. Research in Agricultural Development Service Conference, Gordon. 26-28 April, 1999, Arab Journal of Biotechnology, 2:1-14 .
      
  3. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (1999). The antagonistic effect of Coniothyrium minitans Campbell, against some sclerotial pathogenic fungi using Scanning Electron Microscopy. Arab Journal of Biotechnology, 2: 15-26.
      
  4. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (1999). Mycoparasitim of Coniothyrium minitans on the Sclerotinia sclerotioum on beans. Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology, 27 : 83-97.
      
  5. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Nofal, M. A.(2000). Application of formulated biocontrol fungi against Rhizoctonia black scurf disease of potato. Arab Universities Journal of Agriculture Sciences, 8: 319-334.
      
  6. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Saber, M. S. M. (2000). Evaluation of three composts as multi- strain carries for biofertilizer and biocontrol agents against Fusarium wilt disease of some legume plants. Arab Journal of Biotechnology, 3: 133-144.
      
  7. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Abo Sedera, S. A. (2000). Influence of iron sources and siderophores producing Pseudomonas fluorescence on crown rot disease incidence and seed contamination of peanut , with pathogenic Aspergilli. Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology, 28 :1-16.
      
  8. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Saber, M. S. M.(2001). Use of compost formulations fortified with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria to control root- rot diseases in some vegetables grown in plastic-houses. Arab Journal of Biotechnology, 4: 83-96.
      
  9. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Amine, W. A. (2001). Efficiency of Trichoderma species in control of Fusarium rot, root Knot and reniform nematodes disease complex on sunflower. Pakistan Journal of Biological Science , 4: 679-683.
      
  10. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Abd-El latif, Faten, M. (2001). Interaction between vasicular arbuscular mycorrhizae and antagonistic biocontrol microorganisms on controlling root-rot disease incidence of geranium plants. Pakistan Journal of Biological Science, 1 (12): 1147-1153.
       
  11. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Mohamed, A.H. (2001). Enhancement of antifungal metabolites from gamma-ray induced mutants of some Trichoderma species to control onion white rot disease. Bioactive Fungal Metabolites - Impact and Exploitation , International Symposium by British Mycological Society, 22-27 April, 2001 at University of Wales Swansea, U.K. , Plant Pathology Bulletin 11 :45-56.
       
  12. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and El- Gamal, Nadia, G. (2002). Efficiency of the antagonist Tilletiopsis pallescens formulated with some natural oils on biocontrolling the powdery mildew of the greenhouse cucumber, Russian Journal of Phytopathological Sciences, 4: 1244-1250.
       
  13. Fadel ,M. Awatef and Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2002). Improving efficiency of the entomopapathogenic fungi by gamma irradiation versus the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceraitata capitata wiedemann (Diptera : Tephritidae). Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Application. 35(1): 299-308.
       
  14. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2002). Application of epidermal coating antitranspirants for controlling downy mildew disease in greenhouse cucumber. Plant Pathology Bulletin, 11:69-78.
       
  15. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2002). Hyperproducing chitinase Trichoderma mutants induced by gamma-ray for efficient biocontrol of Botrytis cinerea on tomato and cucumber plants growing in plastic houses. Arab Journal of Biotechnology. 5 (2): 151-164.
       
  16. Amine, W. and Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2002). Role of Trichoderma spp. in controlling of Rotylenchulus reniformis namatodes and Fusarium oxysporium fungus diseases complex infecting sunflower. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology , 4 (1) :55-61.
       
  17. Haggag, Wafaa, M.(2002).Control of grey mould in some horticultural crops with film forming polymers. The Science, 2 (1): 117-121.
       
  18. Abd-El latif, Faten, M. and Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2002). Evaluation of four vasicular arbuscular mycorrhizae to control Fusarium root-rot and wilt diseases of some legume crops. Egyptian Journal of Applied Sciences.
       17(10):524-543.
  19. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2002). Sustainable Agriculture Management of Plant Diseases. Online Journal of Biological Science. 2: 280-284.
       
  20. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2003). Biological control of plant diseases, and its developments. Prospects of the Recent Agricultural Research . The Second Scientific Conference, National Research Center, Egypt.
       
  21. Mohamed , H. A. , Haggag, Wafaa, M. and S. M. Abo-Aba (2004). Influence of salt stress on plasmid borne determination of many phenotypic traits and antibiosis in some Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates against Diplodia theobromae. Journal of Genetic Eng. & Biotechnol. (NRC) 2, (2): 265-281.
       
  22. Mohamed, H. and Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2004). Biocontrol potential of salinity tolerant mutants of Trichoderma harzianum against Fusarium oxysporum. First International Conference of Scientific research and its Applications, Caira Univ., Egypt,18-20 December,2004, pp:392; Brazilian Journal of Microbiology (2006) 37:175-185.
       
  23. Haggag, Wafaa, M., H. A. A. Mohamed and M, A. Saker. (2004). Improving the bicontrol activity and molecular characterization of polyploidy yeast strain of Rhodotorula glutinis on grey mould disease of greenhouse sweet pepper, XIII. International Botrytis Symposium, Antalya, Turkey, 25-31 October. pp: 179.
       
  24. Haggag, Wafaa, M. , Mohamed, H.A.A. and Saker, M. (2005) .Biocontrol activity and molecular characterization of colchicine-induced ploidy yeast strains of Tilletiopsis pallescens on powdery mildew and Rhodotorula glutinis on grey mould diseases of green house sweet pepper. Egyptian Journal of Biotechnology, 19: 183-208.
       
  25. Haggag, Wafaa, M and Abo-Sedera, S. (2005). Characteristic of Trichoderma species in peanut waste compost involved biocontrol of cumin wilt disease. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology , 7 (2) :23-40.
       
  26. Haggag ,Wafaa, M. (2005). Polyamines : induction and effect on rust disease control of bean. Plant Pathology Bulletin 14 : 89-102.
       
  27. Mohamed , H A. and Haggag , Wafaa M. (2005). Genetically Improving the Antifungal Activity and Antibiotic Production by Gliocladium Strains. Plant Biotechnology Bulletin (NRC) 3: 29-36.
       
  28. Nofal , M.A. and Haggag ,Wafaa, M. (2006). Integrated pest management for the control of powdery mildew on mango trees in Egypt. Crop Protection. 25: 480-486.
       
  29. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Nofal, M. A.(2006). Improving biological control of Botryodiplodia disease in some Annona cultivars by combining biological agents in Egypt. Biological Control. V. 38: 3, 341-349.
       
  30. Haggag, Wafaa, M. , M.S.M. Abou Rayya and N.E. Kasim (2006). First report of Septoria pistaciae causing leaf spot of pistachio in Egypt. Plant Diseases (USA). 90 :12 , 1553.
       
  31. Haggag, Wafaa, M. , M.S.M. Abou Rayya and N.E. Kasim (2007). First record of Botryodiplodia theobromae associated with walnut in Egypt. Plant Diseases (USA). 91:2, 226.
       
  32. Haggag, Wafaa, M. ; Amany L. Kansoh and Amal M. Aly (2006). Protease from Talaromyces flavus and Trichoderma harzianum: purification , characterization and antifungal activity against brown spot disease in faba bean. Plant Pathology Bulletin, V 15: accepted paper
       
  33. Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2006). Isolation of bioactive antibiotic peptides from Bacillus brevis and Bacillus polymyxa against Botrytis grey mould in strawberry. Achieves Journal of Phytopathology and Plant Protection (German) accepted paper.
       
  34. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Abd-El-Kareem, F. (2006). Application of methyl jasmonate increases polyamines, chemical defense and resistance against leaf rust infection in wheat plants. Achieves Journal of Phytopathology and Plant Protection (German) accepted paper .
       
  35. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and Abd-El Kheer, H. (2007). Inhibition of Barley Blotch Diseases by specific inhibition of fungal polyamine biosynthes. Plant Protection Bulletin. accepted paper .
       
  36. Haggag, Wafaa, M. and M.Saber (2007). Suppression of Alternaria blight on tomato and onion by foliar spray of aerated and non aerated compost teas. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment (Finland), accepted paper.
       
  37. Haggag, Wafaa, M. , Saker , M.M. and Mahmoud A. Ibrahim (2007). Biological, Biochemical and Molecular Characteristics of Some Tilletiopsis spp. with Distinct Potential Against Grape Powdery Mildew. Plant Diseases (USA): Under publication
       
  38. Wafaa M. Haggag (2007). Colonization of Exopolysaccharide-Producing Paenibacillus polymyxa on Peanut Roots for Enhancing Resistance Against Crown Rot Disease . Biocontro Sci and Technology. Under publication.
       
  39. El-Awady, M.; Haggag, Wafaa, M. (2007). Over-expression of the E. coli catalase enhanced resistance to Peronospora parasitica and Erysiphe polygoni in canola. Under publication