Dr. Bassam Bayaa

Name: Bassam O. Bayaa Address: International Center for Agriculture Research in The Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria. Telephone: +963 21 2213433 Fax: +963 21 2213490 Mobile: +963 93 466610 E-mail1: B. Bayaa@cgiar.org E-mail2: B_Bayaa@arabscientist.org

• Education:
  1. B.Sc. in General Agriculture (rating- excellent). College of Agriculture, Aleppo University, Syria.
  2. Faculty of Science PARIS VI, Department of Botany. Diplôme d'Etude Approfondie (DEA), Spéciality Plant Cytology and Morphogenesis. Thesis title: Etude sur les activités enzymatiques de lyse des membranes cellulaires des fruits alterés par diverse parasites fongiques". (rating -very good).
  3. National Institute of Agriculture (INA-Paris). Diplôme d'Etudes supérieures (DES). Spéciality "Plant Pathology-Taxonomy".
  4. Faculty of Science PARIS VI, Départment of Botany. Doctorate (Doctor Engineer). Spéciality "Physiological Plant Diseases". Thesis title: Etude physiopathologique de l'infection fongique des pommes par les parasites de blessures et les parasites latents. (rating Honorable).
  5. Rutgers State University, Department of Plant Pathology, New Jersey. Certificate of Advanced Studies in Plant Pathology, Mycology and Nematology.
  
  
• Positions Held
  1. 1973 to 2002, Professor (1983-to 2003), Associate professor (1978-1983) and Assistant
     Professor (1973-1978) of Plant Pathology, and Head, Department of Plant
     Protection (1979-1983) Faculty of Agriculture, Aleppo University. Aleppo
  2. 1985 to 1999, Consultant Pathologist (Part time) on lentil diseases. Germplasm Program, ICARDA.
  3. 1999 to present, Legume Pathologist (full time consultant), International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA).
  
  
• Consultancies
  1999 to date: Consultant pathologist on lentil diseases. Germplasm Program, ICARDA
  1985-1999: Consultant pathologist on lentil diseases. Germplasm Program, ICARDA
  1992: Consultant for ICARDA to review dry land agriculture research in high elevation areas of north-western Iran.
  1985: Consultant Pathologist to the Syrian Ministry of Agriculture on tomato yellow leaf curl virus in the coastal region of Syria.
  1984: Consultant in plant protection for the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development in the integrated development project of Hajja district in the Yemen Arab Republic.
  1984: Consultant to the Syrian Ministry of Agriculture on the importance of boron deficiency in sugarbeet in Syria.
  1980: Consultant pathologist to the Syrian Ministry of Agriculture for olive wilts.
  
• Scientific Editing:
  1. Member of the Editorial Board, Phytopathologia Mediterranea, and The Mediterranean Phytopathological Union.
  2. Member of the Editorial Board, Basel El-Assad Journal for Agricultural Science Engineering. Ministry of Higher Education, Damascus, Syria.
  3. Editor-in-Chief, Arab Journal of Plant Protection, Arab Society for Plant Protection.
  4. Member of the Editorial Board, Arab and Near East Plant Protection Newsletter, Arab Society for Plant Protection.
  5. Editor-in- Chief, Arab and Near East Plant Protection Newsletter, Arab Society for Plant Protection.
  
  
• Translation experience (English to Arabic)
  1. 2002: FAO. The Desert Locust. FAO Publications, Rome, Italy. 183 pp. (Published recently).
  2. 2002: FAO. Locust Control by Pesticides. FAO Publications, Rome, Italy. 306 pp. (Published recently).
  3. 1994: ICARDA. Field Guide to Lentil Diseases and Insect Pests. ICARDA, Aleppo. 107 pp.
  4. 1994: FAO. Plant Quarantine: Theory and Practices. FAO Publications, Rome, Italy
  5. 1992: ICRISAT/ICARDA. Field Diagnosis of Chickpea Diseases and Their Control. Information Bulletin no. 28. 52 pp
  6. 1990: CABI, FAO, ASPP. Plant Pathologist's Pocket Book. Arab Society for Plant Protection Publication. Beirut, Lebanon, 600 pp.
     
• Membership In Societies:
  1. French Phytopathological Society, member 1973 to present.
  2. Arab Society for Plant Protection, member 1978 to present, vice president (1997-2000) and President (2000-2003).
  3. Sigma XI. The Scientific Research Society, 1986 to present.
     
