Dr. Khalil I. Al-Mughrabi
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Dr. Khalil I. Al-Mughrabi

Adjunct Professor
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biology from Dalhousie University, Canada

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Plant Pathology
62%
Biotechnology
90%
Pesticide Residues
75%
Plant Protection
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
102
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Nanayakkara, U.N., M. Singh, K.I. Al-Mughrabi and R.D. Peters, 2010. Detection of Phytophthora erythroseptica in soil using nightshade as bait combined with PCR techniques. Am. J. Potato Res., 87: 67-77.
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  2. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2010. Biological control of Fusarium dry rot and other potato tuber diseases using Pseudomonas fluorescens and Enterobacter cloacae. Biol. Control, 53: 280-284.
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  3. Nanayakkara, U.N., M. Singh, K.I. Al-Mughrabi and R.D. Peters, 2009. Detection of Phytophthora erythroseptica in above-ground potato tissues, progeny tubers, stolons and crop debris using PCR techniques. Am. J. Potato Res., 86: 239-245.
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  4. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2009. Seed Potato Growers Certification List�Proud of Being Among the Best in the World/Liste des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre de Semence Certifies�Fiers d etre Pami les Meilleurs au Monde. Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture, New Brunswick, Canada, pp: 37.
  5. Peters, R.D., H.W. Platt, K.A. Drake, R.H. Coffin and S. Moorehead et al., 2008. First report of fludioxonil-resistant isolates of Fusarium spp. causing potato seed-piece decay. Plant Dis., 92: 172-172.
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  6. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., C. Bertheleme, T. Livingston, A. Burgoyne, R. Poirier and A. Vikram, 2008. Aerobic compost tea, compost and a combination of both reduce the severity of common scab (Streptomyces scabiei) on potato tubers. J. Plant Sci., 3: 168-175.
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  7. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2008. New Brunswick Seed Potato Growers Certification List - Liste des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre de Semence Certifiees du Nouveau-Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture, New Brunswick, Canada, pp: 33.
  8. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2008. Chinese Yam. Potato Development Centre, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture, Wicklow, New Brunswick, Canada.
  9. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2008. Salicylic acid induces resistance in potatoes against Rhizoctonia solani, the cause of black scurf and stem canker. Int. J. Biol. Chem., 2: 14-25.
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  10. Vikram, A., H. Hamzehzarghani, K.I. Al-Mughrabi, P.U. Krishnaraj and K.S. Jagadeesh, 2007. Interaction between Pseudomonas fluorescens FPD-15 and Bradyrhizobium spp. in peanut. Biotechnology, 6: 292-298.
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  11. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., R.D. Peters, H.W. Platt, G. Moreau, A. Vikram, R. Poirier and I. MacDonald, 2007. In-furrow applications of metalaxyl and phosphite for control of pink rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica) of potato in New Brunswick, Canada. Plant Disease, 91: 1305-1309.
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  12. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2007. Potato Disease Pictures. otato Development Centre, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture, Wicklow, New Brunswick, Canada.
  13. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2007. New Brunswick Seed Potato Growers Certification List - Liste des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre de Semence Certifiees du Nouveau-Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture, New Brunswick, Canada, pp: 34.
  14. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2007. Food nutrients and compost tea applied foliarly suppress Phytophthora infestans in potatoes. Australian J. Basic Applied Sci., 1: 785-792.
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  15. Abu-Nada, Y., A.C. Kushalappa, W.D. Marshall, S. Prasher and K. Al-Mughrabi, 2007. Metabolic Profiling Horizontal Resistance in Potato Leaves (cvs. Caesar and AC Novachip) against Phytophthora infestans. In: Concepts in Plant Metabolomics, Nikolau, B.J. and E.S. Wurtele (Eds.). Springer, Netherlands, pp: 269-286.
  16. Abu-Nada, Y., A.C. Kushalappa, W.D. Marshall, K. Al-Mughrabi and A. Murphy, 2007. Temporal dynamics of pathogenesis-related metabolites and their plausible pathways of induction in potato leaves following inoculation with Phytophthora infestans. European J. Plant Pathol., 118: 375-391.
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  17. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2006. Sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide in vitro of North American isolates of Phytophthora erythroseptica, the cause of pink rot of potatoes. Plant Pathol. J., 5: 7-10.
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  18. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2006. Antibiosis ability of aerobic compost tea against foliar and tuber potato diseases. Biotechnology, 5: 69-74.
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  19. Lui, L.H., A. Vikram, Y. Abu-Nada, A.C. Kushalappa, G.S.V. Raghava and K. Al-Mughrabi, 2005. Volatile metabolic profiling for discrimination of potato tubers inoculated with dry and soft rot pathogens. Am. J. Potato Res., 82: 1-8.
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  20. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2005. Efficacy of OxiDate™ for control of early blight (Alternaria solani) in potato storages. Plant Pathol. J., 4: 1-4.
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  21. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2005. Control of Phytophthora infestans (The cause of late blight of potatoes) in vitro using OxiDate. Plant Pathol. J., 4: 5-7.
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  22. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2004. Sensitivity of Jordanian isolates of Alternaria solani to mancothane. Phytopathol. Mediterranea, 43: 14-19.
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  23. Al-Mughrabi, K.I., 2003. Wild honey inhibits the growth of some phytopathogenic fungi in vitro. Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 42: 280-283.
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  24. Al-Mughrabi, K., 2003. Antimicrobial activity of extracts from leaves, stems and flowers of E. macroclada against plant pathogenic fungi. Phytopathol. Mediterranea, 42: 245-250.
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