Yusuf Adib Abou-Jawdah

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Yusuf Adib Abou-Jawdah
Adib Abou-Jawdah Bldg.│ Maska Broumana, Metn │C. 03-010344 │[email protected]

EDUCATION

Undergraduate Level

1. B.Sc. in Agriculture (with distinction)
Specialization: Crop Production and Protection
American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1977).

2. Ingenieur Agricole (with distinction)
American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1977).

Graduate Level

1. Master of Science
Specialization: Plant Protection
American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1979).

2. Certificat d'Etudes Spéciales en Phytopharmacie et Phytiatrie (3e cycle) (High
Distinction).
Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Belgium (1980).

3. Docteur en Sciences Agronomiques (avec la Plus Grande Distinction/Highest
Distinction)
Main Subject: Plant Pathology. Laboratoire de Pathologie végétale
Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Belgium (1983).

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

1. Oct. 2001- Present Professor of Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture (AGRI),
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS), American
University of Beirut (AUB).
2. 1995 – 2001 Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Crop Production and
Protection Department (CPP), FAFS, AUB.
3. 1992- 1995 Chairman of CPP Department, FAFS, AUB.
4. 1991 - 1992 Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, CPP Department, FAFS,
AUB.
5. 1989 - 1991 Plant Protection Expert - FAO - Ministry of Agriculture and Water,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
6. 1987 - 1989 Plant Protection Expert - FAO - Wadi Jizan Development Project,
Jizan, Saudi Arabia.
7. 1984 - 1986 Assistant Professor, AUB, adjuncted to the Department of Plant
Protection Research at the Ministry of Agriculture and
Water - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
8. 1977 - 1978 Graduate Assistant, Phytopathology Lab, CPP Department, FAFS,
AUB.
NOTABLE MEMBERSHIP AND CONSULTANCY

1. 2010-present Scientific consultant on pesticide registration Committee Lebanese
Ministry of Agriculture
2. 2011-present Member of the Pesticide Scientific committee
3. 2011- 2015 Member of the phytoplasma scientific committee
4. 2007- 2009 Scientific consultant on pesticide registration, Lebanese Ministry of
Agriculture
5. 2009-2010 Consultant To Kuwait Institute of Scientific research (KISR) on
survey of viruses infecting major vegetable crops in Kuwait ( 2
weeks)
6. 2008 Consultant Arab Thought Foundation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Two
short visits to Jeddah to serve as a referee for the Arab Award for
Excellence in Sciences.
7. 2005, 2006 Nomination from the AUB president to serve on the promotion
committee of professors in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty
of Arts and Sciences, respectively.
8. 1999 (April)-2002 Advisor to the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture on Pesticides and
Plant Protection issues. Lead or participated in the following
activities: Head a committee to set the list of plant quarantine pests
in Lebanon, senior consultant on updating pesticide regulations,
training of Ministry officers on plant protection issues, Farmer field
schools. Launched a project on the quality of pesticide formulations
($30,000 have already been approved); Preparing to launch an olive
integrated pest management project (IPM), seed money was
secured.
9. 2000- 2001 Consultant to the FAO on IPM in the project entitled (Development
integre des regions montagneuses du Liban-Nord).
10. 1997- Nov1998 - Advisor to the Lebanese Minister of Agriculture on Pesticides and
Plant Protection issues.
- Reviewed legislation pertaining to pesticides: registration,
packaging, labeling, import, sales,... and submitted the
recommended modifications of the existing regulations to the
Pesticide Advisory Committee for review and final approval.
- My main emphasis was on promoting Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) and the safe and rational use of pesticides. Launched the
IPM project on citrus. Other IPM projects were planned.
- Served in several committees including the citrus IPM committee
and committees charged of putting the technical specifications for
the purchase and import of seedlings of fruit trees and of pesticides.
11. 1996-2002 Member of the FAO working group – greenhouse crop production
in the Mediterranean region. President elect of the group for the
years 2001-2002.
12. 1997 Member of the scientific committee and the logistic committee of
the sixth Arab Congress of plant protection that was held in Beirut,
October 27-31, 1997.
13. 1996 Member, Advisory Committee at the Lebanese Ministry of
Agriculture entrusted with setting up laws and regulations for the
import, manufacturing, sale and use of pesticides.
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14. 1989 - 1991 - Advised and assisted in the planning of pest control strategies to be
adopted by the Department of extension and agricultural services
on national level - MAW - Riyadh, SA.
- Assisted in the evaluation and development of the plant quarantine
system.
- Served in several expert committees for the control of dangerous
pests, eg.: citrus canker, citrus greening, palm yellowing, water
melon yellowing and red palm weevil.
15. 1987 - 1989 Supervised daily pest control operations for 2 years in Wadi Gizan
development project and provided extension services to farmers in
the region, SA.
16. 1984 - 1986 - Consultant on plant protection issues and on evaluation and
coordination of research activities. Ministry of Agriculture and
Water (MAW) - Riyadh, SA.
- Served in the committee of pesticides' registration.