• Publication Journal articles
  1. Sarker, A., Bayaa, B.., El Hassan H., and W. Erskine. 2002. Sources of resistance to Fusarium wilt in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus ssp. culinaris). Journal of Lentil Researsh. (submitted)
     
  2. El-Hussein, N., Bayaa, B.. and Erskine, W. 2002. Integrated Management of Lentil Broomrape. 1. Sowing Date and Chemical Treatment. Arab Journal of Plant Protection, 20 (2): 84-92.
     
  3. Ahmed, S., Akem, C., Bayaa, B. and Erskine, W. 2002. Integrating Host Resistance with Planting Date and Fungicide Seed Treatment to Manage Fusarium Wilt and Increase Lentil Yields. International Journal of Pest Management, 48 (2): 121-125
     
  4. Kumari, S.G., Makkouk, K. M., and Bayaa, B.. 2001. Pea Enation Mosaic Virus-1 Infecting Lentil in Syria, and Further Information on its Host range, Purification, Serology and Transmission Characteristics. Arab Journal of Plant Protection, 19 (2): 65-72.
     
  5. Sarker, A., Bayaa, B.., Erskine, W. 2001. Registration of Six Lentil Germplasm Lines with Resistance to Vascular Wilt. Crop Science, 41: 1655
     
  6. El-Ashkar, F., Sarker A., Haddad, N., Bayaa, B.., El-Hassan, H. and Erskine, W. 2001. Registration of 'Idlib-2' Lentil . Crop Science (submitted)
     
  7. Bayaa, B.. and S. Kebbabeh. 2000. First Record in Syria of Didymella fabae Jellis & Punithalingam, the Teleomorph of Ascochyta fabae Speg. and the Causal Organism of Faba Bean Blight. Plant Dis. 84:1140
     
  8. Obaedo, H., Mamluk, O. F. and Bayaa, B.. 1999. Determination of primary sources of infection of septoria leaf blotch on wheat in Syria. Arab Journal of Plant Protection, 17 (2): 49-59
     
  9. Eujayl, I., Erskine, W., Bayaa, B.., Baum, M. and Pehu, E. 1998. Fusarium vascular wilt of lentil: Inheritance and identification of DNA markers for resistance. Plant Breeding 117: 497-499.
     
  10. Makkouk, K. M., Kumari, S., and Bayaa, B.. 1998. First Report of Pea Enation Mosaic Virus Affecting Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) in Syria. Plant Disease 83(3):303.
      
  11. Bayaa, B.., Kumari, S., Akkaya, A., Erskine, W., Makkouk, K. M., Türk, Z. and ?zberk, I. 1998. Survey of Major Biotic Stresses of Lentil in SouthEastern Anatolia, Turkey. Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 37, 88-95
      
  12. Bayaa, B.., Erskine, W. and Singh, M. 1997. Screening Lentil For Resistance To Fusarium Wilt: Methodology And Sources Of Resistance. Euphytica, 98: 69-74.
      
  13. El-Hassan, S., Bayaa, B.., Erskine, W. and Akem, C. 1997. Antagonistic Effects of Bacillus spp. Against the Causal Organism of lentil Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lentis). Arab Journal of Plant Protection 15 (2): 65-73.
      
  14. Erskine, W. Bayaa B. and Saxena, M.C. 1996. Registration of ILL 5588 lentil germplasm resistant to vascular wilt and Ascochyta blight. Crop Science. 36: 1080.
      
  15. Erskine, W. Bayaa B. 1996. Yield loss, incidence and inoculum density associated with vascular wilt of lentil. Phytopathologia mediterranea, 35: 24-32.
      
  16. Bayaa, B.., Erskine, W. and Hamdi, A. 1995. Evaluation of a wild lentil collection for resistance to vascular wilt. Genetic Resource and Crop Evolution, 42: 231-235.
      
  17. Abou-Zeid, N., Erskine, W. and Bayaa, B.. 1995. Preliminary screening of lentil for resistance to downy mildew. Arab Journal of Plant Protection, 13 (1): 17-19.
      
  18. Erskine, W., Bayaa, B.. and Abbas,A. 1995. Relationship between electrophoretic patterns and the resistance to lentil vascular wilt in different lentil cultivars. Aleppo University Research Journal, 23: 9-34.
      
  19. Bayaa, B.., Erskine, W. and Hamdi, A. 1994. Response of wild lentil to Ascochyta fabae f.sp. lentis from Syria. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 41: 61-65.
      
  20. Bayaa, B.., Erskine, W. and Abbas, A. 1994. Evaluating different methods for screening lentil germplasm for resistance to lentil wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lentis. Arab Journal of Plant Protection, 12 (2): 83-91.
      
  21. Bellar, M. and Bayaa, B.. 1993. Survey and identification of disease conditions which affect pine trees and seedlings in Northern Syria and their causal agents. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 11 (2): 58-65.
      
  22. Mamlouk, O.F., Tahhan, O., Miller, R., Bayaa, B.., Makkouk, K.M. and Hanounik, S. 1992. A checklist of cereal, food legumes and pasture and forage crop diseases and insects in Syria. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 10 (2): 166-225.
      
  23. Kyriakopoulou, P.H.., Panagopoulos, C.G. and Bayaa, B.. 1992. Eucalyptus in Greece. The trees are threatened by a serious infectious disease. Georgia. Ktinotrophia, 3 (5): 18-24 (in Greek with English summary).
      
  24. Al-Daoudi, R., El-Ahmed, M., Bayaa, B.. and Makkouk, K. 1991. Incompatibility between rootstock and scion of grapevine in Syria is possibly caused by a virus. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 9 (1): 66-67.
      
  25. Makkouk, K.M., Abou Gharbieh, W., Bayaa, B.., Sharif, S. and Saghir, A.R. 1991. Plant Protection research in the Arab countries. Present status and future perspective. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 9 (2): 68-79.
      
  26. Bayaa, B..O. and Erskine, W. 1990. A screening technique for resistance to vascular wilt in lentils. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 8 (1): 30-33.
      
  27. Erskine, W., Bayaa, B..O. and Dholli, M. 1990. The transmissibility of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lentis via seeds and the effect of some biotic and abiotic factors on its growth. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 8(1): 34-37.
      
  28. Bos, L., Makkouk, K.M. and Bayaa. B. 1990. Witches' broom and decline of Eucalyptus, a serious disease in Syria, likely caused by mycoplasma. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 8 (2): 133-135.
      
  29. Ibrahime, J. and Bayaa, B..O. 1989. Fungal, bacterial and nematological problems of citrus, grapes and stone fruit trees in the Arab countries. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 7(2): 201-209.
      
  30. Newton, P.G., Bayaa, B..O. and Halisky, P.M. 1989. Relationship of Acremonium endophyte to foliar fungal pathogens of grasses. Bulletin of New Jersey Academy of Science. 34 (2): 46
      
  31. Bayaa, B..O., Newton, P.G. and Halisky, P.M. 1987. Antibiotic properties of Acremonium endophytes isolated from grasses. Bulletin of New Jersey Academy of Science. 32 (1): 47.
      
  32. Bayaa, B..O., Erskine, W. and Khoury, L. 1986. Survey of wilt damage on lentils in Northern Syria. Arab Journal of Plant Protection. 4: 118-119.
      
  33. Halisky, P.M., Saha, D.C., Bayaa, B.. and Funk, C.R. 1986. Fungal endophytes in Festuca and Lolium. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 8: 350.
      
  34. Bayaa, B.., Halisky, P.M. and White, F.J. 1986. Interaction between Acremonium spp. and the mycoflora of Festuca and Lolium. Phytopathology. 77 (11): 115.
      
• Symposia/ Conference Articles
  1. Malhotra, R. S., Baum, M., Udupa, S. M., Bayaa, B.., Kabbabe, S. and G. Khalaf. 2003. Ascochyta Blight Resistance in Chickpea: Present Status and Future Prospects. International Chickpea Conference 2003 at Raipur, INDIA in January 2003.
     
  2. Bayaa, B.. 2003. Progress in Fusarium Wilt Research at ICARDA. Workshop: Lentil Improvement in South Asia, Nepal 24-28 February 2003Bayaa, B.. 2003. Less Hazardous and More Productive Cereal and Legume Crops. Conference on Organic Farming: Their Production and Development. Aleppo University, 10-12 March 2003, Aleppo, Syria
     
  3. Bayaa, B.. El-Bouhssini, M. 2002. ICARDA's Efforts in screening for Disease Resistance in Cereals and Food Legumes and the Use of Biological control to Avoid Environmental Pollution. Workshop on the Use of Biological control to Avoid Environmental Pollution. AOAD & Ministry of Agriculture, Damascus, Syria, 15-17 December 2002.
     
  4. Kraft, J.M.; Haware, M. P.; Halila, H.; Sweetingham, M. and Bayaa, B.. 1997. Soil-borne Diseases and their Control. Pages: 457-466 in: Proceedings IFLRC-III: Linking Research and Marketing Opportunities for Pulses in the 21st Century (R. Knight (ed.). 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
     
  5. Kraft, J.M., Haware, M.P., Diaz, R.J., Bayaa, B.. and Harabi, M.M. 1994. Screening techniques for resistance to root rots and wilt in cool season food legumes. Pages 268-289 in: Expanding the production and use of cool season food legumes (ed. Muehlbauer, F.J. and Kaiser, W.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
     
  6. Hanounik, S. and Bayaa, B.. 1993. Diseases of faba bean and lentil. Proceeding, Workshop on Quarantine for seed in the Near East Region. Pages 48-57 in Quarantine for seed (ed. Mathur S.B. and Manandhar, H.K.). FAO Plant Production and Protection paper 119. Rome, Italy
     
  7. Bayaa, B.. and Mamlouk, O.F. 1993. Losses due to major diseases affecting cereal and food legumes in the Arab countries. Proceeding, Conference on Agricultural Yield Losses in the Arab Countries. Beirut, Lebanon. September 28-30, 1994. AOAD Publication. 36 pp
     
  8. Khare, M.N., Bayaa, B..O. and Beniwal, S.P.S. 1993. Selection methods for disease resistance in lentil. Pages 107-122 in Breeding for Stress Tolerance in Cool-Season Food Legumes (ed. Singh, K.B. and Saxena, M.C.) John Wiley & Sons.
  
  
• Papers in Proceedings:
  1. Malhotra, R.S., Baum, M., Udupa, S. M., Bayaa, B.. 2001. Ascochyta Blight of Chickpea Present Status and Future Prospects. Biennial Meeting, North American Pulse Improvement Association (NAPIA). 28-30 October 2001. Fargo, North Dakota.
     
  2. El-Hassan, S., Gowen, S., Bayaa, B.. 2001. Antifungal activity of Bacillus subtilis filtrate to control Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lentis, the causal organism of lentil vascular wilt. Integrated Control of Soil pests. International Organization for Biological Control. 5-6 September, 2001.
     
  3. Khalil, S., El-Borai, M. A., Sarker, A., Bayaa, B.., Erskine, W., and Malhotra, R.S. 2001 Combating Orobanche in Faba bean and Lentil. LEGUMED Symposium, Morocco..
     
  4. Bayaa, B.. 2001. Advances in the management of Fusarium wilt in chickpea and lentil. 11th NVRSRP Regional Coordination Meeting, Cairo-Egypt 23-27 September.
     
  5. Bayaa, B.., R.S. Malhotra, A. Sarker, S. Ceccarelli, M. Nachit and M. El-Bouhssini. 2000. Role of ICARDA in increasing the productivity of food legumes and cereals and means to reduce losses. Ministry of Provision, Damascus 21 October 2000..
     
  6. Bayaa, B.., N. Al-Hossain and W. Erskine. 2000. Integrated management of lentil broomrapes in Syria. 7th Arab Congress of Plant Protection, Amman, Jordan.
     
  7. Bayaa, B.. and S. Amaraya. 2000. Comparison of inoculation methods with the disease complex R. solani / S. sclerotiorum on lentil under plastic house conditions. 7th Arab Congress of Plant Protection, Amman, Jordan.
     
  8. 1. El-Hassan. S., Bayaa, B. and Erskine, W. 1999. Biological control of lentil vascular wilt with the antagonistic fungi Trichoderma lignorum and Penicillium expansum. 39 Science Week, Damascus, Syria.
     
  9. Eujail, I.., Erskine, W., Bayaa, B.. and Baum, M. 1998. The inheritance and DNA-marker linkage analysis of Fusarium vascular wilt and frost injury in lentil. Pages 66-67 in: Proceeding of 3rd. European Conference on Grain Legumes. Valladoid, Spain.
     
  10. Akem, C., Kemal, S. and Bayaa, B.. 1998. Towards an integrated disease management of wilt/root rot of chickpea and lentil in WANA: The rationale. Pages: 423-433 in Stapleton, J.J.; De Vay, J.E.; Elmore, C.L. (eds.). 1998. Soil Solarization and Integrated Management of Soilborne Pests: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Soil Solarization and Integrated Management of Soilborne Pests. FAO/ICARDA/University of California/ASPP/University of Jordan. 16-21 Mar 1997, Aleppo, Syria. FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 147.
      
  11. Akem, C.; Ahmed, S.; Bayaa, B..; Erskine, W.; Malhotra, R. 1998. Searching for resistance to wilt/root rots in chickpea and lentil. Pages 268-269 in 3rd European Conference on Grain Legumes: Opportunities for High Quality, Healthy and Added-Value Crops to Meet European Demands: Proceedings, AEP/UNIP/PGRO, 14-19 Nov 1998, Valladolid, Spain.
      
  12. Bayaa, B.., Akem, C., Kemal, S., Erskine, W. and El Hassan, S. 1998. Towards the integrated management of lentil vascular wilt using solarization and biological control. Page 489 in: Proceeding of 3rd. European Conference on Grain Legumes. Valladoid, Spain.
      
  13. Akem, C., B. Bayaa, S. Ahmed and W. Erskine.1998. Searching for resistance to wilt/root rots in chickpea and lentil. Pages 268-269 in: Proceeding of 3rd. European Conference on Grain Legumes. Valladoid, Spain.
      
  14. Bayaa, B.., El-Hassan, S. and Erskine, W. 1997. Biocontrol of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lentis. Sixth Arab Congress of Plant Protection. Beirut, Lebanon, 27-31 October 1997.
      
  15. Obaedo,. H., Mamluk, O. F., and Bayaa, B.. 1997. Primary sources of infection of Septoria Leaf Blotch on Wheat Under Syrian Conditions. Sixth Arab Congress of Plant Protection. Beirut, Lebanon, 27-31 October 1997.
      
  16. Kumari., S.G., Makkouk, K.M. and B. Bayaa. 1997. Viruses Causing Yellowing Symptoms Affecting Cool-Season Food Legumes In Some West Asia And Red Sea Countries: Distribution and Some Control Measures. . Sixth Arab Congress of Plant Protection. Beirut, Lebanon, 27-31 October 1997.
      
  17. Bayaa, B.., Erskine W. and Hamdi, A. 1991. Screening wild lentil for resistance to vascular wilt and Ascochyta blight diseases. Proceeding, 4th Arab Congress of Plant Protection, Cairo, Egypt, 1-5 Dec. 1991.
      
  18. Bayaa, B..O. and Warrak, W. 1990. Tomato pith necrosis, a new record for Syria. Proceeding, 6th Scientific Congress. Egyptian Phytopathological Society, Cairo, Egypt, 5-7 March 1990.
      
  19. Bayaa, B..O., and Halisky, P.M. 1988. A new record of fungal endophyte on Festuca elatior in Syria. Proceeding 3rd Congress of Arab Society for Plant Protection. Al Ain, UAE. 5-9 Dec. 1988.
      
• Other Publications
  1. Akem, C., R.S. Malhotra, B. Bayaa, M.N. Mouselli and S. Kabbabeh. 2000. Taking blight off chickpea. ICARDA- CARAVAN, 12: 18.
  2. Bayaa, B.., N. El-Hossein and W. Erskine. W. 2000. Attractive but deadly. ICARDA- CARAVAN, 12: 16.
  3. Akem, C., S. Ahmad, B. Bayaa, M. Bellar and N. Trabulsi. 2000. Effect of Soil Solarization on Populations of Chickpea Nematodes. International Chickpea Newsletter,7: 13-14
     
• Books
  1. Bayaa, B..O. 1980. General Microbiology. Aleppo University Press. Aleppo, 420 pp. (In Arabic)
  2. Bayaa, B..O. 1981. Principles of Plant Pathology. Aleppo University Press. Aleppo, 2 volumes. 520 pp. (In Arabic)
  3. Bayaa, B..O. 1985. Diseases of Field Crops. Aleppo University Press. Aleppo, 464 pp. (In Arabic
  4. Bayaa, B..O. 1986. Diseases of Fruit and Vegetable Crops. Aleppo University Press. Aleppo, 456 pp. (In Arabic)
  5. Beniwal, S.P.S., Bayaa, B.., Weigand, S., Makkouk, Kh. and Saxena, M.C. 1993. Field Guide to Lentil Diseases and Insect Pests. ICARDA, Aleppo, 107 pp. (In English)
     
• Edited chapters in books
  Bayaa, B.. and Erskine, W. 1998. Lentil Pathology. Pages 423-472, in: Pathology of Food and Pasture Legumes (eds D. Allen and J. Lenné), Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International, U.K in association with: International Crop Research Center for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324. Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.