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1 Professor Dr. Shaukat Hussain Name: Address: Professor Dr. Shaukat Hussain Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture University Peshawar, Pakistan Phone: Teaching and Research Experience: 2009 to date Professor (AUP, Peshawar PAK) 2005 to 2008 Associate Professor (AUP, Peshawar PAK) Assistant Professor (AUP, Peshawar PAK) Lecturer (AUP, Peshawar, PAK) 1994 Graduate Research Asstt (Oregon State Univ., USA) Assistant Research Officer (ARI, Tarnab, PAK) Honors and Awards: USAID Scholarship for MS at Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA in Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship for Ph.D at University of Abertay, Dundee, UK in Membership: Pakistan Phytopathological Society British Society for Plant Pathology American Phytopathological Society Sarhad Journal of Agriculture Associate Editor Sarhad J. of Agriculture Subject Editor Pakistan J of Phytopathology Reviewer Asian J. of Plant Pathology Pakistan J. of Biological Sci Sarhad J. of Agriculture Pakistan J of Phytopathology Graduate Students, Post Docs, Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Year Degree Name 1990 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis Tamkeena Malik 1991 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis Farzana Hayat 1991 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis S. Jawad Ahmad Shah 1991 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis Abdur Rashid 1991 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis Fateh Mohammad 1992 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis Iftikhar Khattak 1999 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis Sartaj Bibi 2000 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis Mehnaz Ajmal 2005 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis Zeeshan Gul 2007 M.Sc (Hons) Thesis Azra Ph.D Special Problem S. Jawad Ahmad Shah Ph.D Special Problem Asif-ur-Rehman Khan

2 Undergraduate students Year Degree Name 2004 B.Sc (Hons) Special Problem Irshad Ali Khan 2005 B.Sc (Hons) Special Problem Basharat Ali 2006 B.Sc (Hons) Special Problem Waseem ullah Khan 2007 B.Sc (Hons) Special Problem Fayaz Ali Shah Membership on Graduate Degree Committees Board of Studies in Plant Pathology Service Activity Member QEC program team Dept of Plant Pathology Seminar Coordinator Dept of Plant Pathology Member Purchase committee Dept of Plant Pathology Member supervisory committee of Ph. D and M.Sc students Research Interest Seed and soilborne diseases of agricultural and horticultural crops Publications: Refereed Journals 1 Shah, SJA., Hussain, S., Ahmad, M., Farhatullah, Ali, I., and Ibrahim, M Using leaf tip necrosis as a phenotypic marker to predict the presence of durable rust resistance gene pair Lr34/Yr18 in wheat. J. Gen Plant Pathol 77: Bahri, B., Shah, SJA., Hussain, S., Leconte, M., Enjalbert, J. and de vallavieillepope, C Genetic diversity of the wheat yellow rust population in Pakistan and its relationship with host resistance. Plant Pathology 60: Shah, S.J.A., Imtiaz, M. and Hussain, S Phenotypic and molecular characterization of wheat for slow rusting resistance against Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici. J. Phytopathology 158: Khan, I., Khan, H., Ali, A., Raziq, F. Hussain, S., Ahmad, M. and Attauddin Evaluation of various fungicides and cultivars for the control of pea rust under natural conditions. Sarhad J. Agriculture 25: Gul, Z., Hussain, S and S.J.A. Shah Fungi associated with black point of wheat in the NWFP. Sarhad J. Agriculture 23: Shah, S.J.A., Mohammad, T., Hussain, S., Ibrahim, M., Khan, W. and Ali, S Resistance against African stem rust (Puccinia graminis tritici) race ug99 in advanced wheat lines and varieties developed by public breeding programs in NWFP, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 50: Khan, H., Naz, I., Ahmad, M., Hussain, S., and Raziq, F Chemical control of root and collar rot of chillies. Scientific Khyber 19: Gul, Z., Shah, S.J.A. and Hussain, S Studies on incidence of black point in different wheat cultivars grown in Pakistan. Sarhad J. Agriculture 21:

3 9 Hussain, S., Lees, A.K., Duncan, J. M. and Cooke, D.E.L Development of a species-specific and sensitive detection assay for Phytophthora infestans and its application for monitoring of inoculum in tubers and soil. Plant Pathology 54: Hussain, S., Powelson, M.L., Christensen, N.W. and Shah, S.J.A Soil water pressure affects population dynamics of biocontrol agents of Verticillium dahliae, the cause of potato early dying. Plant Pathology J. 4: Hussain, S., Young, V. and Shah, S.J.A Use of real-time quantitative PCR in determining Phytophthora infestans(mont) de Bary inoculum in soil. Sarhad J. Agriculture 21: Hayat, F., Hussain, S. and Shah, S.J.A Detection of seedborne fungi in various pea cultivars grown in Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. Sarhad J. Agriculture 21: Bibi, S., Hussain, S. and Shah, S.J.A Effect of different fungicides on control of Rhizoctonia solani, the cause of black scurf of potatoes. Sarhad J. Agriculture 21: Ajmal, M., Ahmad, S. and Hussain, S Distribution pattern of tuberborne diseases of potato in district Abbotabad. Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology 14(1): Ajmal, M., Ahmad, S. and Hussain, S Effect of soil moisture on black scurf disease and yield of potato. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 4: Zeb, S., Ahmad, S. and Hussain, S Effect of time of application of diathane M-45 on control of black scurf disease of potato. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 4: Shah, S. J. A., Shah, S. A. Ali, I., and Hussain, S Variation in newly developed mustard mutant lines for reaction to natural infection of Alternaria brassicae. Scientific Khyber 12: Shah, S. J. A., Muhammad, T., Shah, S. A., Ali, I., Hussain, S., and Jabbar, A Screening of exotic wheat lines for high yield and resistance to stripe rust (Puccinia striformis) under natural conditions. Sarhad J. Agric. 14: Rasheed, A., Hussain, S., and Shah, S. J. A Evaluation of different incubation methods for detection of seedborne fungi of chickpea. Scientific Khyber 10: Mohammad, F., Hussain, S., Shah, S. J. A., and Khattak, I Evaluation of chickpea germplasm for resistance to Ascochyta blight. Scientific Khyber 9: Shah, S. J. A., Shah, S. A., Ali, I., and Hussain, S Efficacy of three different concentrations of sodium hypochlorite for detection of seedborne mycoflora of rape and mustard. Sci. Int. 7: Khattak, I., Hussain, S., Ali, A, and Shah, S. J. A Efficacy of various methods employed for the study of seedborne mycoflora of soybean. Sarhad J. Agric. 9:45-48.

4 23 Shah, S. J. A., Hussain, S., Ali, A., and Khattak, I Efficacy of different seed dressing fungicides on recovery of seedborne mycoflora of soybean. Sarhad J. Agric. 8: Shah, S. J. A., Hussain, S., Ali, A., and Khattak, I Effect of different seed dressing fungicides on germination and yield components of soybean. Sarhad J. Agric. 8: Khattak, I., Hussain, S., Ali, A., and Shah, S. J. A Effect of different incubation temperatures on the growth of seedborne mycoflora of soybean. Journal of Science and Technology 16: Malik, T., Hussain, S., and Hassan, S Studies on seedborne mycoflora of tomato in the NWFP. Sarhad J. Agric. 7: Hussain, S., Hassan, S., and Khan, B. A Seedborne mycoflora of soybean in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Sarhad J. Agric. 5: Articles Published in popular press Shah, S. J. A., Ali, I., Shah, S. A., Ahmad, M., Rahman, K. and Hussain, S Losses induced by Alternaria blight in yield and oil of rape and mustard in Pakistan. Cruciferae Newsletter 22: Abstracts Published in conference proceedings Ibrahim, M., S.J.A. Shah, T. Mohammad and S. Hussain Field Assessment of candidate and commercial wheat varieties under natural infection of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) in Peshawar, Pakistan. International Wheat Seminar held at Faisalabad (Pakistan). Pp 67 Shah, S. J.A., S. Hussain, T. Mohammad and M. Ibrahim Virulence assessment of yellow rust on field grown yr differentials and their slow rusting behaviour in Peshawar, Pakistan. International Wheat Seminar held at Faisalabad (Pakistan). Pp 67 Shah, S.J.A., M. Ibrahim, T. Mohammad, S. Hussain, S. Ali, and Waseemullah Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV)- an emerging wheat problem, its prevalence and field host resistance in NWFP, Pakistan. Symposium on characterization and management of emerging viral diseases in the developing world, held at Faisalabad (Pakistan). Pp 62 Shah, S.J.A., S. Hussain, T. Mohammad, Farhatullah, Ihsanullah, M. Ibrahim, and S. Ali Wheat yellow rust establishment, distribution and varietal resistance in Northwest of Pakistan. 3 rd regional yellow rust conference held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Pp 45. Shah, S.J.A., T. Mohammad, I. Ali, F. Azam, S. Hussain, A. Rehman, and J. Mirza Post-release monitoring of Bakhtawar-92 and screening of CIMMYT/ICARDA bread wheat germplasm for resistance to yellow rust in Pakistan. 2 nd regional yellow rust conference for central and west Asia and N. Africa, Islamabad (Pakistan)

5 A. Lees, S. Hussain, D. Cooke and J. Duncan The development of P. infestans specific primers and their use in epidemiological studies Gilb 02 conference, Late blight: Managing the global threat. Hamburg (Germany) pp 26 S. Hussain, D. Cooke A. Lees and J. Duncan Novel SNP markers for genotyping of Phytophthora infestans in Scotland. Gilb 02 conference, Late blight: Managing the global threat. Hamburg (Germany) pp 24 D.E.L. Cooke, A.K. Lees, V. Young, P.R.J. Birch S. Hussain, R.Toth, F.Gourlay, S.F. Carnegie and J.M.Duncan The implication of mixed mating types on potato late blight management. Gilb 02 conference, Late blight: Managing the global threat. Hamburg (Germany) pp 23 S. Hussain Use of diagnostics and molecular markers in epidemiological studies of late blight of potato. Molecular Biology of Fungal Pathogens XII Conference held at St. Martin s college Ambleside, Cumbria, England, UK. Pp 5 A. Lees, S. Hussain, D. Cooke and J. Duncan The development of P. infestans specific primers and their use in epidemiological studies. Scottish Mycology and Plant Pathology Club,Edinburgh. Hussain, S., Powelson, M. L., and Christensen, N. W Osmotic pressure effects on growth of biocontrol agents of Verticillium dahliae in vitro. Phytopathology 83: 1384 M/S submitted for publication S. Hussain, D. E. L. Cooke, A. Lees and J. M. Duncan Novel molecular markers from coding and non-coding regions of Phytophthora infestans and development of a PCR assay for scoring. Pak.J.Bot S. Hussain, D. E. L. Cooke, A. Lees and J. M. Duncan The application of SNP markers in population studies of Phytophthora infestans.. