Prof. Dr. Hala Abdel Wahab

Position

Professor

Faculty

Faculty of Agriculture

Department

Plant Pathology

Fields of Interest

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Hala Abdel Wahab is currently working as an Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and a head of lab. "Molecular Diagnostic of Plant Diseases", Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. She obtained her Ph.D. from Paris-Sud University, France, in 2006, and her Postgraduate diploma (D.R.U.) from Institute National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INSAT), France (2000-2001). She has achieved many publications, one patent, and 2 grants. She serves as an Editorial Board member and reviewer for many scientific publication Journals. She has participated in various national and international conferences and also gives copious presentations in her specialty.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Dr. Hala Abdel Wahab’s research is focused on the molecular and hyperspectral aspects of plant pathogens especially for early diagnosis, rapid detection, pathogen identification, plant protection and genomic analysis.

List of Publications

Abd EL-Ghafar, N. Y and Abdel Wahab, H. (2001). Bacterial spot of tomato in Egypt and its control. Egypt. J. Appl. Sci., 16: 13-29.

Dufresne, M., Hua-Van, A., Abdel Wahab, H., Ben M’Barek, S., Vasnier, C., Teysset, L., Kema, G.H.J. and Daboussi, M.J. (2007). Transposition of a fungal MITE through the action of a Tc1-like transposase. Genetics. 175: 441-452.   IF: 2.5

Lopez-Berges, M.S., Di Pietro, A., Daboussi, M.J., Abdel Wahab, H., Vasnier, C., Roncero, I.G., Dufresne, M. and Hera, C. (2009). Identification of virulence genes in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici by large-scale transposon tagging. Molecular Plant Patholology. 10: 95-107.  IF: 4.4

Abdel Wahab, H., Aly, N.A.H. and Ali, M.K. (2010). Improving detection means for strawberry gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea in Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology, 38: 107–119.

Abdel Wahab, H. and Balabel, N. (2011). Detection and molecular characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar2 isolates, using insertion sequence (IS) analysis in Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology, 39: 154-168.

Abdel Wahab, H. and Younis, R. (2012). Early detection of gray mold in grape using conventional and molecular methods. African journal of biotechnology, 86: 15251-15257.  IF: 0.4

Abdel Wahab, H. and Helal, N.A.S. (2013). Evaluation of pre-harvest bioagent applications for both production and biological control of onion and strawberry plants under natural Botrytis infections. African journal of plant science and biotechnology, 7: 64-69.

Aboelghar, M. and Abdel Wahab, H. (2013). Spectral footprint of Botrytis cinerea, a novel way for fungal characterization. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology. 4: 374-382.    IF: 1.4

Abdel Wahab, H. (2015). Characterization of Egyptian Botrytis cinerea isolates from different host plants. Advances in Microbiology, 5, 177-189. IF: 1.3- h index: 15 – web of science

Abdel Wahab, H., Aboelghar, M., Ali, A.M. and Yones, M. (2017). Spectral and molecular studies on gray mold in strawberry. Asian J. Plant Pathol., 11: 167-173.  IF: 0.12 – h index: 6 – Scopus (2009-2016)

   Aboelghar, M., Moustafa M. S., Ali A.M. and Abdel Wahab, H. (2019). Hyperspectral analysis of Botrytis cinerea infected lettuce. Int. J. Agr. and Environ. Res., 5: 26-40. 

   Wagih, E. E., Abdel Wahab, H., Shehata, M. R. A., Fahmy, M. M., Gaber, M. (2019). Molecular and Pathological Variability Associated with Transposable Elements of Botrytis Cinerea Isolates Infecting Grape and Strawberry in Egypt. Int. J. Phytopathol., 8: 37-51.  

  Gaber, M., Wagih, E. E., Shehata, M. R. A., Fahmy, M. M., Abdel Wahab, H. (2019). Detection and Characterization of Botrytis cinerea Isolates from Vegetable crops in Egypt. Int. J. Phytopathol., 8: 77-85. (no index yet as it is a new journal from 2017)

  Abdel Wahab, H., Wagih, E. E., Shehata, M. R. A., Fahmy, M. M., Gaber, M. (2020). Studies on Botrytis spp. infected ornamental plants and emergence of resistant isolates against fenhexamid in Egypt. Asian J. Plant Pathol., 14 (1): 1-10. IF: 0.3

 Abdel Wahab, H., Abdel-Sattar, W., Mawad, R., Khalil, H. B. (2020). A spectral-based mathematical approach for identification of Botrytis and Sclerotinia species. Bioscience Research, 17(1): 479-488. IF: 0.7  

Abdel Wahab, H., Malek, A., Ghobara, M. M. (2020). Effects of some plant extracts, bioagents, and organic compounds on Botrytis and Sclerotinia molds.  Acta Agrobotanica, 73 (2): 1-11.  IF: 0.9                           

Research Groups

Projects

• Recent Trends in molecular Diagnostic towards Gray Mold control in Different Host Plants - Project PI
• Developing Means for Early Diagnosis and bio control of post Harvest Diseases Caused botrytis spp - Project PI
• Early Detection of Gray Mold Infected Different plant Species Using Molecular and Spectral Applications - Project PI
• Recent Trends in molecular Diagnostic towards Gray Mold control in Different Host Plants - Project Leader