Dr. Muhammad Shafiq Shahid

Assistant Professor
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Virology from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
Plant Pathology
Plant Molecular Virology
Virus-Host Interaction
General Agriculture

Selected Publications

  1. Shahid, M.S., R.W. Briddon and M.A. Al-Sadi, 2017. Identification of Mungbean yellow mosaic Indian virus associated with tomato leaf curl betasatellite infecting Phaseolus vulgaris in Oman. J. Phytopathol., 165: 204-211.
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  2. Shahid, M.S., N. Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, S. Sabanadzovic and I.E. Tzanetakis, 2017. Genomic characterization and population structure of a badnavirus infecting blackberry. Plant Dis., 101: 110-115.
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  3. Shahid, M.S., A.M. Al-Sadi and R.W. Briddon, 2017. First report of chilli leaf curl virus and tomato leaf curl betasatellite infecting watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Oman. Plant Dis., 101: 1063-1063.
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  4. Shahid, M.S., I.E. Tzanetakis, N. Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic and S. Sabanadzovic, 2016. An integrating Badnavirus infects blackberry. Acta Hortic., 1133: 507-510.
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  5. Shahid, M.S., B.J. Pudashini, G.B. Khatri-Chhetri, R.W. Briddon and K.T. Natsuaki, 2016. Molecular characterization of a distinct monopartite begomovirus associated with betasatellites and alphasatellites infecting Pisum sativum in Nepal. Virus Genes, 35: 300-306.
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  6. Shahid, M.S., B.J. Pudashini, G.B. Khatri-Chhetri, R.W. Briddon and K.T. Natsuaki, 2016. Molecular characterization of a distinct monopartite begomovirus associated with betasatellites and alphasatellites infecting Pisum sativum in Nepal. Virus Genes, (In Press). 10.1007/s11262-016-1424-9.
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  7. Shahid, M.S., M. Ikegami, R.W. Briddon and K.T. Natsuaki, 2015. Characterization of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus and associated alphasatellite infecting Cucurbita maxima in Japan. J. Gen. Plant Pathol., 81: 92-95.
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  8. Shahid, M.S., J. Kimbara, A. Onozato, K.T. Natsuaki and M. Ikegami, 2015. Comparative analysis of gene expression of Ty-1 hybrid and non-hybrid tomatoes exposed to tomato yellow leaf curl virus strains. Aust. J. Crop Sci., 9: 819-825.
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  9. Shahid, M.S., M. Ikegami, A. Waheed, R.W. Briddon and K.T. Natsuaki, 2014. Association of an alphasatellite with Tomato yellow leaf curl virus and Ageratum yellow vein virus in Japan is suggestive of a recent introduction. Viruses, 6: 189-200.
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  10. Shahid, M.S. and K.T. Natsuaki, 2014. Identification of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus naturally infecting Common bean in Japan. Plant Dis., 98: 1447-1447.
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  11. Sahu, A.K., A. Marwal, M.S. Shahid, C. Nehra and R.K. Gaur, 2014. First report of a begomovirus and associated betasatellite in Rosa indica and in India. Australasian Plant Dis. Notes, Vol. 9. 10.1007/s13314-014-0147-9.
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  12. Shahid, M.S., T. Ito, J. Kimbara, A. Onozato, K.T. Natsuaki and M. Ikegami, 2013. Evaluation of tomato hybrids carrying Ty-1 and Ty-2 loci to japanese monopartite begomovirus species. J. Phytopathol., 161: 205-209.
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  13. Shahid, M.S., S. Yoshida, G.B. Khatri-Chhetri, R.W. Briddon and K.T. Natsuaki, 2013. Complete nucleotide sequence of a monopartite begomovirus and associated satellites infecting Carica papaya in Nepal. Virus Genes, 46: 581-584.
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  14. Shahid, M.S. and K.T. Natsuaki, 2013. DNA 1 is no longer a constant feature of the monopartite begomovirus DNA β complex causing cotton leaf curl disease in Pakistan. J. Agric. Sci., 58: 64-70.
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  15. Pudashini, B.J., M.S. Shahid and K.T. Natsuaki, 2013. First report of Bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV) infecting sweet bean in Nepal. Plant Dis., 97: 290-290.
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  16. Shahid, M.S., S. Mansoor and R.W. Briddon, 2012. Biological Analysis of DNA 1 Using as a Silencing/Expression Vector: Molecular Characterization and the Potential Use of Begomovirus Associated DNA 1 as a Silencing/Expression Vector. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN-13: 978-3846550083, Pages: 144.

  17. Shahid, M.S., S. Mannan, M. Ikegami and K.T. Natsuaki, 2012. Infectivity analysis of the cloned component of a monopartite begomovirus-betasatellite complex causing tomato leaf curl disease in Pakistan. J. Agric. Sci., 57: 139-145.
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  18. Shahid, M.S., P. Sharma and M. Ikegami, 2012. Mutational Analysis of Effectors Encoded by Monopartite Begomoviruses and their Satellites. In: Plant Science, Dhal, N.K. and S.C. Sahu (Eds.). Chapter 9, InTech Publishers, Rijeka, Croatia, ISBN: 978-953-51-0905-1, pp: 217-240.
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  19. Shahid, M.S., M. Ikegami and K.T. Natsuaki, 2012. First report of Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus on Lima bean affected by yellow mosaic disease in Nepal. Australasian Plant Dis. Notes, 7: 85-89.
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  20. Shahid, M.S., B.J. Pudashini, G.B. Khatri-Chhetri, M. Ikegami and K.T. Natsuaki, 2012. First report of Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus on kidney bean in Nepal. New Dis. Rep., 25: 30-30.
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  21. Shahid, M.S. and K.T. Natsuaki, 2012. Tuber crops and their management strategies in Pakistan. Japan Sweet Potato Potato Q., 112: 45-50.

  22. Idris, A.M., M.S. Shahid, R.W. Briddon, A.J. Khan, J.K. Zhu and J.K. Brown, 2011. An unusual alphasatellite associated with monopartite begomoviruses attenuates symptoms and reduces betasatellite accumulation. J. Gen. Virol., 92: 706-717.
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  23. Mubin, M., M.S. Shahid, M.N. Tahir, R.W. Briddon and S. Mansoor, 2010. Characterization of begomovirus components from a weed suggests that begomoviruses may associate with multiple distinct DNA satellites. Virus Genes, 40: 452-457.
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  24. Andleeb, S., M.S. Shahid and R. Mehmood, 2010. Biology of parasitoid Aganaspis daci (weld) (hymenoptera: eucoilidae). Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res., 53: 201-204.
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  25. Andleeb, S., I. Amin, M.S. Shahid, R.W. Briddon and S. Mansoor, 2010. Heterologous expression of βC1 of Chili leaf curl virus in Pichia pastoris. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 9: 8023-8031.
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  26. Amrao, L., I. Amin, M.S. Shahid, R.W. Briddon and S. Mansoor, 2010. Cotton leaf curl disease in resistant cotton is associated with a single begomovirus that lacks an intact transcriptional activator protein. Virus Res., 152: 153-163.
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  27. Wajid, S., S. Shahid, F. Latif, Z. Mukhtar, S. Afzal and S. Mansoor, 2009. Heterologous expression of Chaetomium thermophilum xylanase 11-A (CtX 11-A) gene. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res., 52: 100-106.

  28. Shahid, M.S., L. Ali and S. Andleeb, 2009. The function of the a-rich region of the alphasatellite associated with the cotton leaf curl disease in Pakistan. EurAsian J. BioSci., 3: 152-156.
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  29. Shahid, M.S. L. Ali and S. Wajid, 2009. Cotton leaf curl rajasthan virus infecting tomato in Pakistan. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res., 52: 319-321.
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  30. Shahid, M.S., S. Mansoor and R.W. Briddon, 2007. Complete nucleotide sequences of cotton leaf curl Rajasthan virus and its associated DNA beta molecule infecting tomato. Arch. Virol., 152: 2131-2134.
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  31. Khan, M.A., M.S. Shahid and M. Hussain, 2007. Screening of wheat germplasm against leaf and stripe rust virulences in Faisalabad. Pak. J. Phytopathol., 19: 118-122.