Department:  Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Pathology

Position:  Assistant Professor

HEC Approved Supervisor:  NO

Research Intersts:  To analyze drought and heat tolerance conferred by fungal and viral endophytes in commercial crops; and to assess the losses caused by plant viruses, epidemiological studies, role of insects in virus transmission and integrated plant viral disease management.

Publications:  

1. Binyamin, R., M.A. Khan, N. Ahmad and S. Ali,, 2011, Relationship of epidemiological factors with urdbean leaf crinkle virus disease and its management using plant extracts., Int. J. Agric. Biol., , 13(3), 411-414
2. Ahmad, N., M.A. Khan, S. Ali, N.A. Khan, R. Binyamin, A. F. Sandhu and A. Rehman. , 2011, Epidemiological studies and management of potato germplasm against PVX and PVY., Pak. J. Phytopathol.,, 23(2), 159-165
3. Ali, S., M. A. Khan, S.T. Sahi, and M. Hassan. , 2010, Evaluation of plant extracts and salicylic acid against Bemisia tabaci and cotton leaf curl virus disease, Pak. J. Phytopathol., 22, 98-100.
4. Ali, S., M. A. Khan, S.T. Sahi, and M. Hassan, 2008, Prediction of Bemisia tabaci Genn. and cotton leaf curl virus disease based on five years environmental conditions, Pak. J. Phytopathol. , 20, 245-251.
5. Habib, A., S.T Sahi, M.U. Ghazanfer and S. Ali, 2007, Evaluation of some fungicides against seed born mycoflora of eggplant and their comparative efficacy regarding seed germination, Int. J. Agric. Biol. , 9, 519-520.
6. Khan, M.A., S. Rasheed and S. Ali. , 2006, Evaluation of multiple regression models based on epidemiological factors to forecast Bemisia tabaci and mungbean yellow mosaic virus, Pak. J. Phytopathol. , 18, 107-110.
7. Khan, M.A., S. Rasheed and S. Ali, 2006, Management of mungbean yellow mosaic virus and its vector through varietal resistance and chemotherapy, Pak. J. Phytopathol. , 18, 111-113.
8. Ali, S., M. A. Khan, A. Habib, S. Rasheed and Y. Iftikhar, 2005, Correlation of environmental conditions with Okra Yellow Vein Mosaic Virus and Bemisia tabaci population density, Int. J. Agric. Biol. , 7, 142-144
9. Ali, S., M. A. Khan, A. Habib, S. Rasheed and Y. Iftikhar, 2005, Management of Yellow Mosaic Disease of Okra through pesticides/bio-pesticides and suitable cultivars., Int. J. Agri. Biol. , 7, 145-147.
10. Habib, A., A. S. Shakir and S. Ali. , 2004, Detection of seed born fungi from seed of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and their effect on seed germination, Pak. J. Phytopath., 16, 76-78.

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