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

1. 1998 - Reviewer, Arab Journal of Plant Protection
2. 1999 - Reviewer, Damascus University Journal
3. 2000- 2012 - Reviewed several articles in the Journal of Virological methods,
Journal of Phytopathlogy, Phytopathologia Mediterrannea,
European Journal of Plant pathology,…
4. 2000- 2009 - Served as thesis committee member of 2 students at the Lebanese
university and 2 students at the Kaslik University
5. 2008-2009 - Reviewer of promotion file for the promotion to the rank of
Professor , Albalqaa applied University, Jordan
6. 2013 - Reviewer of promotion file for the promotion to the rank of
Associate Professor, Al-Quds University

AWARDS AND HONORS

- USAID scholarship for B.Sc. studies.
- Dean's Honor List.
- B.Sc. with Distinction.
- Belgian Lebanese Cooperation scholarship for Ph.D. studies.
- Ph.D. with the Highest Distinction.
- Five long term faculty developments: UC-Davis, USA; 2X UW-Madison, USA; Univ of
Gembloux, Belgium; CIHEAM, Bari, Italy.
- Since 2002, five of my students received the best thesis award
- CC and CA Rebeiz Award: best research at FAFS

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Taught the following courses at AUB:

a. Undergraduate courses:

- AGSC 232: Principles of Plant Pathology
- CPP 294: Plant Protection (shared course)
- AGSC 295: Pesticides
- CPP 296: Applied Plant Pathology
- AGSC 203 Crop Production and Protection (shared course 50%)

b. Graduate courses:

- AGSC 311: Advanced Principles and Methods in Plant Pathology
- PLSC 323: Plant Virology
- CPP 317: Plant Parasitic Fungi and Bacteria
- PLSC CPP 345: Plant Disease Control
- AGSC 388: Integrated Pest Management (course coordinator 50%)
- PLSC 396: Graduate seminar (Coordinator)
- PLSC 347: Biological control of crop pests (shared course 50%)
- AGSC 332: Plant-pest Interactions (shared course, 50%)
- LDEM 631: Agricultural Pollution and Control (shared course 50%)

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MASTER OF SCIENCE MAJOR THESIS ADVISOR

