Biography

Dr Habib Ali (PhD in Agricultural Entomology and Insect Pest Control) was born in Okara, Punjab, Pakistan. He is authors of more than 47 international research publication (accumulative impact factor is more than 130) in well-reputed Journals (Frontier in Microbiology, Molecular phylogenetic and Evolutions, Insects, Journal of Economic Entomology, Microbial Pathogenesis etc.) and 02 Book chapters publication . On his excellent academic and research work, he got best international student of the year and best thesis award in 2018. He also attended many international conferances/ symposium/workshops, educational and faculty trainings and won reserch projects. Moreover, he served as Assistant Professor at University of Agriculture Faisalabad and since July, 2020 working as a Lecturer at Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Pakistan. Meanwhile, he is working voluntarily as editor and reviewer to many national and international journals.
His main areas of research are Agricultural entomology includes Insect Ecology, Insect Biodiversity, Crop pests/ invasive species such as Red Palm weevil, Coconut hispine beetle, Hispid leaf beetle, Pyrosequencing, genomics, Bioinformatics (R program) Bacteria-host interactions, Wolbachia pipientis, Microbial symbiosis, Bio-pesticides, Biocontrol agent and Integrated Pest Management.

Area of Interest:

Entomology

100%

Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus

62%

Endosymbiotic Bacteria

90%

Brontispa Longissima

75%

Pest Management

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
2

Chapters
16

Articles
95

Abstracts
7

Selected Publications

Ali, H., A. Muhammad, N.B. Sanda, Y. Huang and Y. Hou, 2019. Pyrosequencing uncovers a shift in bacterial communities across life stages of Octodonta nipae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Front. Microbiol., Vol. 10. 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00466.
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Shakeel, M., H. Ali, S. Ahmad, F. Said and K.A. Khan et al., 2018. Insect pollinators diversity and abundance in Eruca sativa Mill. (Arugula) and Brassica rapa L. (Field mustard) crops. Saudi J. Biol. Sci., Vol.14. 10.1016/j.sjbs.2018.08.012.
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Sanda, N.B., A. Muhammad, H. Ali and Y. Hou, 2018. Entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae surpasses the cellular immune responses of the hispid beetle, Octodonta nipae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Microbial pathog., 124: 337-345.
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Qasim, M., Y. Lin, C.K. Dash, B.S. Bamisile and K. Ravindran et al., 2018. Temperature-dependent development of Asian citrus psyllid on various hosts, and mortality by two strains of Isaria. Microbial pathogenesis, 119: 109-118.
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Qasim, M., D. Husain, S.U. Islam, H. Ali and W. Islam et al., 2018. Effectiveness of Trichogramma chilonis Ishii against spiny bollworm in Okra and susceptibility to insecticides. J. Entomo. Res. Stud., 6: 1576-1581.
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Islam, W., W. Lin, M. Qasim, S.U. Islam and H. Ali et al., 2018. A nation-wide genetic survey revealed a complex population structure of Bemisia tabaci in Pakistan. Acta Tropica, 183: 119-125.
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Islam, S.U., M. Qasim, W. Lin, W. Islam and M. Arif et al., 2018. Genetic interaction and diversity of the families Libellulidae and Gomphidae through COI gene from China and Pakistan. Acta Trop., 182: 92-99.
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Arif, M., S.U. Islam, M. Adnan, M. Anwar, H. Ali and Z. Wu, 2018. Recent progress on gene silencing/suppression by virus-derived small interfering RNAs in rice viruses especially Rice grassy stunt virus. Microbial pathogenesis, 125: 210-218.
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Ali, H., A. Muhammad, S.U. Islam, W. Islam and Y. Hou, 2018. A novel bacterial symbiont association in the hispid beetle, Octodonta nipae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), their dynamics and phylogeny. Microbial pathog., 118: 378-386.
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Ali, H., A. Muhammad, N.S. Bala, G. Wang, Z. Chen, Z. Peng and Y. Hou, 2018. Genomic evaluations of Wolbachia and mtDNA in the population of coconut hispine beetle, Brontispa longissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Mol. Phyl. Evol., 127: 1000-1009.
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Ali, H., A. Muhammad, N.S. Bala and Y. Hou, 2018. The Endosymbiotic Wolbachia and Host COI Gene enables to distinguish between two invasive palm pests; Coconut leaf beetle, brontispa longissima and hispid leaf beetle, octodonta nipae. J. Econ. Entomol., 111: 2894-2902.
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Ali, H., A. Muhammad and Y. Hou, 2018. Infection density dynamics and phylogeny of Wolbachia associatedwith coconut hispine beetle, Brontispa longissima (Gestro) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), by multilocus sequence type (MLST) genotyping. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol, 28: 796-808.
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Ali, H., A. Muhammad and Y. Hou, 2018. Absence of Wolbachia in red palm weevil, Rynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): A PCR-based approach. Appl. Ecol. Environ. Res., 16: 1819-1833.
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Muhammad, A., M.S. Aasi, F. Muhammad, A. Habib, A. Muhammad, S. Muhammad and Z. Wu, 2017. Spatio-temporal distribution of the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae) infesting citrus orchards at Sargodha, Pakistan. Acta Entomol. Sinica, 60: 1457-1466.
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Manzoor, M., J.N. Ahmad, M.Z. Sharif, D. Majeed, H. Kiran, M. Jafir and H. Ali, 2017. Comparative effectiveness of entomopathogenic nematodes against red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) in Pakistan. J. Entomol. Zool. Stud. JEZS, 5: 756-760.
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Malik, M.A., M. Manzoor, H. Ali, A. Muhammad and S. Islam et al., 2016. Evaluation of imidacloprid and entomopathogenic fungi, beauveria bassiana against the red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus (coleoptera: curculionidae). J. Entomol. Zool. Stud., 4: 262-268.
Idrees, A., M. Qasim, H. Ali, Z.A. Qadir, A. Idrees and M.H. Bashir, 2016. Acaricidal potential of some botanicals against the stored grain mites, rhizoglyphus tritici. J. Entomol. Zool. Stud., 4: 611-617.
Ali, H., Y. Hou, B. Tang, Z. Shi, A. Muhammad and N.B. Sanda, 2016. A way of reproductive manipulation and biology of Wolbachia pipientis. J. Exp. Biol. Agric. Sci., 4: 156-168.
Manzoor M., H. Ali, A. Muhammad, I. Alam, H.S. Khalid, A. Idrees and A. Muhammad, 2015. Potential of Moringa (Moringa oleifera: Moringaceae) as plant growth regulator and bio-pesticide against wheat aphids on wheat crop (Triticum aestivum; Poaceae). J. Biopesticides, 8: 120-127.
Ali, H., M. Qasim, H.S.A. Saqib, M. Arif and S. Islam, 2015. Synergetic effects of various plant extracts as bio-pesticide against Wheat Aphid (Diurophous noxia L.)(Hemiptera: Aphididae). Afr. J. Agric. Sci. Technol., 3: 310-315.