- Itani, Halima. 1994. Status of Fungicidal Resistance in Botrytis cinerea Isolates on
Tomatoes in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis #920
- Shebaro, Wafa. 1994. Screening Tomato Cultivars for Resistance to Tomato Yellow Leaf
Curl Virus. FAFS Thesis #922
- Soubra, Kamal. 1994. Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Geminivirus: Varietal Reaction and
Detection by Heterologous Monoclonal Antibodies. FAFS Thesis # 934
- Assi, Raghed. 1994. Effect of Fungicides and Timing of Application on the Control of
Apple Powdery Mildew in the Beqa'a Valley. FAFS Thesis # 935
- Al-Khoury, Anna Maria. 1994. Race identification of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis
Occurring in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis # 938
- Diab El Arab, Hanan. 1995. Resistance of Venturia inaequalis Isolates to Fungicides Used
in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis # 944.
- Sobh, Hana. 1995. Effect of soil solarization on soil-borne pathogens. FAFS Thesis # 961.
- Hamed, Abdel Majid Adlan. 1996. Ecological studies on faba bean necrotic yellows virus:
Virus-vector relationship and yield loss assessment. FAFS Thesis # 977.
- Maalouf Sarrouf, Rachad. 1997. Reaction of tomato genotypes to infection by tomato
yellow leaf curl geminivirus in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis # 989
- Fayad, Amer Sharif, 1997. Diagnosis and control of cucurbit viruses in Lebanon. FAFS
Thesis # 1005.
- El–Zammar, Souheir 2000. Comparative study on the management of cucurbit
viruses. FAFS Thesis # 1057
- Karakashian, Armine 2001. Diagnostic of mollicutes infecting fruit trees in Lebanon.
FAFS Thesis # 1104
- Dakhil, Hala (Co-advisor) 2002. Stone fruit phytoplasma: Molecular diagnostic methods,
survey of leafhopper populations and graft transmission. FAFS Thesis #
- Cordahi, Nada 2002. Development of molecular biology techniques for the diagnosis of
Prunus dwarf virus. FAFS thesis # 1136
- Kawtharani, Hadia, 2003. Development of molecular biology techniques for the detection
of Prunus necrotic ring spot virus. FAFS thesis # 1148
- Hourani, Hala. 2003. Development of serological assays for diagnosis of Cucurbit yellow
stunting disorder virus using molecular techniques. FAFS thesis #
- El Mohtar, Shoaa, 2003: Development of molecular techniques for specific detection of
almond and tomato phytoplasmas. FAFS thesis # 1145
- Eid Georges Sahar 2005: Evaluation of cucurbit germplasms for resistance to
Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus. FAFS thesis # 1180
- Atamian S. Hagop 2006: Breeding Lebanese tomato landraces for combined resistance to
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, root-knot nematode and two vascular wilt diseases. FAFS
thesis #
- Dagher B. Rachel 2007: Breeding local tomato for combined resistance to Tomato yellow
leaf curl virus, Verticillium and Fusarium wilt diseases. FAFS thesis #
- Dandache A. Layal 2007 (Co-Advisor): Prevalence of genetically modified corn in Lebanon
and implications on biosafety.
- Elvis Gerges 2008: Breeding local tomato landraces for combined resistance to Tomato
yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and three soil-borne pathogens.
- Ezzedine Sarah 2008. Molecular characterization of the cedar processionary moth,
Thaumetopoea libanotica, and the identification of its sex pheromone.
- Rasha Talhouk 2010. Breeding local tomato landraces for combined resistance to Tomato
yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and three soil-borne pathogens. Part II.
- Farah Baroudy 2010. Molecular characterization of a Lebanese isolate of Beauveria and its
efficacy for control of Bemisia tabaci and Pieris brassicae
- Jamil Samsatly 2011. Development of serological and molecular techniques for the
detection of potato viral diseases.
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- Mohamad Ali Hisham Khalife 2012, Co-advisor: Deficit irrigation based on drought
tolerance in tomato varieties.
- Rami Salem 2013. Development of methods for the production of certified seed potato in
Lebanon.
- Rewa El Seblani 2013. Molecular characterization of local microalgae and evaluation of
their potential use for biodiesel production and as plant disease control agents.
- Peter Abrahamian 2013. Molecular characterization of a newly introduced whitefly-
transmitted crinivirus and assessment of its synergistic interaction with other viruses in
cucumber.
- Ali Abdel Sater, 2013. Studies on the epidemiology of almond witches’ broom (AlmWB)
phytoplasma, spread in South Lebanon, vector transmission and potential alternative hosts.
- Dina Saleh, 2014. Evaluating the potential of local microalgae species for use as energy
sources, nutritional supplements and biological control of plant pathogens.
- Samia Hamati 2015. Potential of local microalgae cultures for biodiesel production and for
disease management
- Patil Tawidian 2016. Almond witches’ broom phtyoplasma: development of detection
methods, epidemiology and management of the disease
- Ongoing: Three MS students + 2 new students + co-advisor for a PhD student (USJ)

MASTER OF SCIENCE NON-THESIS ADVISOR

- Barghout, Bilal. 1993
- Fakhoury Ahmad. 1994
- Abou-Zeid, Mohamed. 1995
- El Oud, Suheil. 1996

MS THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBER

- Several students at AUB
- Two at “University St. Esprit”, Kaslik, Lebanon
- Two at the Lebanese University: Charbel and Nancy

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

1. The American Phytopathological Society - APS - MN. USA.
2. Arab Society for Plant Protection - Beirut, Lebanon.
3. Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU), Italy. Board member 2011-2013
4. Member of European Union COST Action FA0807 Integrated Management of
Phytoplasma Epidemics in Different Crop Systems
5. Member of the international working group on Legume and Vegetable Viruses
(IWGLVV)

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RESEARCH GRANTS
University research board (URB)

- Received grants on yearly basis from 1993 to 2010:
 1993-1994 Control of late blight of Potato (approximately $ 5000)
 1994-1995 Soil solarization for control of soilborne pathogens $5100
 1995-1998 Survey and control of virus diseases of cucurbits $16,100
 1999-2000 Production of virus free planting material - part 1. Survey of potato
diseases of quarantine interest. $ 4,500
 2000-2003 Diagnosis of mollicutes infecting fruit trees in Lebanon $ 21,500
 2004-2005 Molecular studies on Mollicutes infecting stone fruits $ 8,600
 2006-2008 CYSDV: Detection and development of resistant transgenic plants
($ 12,125)
 2009-2011 Development of Lebanese type tomato with multi-resistance to tomato
yellow leaf curl virus, soil borne pathogens and abiotic stress
( $ 11,400)
 2013-2014 Exploring the potential of local strains of microalgae for biological
control of plant pests $ 10.000
 2016-2018 Development of serological methods for detection of almond witches
broom phytoplasma. $20.000 (10,000/year)

Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research

- Received yearly grants from 1994 to 2007:
 1994-1995 Control of apple scab $ 2,200
 1995-1998 Screening tomato genotypes for resistance to Tomato yellow leaf curl
begomovirus. $ 14,660
 1999-2000 Integrated management of cucurbit virus diseases $ 2,750
 2000-2003 Selected Lebanese plant flora as sources of natural products to control
plant pests. $ 14,000
 2005-2007 Identification and Evaluation of Local Strains of Fungi and Viruses as Biological
Control Agents of Pests of Major Economic Significance to Lebanese Agriculture
( $ 9, 3000 )
 2014-2016 Almond witches’ broom phytoplasma: epidemiology, detection and
management ($ 13,300 )

EEC/INRA
 1992-1994 Screening segregating tomato populations for resistance to tomato
yellow leaf curl virus.($ 10,000)

UNIFERT Co.
 1998- 1999 Soil Solarization: An alternative method for soil disinfestation.$2,000
 1999- 2000 Integrated management of soil-borne pathogens. $1,980

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IPIGRI
 1998-2000 Survey, collection and diagnosis of diseases associated with almond
germplasm in Lebanon.(Co-Investigator with Prof. A. Saad)

CEDRE (France & Lebanon)
 1998-2002 Creation de porte-greffes allotetraploides d’agrumes tolérants aux
contraintes environnementales biotiques et abiotiques du littoral
Libanais. (75,000FF, French Francs)

USAID (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)
 2000-2005 Development of a regional viral indexing and certification program for
plant propagation materials in the Middle East.($ 239.000)

USDA
 2003-2006 Breeding of pickling cucumber for resistance to Cucurbit yellow
stunting disorder virus ($ 45,000).

USAID – Subagreement with Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
 2004-2009 Development of tomatoes with combined resistance to Tomato yellow
leaf curl virus (TYLCV) using both virus-derived resistance and
molecular marker assisted breeding. ($269,000)
 2007-2012 Development and Improvement of Local Seed Potato Production in the
Middle East ($190,000).

USAID – Subagreement with Al-Balqaa Univ., Jordan
 2008-2013 Control of new threatening cucurbit-infecting whitefly-transmitted
geminiviruses in the Middle-East. ($ 247,000)

FAO, Italy
 2008-2011 Integrated Pest Management in Green House Tomatoes ($ 25,000)

AVSI, Italy
 2010 Diagnostical analysis for “Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium on
plant and insect samples ($ 21,000)

European Union- European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
(ENPI). ENPI
 2012-2015 Production of biodiesel from Algae in selected Mediterranean Countries
(Budget € 309,297.96 equivalent to ~ $ 433,000)

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Italian cooperation/ Ministry of Agriculture Lebanon
 2012-2013 Diagnostic Analysis of Phytoplasma Disease on Stone Fruits
(Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium (Budget € 28,800+8000
equivalent to ~ $ 37,000+10,000 = $ 47,000)
 2013-2014 Renewal € 14,500 ($ 18,850)
 2014 Organizing and Coordinating a Molecular Training for the Subgroup
Detection of the Phytoplasma Strains (workshop dates Jan. 27-31,
2014). (€ 7180 = $ 9820)

Al Balqaa Applied Univ. Jordan
 2012-2017 Development of Tomato with Multi-resistance to Tomato yellow leaf
curl virus and abiotic stress (Budget $130,000)

Conservation, Food and Health Foundation & the University of Vermont
 Dec 2014-15 Sustainable Biological Control Strategies for Growers of Greenhouse
Vegetables in Lebanon (budget $28,492, AUB share $16,000)
 2015-2016 Renewal, AUB share $ 17,000

Antagro Co
2016/2017 Integrated Pest Management in Greenhouse crops $ 3000

RobinsonAgri
2016/2017 Biological control in greenhouse vegetables $ 4300 (in kind)

Unifert
2016/2017 Integrated Pest Management in Greenhouse crops $ 3000

EXTENSION GRANTS
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN

 2001-2003 Rehabilitation of greenhouse production in Lebanon. Wrote the project,
followed it up and consulted the Ministry of Agriculture for initiation of
the pilot projects ($ 300,000). Executed by the Ministry of Agriculture.
 2003 FAO grant to edit and publish the proceedings of the First National
Conference on of Integrated Production and Protection Management of
Greenhouse Crops ($4,000)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Working in a developing country with limited funds and facilities, I started to work on
applied plant pathology and tried to attract funds to improve our facilities and to
maintain a balance between applied and fundamental research. The major topics of
interest are: Integrated pest management, improvement or development of diagnostic
techniques for plant pathogens (viruses, phytoplasma), breeding for resistance using
marker assisted selection or development of transgenic plants based on gene silencing
(pathogen derived resistance), host-pathogen interaction, induced resistance and
virology.
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PUBLICATIONS

Articles In International Refereed Journals

1. Abu-Jawdah, Y. 1981. Etude de l'effet du phosethyl-aluminium (Aliette) vis-à-vis de
l'anthracnose du haricot. Parasitica 37: 3-13.
2. Abu-Jawdah, Y. 1981. Changes in the patterns of soluble proteins of bean leaves
infected with Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. Parasitica 37: 35-38.
3. Abu-Jawdah, Y. 1982. Changes in the soluble protein patterns of bean leaves upon
fungal or viral infections or after chemical injury. Phytopathologishe Zeitschrift
103:272-279.
4. Abu-Jawdah, Y. 1983. Mycelial cell swellings of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum.
(Sacc. & Agn.) Bri. & Cav. induced by treatment with phosethyl Al. Parasitica 39:3-8.
5. Abu-Jawdah, Y. and J. Kummert. 1983. Effect of Aliette on AMV infection of bean
leaves and on the resultant alterations in the patterns of proteins and peroxidases.
Phytopathologishe Zeitschrift 108:294-303.
6. Van Loon, L.C., S. Gianinazzi, R.F. White, Y. Abu-Jawdah, P. Ahl, J.F. Antoniw, T.
Boller, A. Camacho-Henriquez, V. Conejero, J.C. Coussirat, R.N. Goodman, E. Maiss,
P. Redolfi, T.M.A. Wilson, Y.A.M. Gerristen, H.J. Van Telgen and E.J. Van Der Zaal.
1983. Electrophoretic and serological comparisons of pathogenesis related to (b)
proteins from different plant species. NETH. J. PL. Path. 89:293-303.
7. Abu-Saleh, H.S., Y. Abu-Jawdah, M.N. Munawar and W. Shugaidef. 1991. Studies
on the yellowing disease of watermelon in Jizan. Arab J. of Plant Protection 9(1):
27-31. Corresponding author (CR).
8. Abu-Jawdah, Y. and B. Barghout. 1993. Fungicide Resistance in Isolates of Botrytis
cinerea on Greenhouse Tomatoes in Lebanon. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 32:
182-187.
9. Abou-Jawdah, Y. and H.M. Itani. 1994. Sensitivity of Botrytis cinerea isolates to
fungicides used in Lebanon. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 34:100-108
10. Abou-Jawdah, Y. 1995. Analysis of tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus isolates
from Lebanon with heterologous monoclonal antibodies. Phytopathologia
Mediterranea. 34:35-37.
11. Abou-Jawdah, Y., W. Shebaro and K. Soubra. 1995. Detection of tomato yellow leaf
curl geminivirus by a digoxigenin-labeled DNA probe. Phytopathologia Mediterranea.
34:52-57.
12. Abou-Jawdah, Y.* and A.M. Al-Khoury. 1996. First Report on the identification of
Races 0, 1 and 1, 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis in Lebanon. Plant Disease.
80:711.
13. Abou-Jawdah, Y., K.H. Soubra and W.A. Shebaro. 1996. Evaluation of the
reaction of tomato genotypes to tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus in Lebanon.
Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 35:91-99.
14. Diab El-Arab, H. and Y. Abou-Jawdah. 1997. Evaluation of the sensitivity of
Venturia inaequalis isolates to fungicides used in Lebanon. Arab Journal of Plant
Protection. 15(1):3-9. (CR).
15. Assi, R., Y. Abou-Jawdah and O. Asly. 1997. Evaluation of fungicides and timing of
fungicidal applications for the control of powdery mildew. Fungicide and Nematicide
Tests. 52:2. (CR).
16. Abou-Jawdah, Y.*, H. Sobh, A. Fayad. 1997. First report of cucurbit aphid-borne
luteovirus in Lebanon. Plant Disease 81:1331
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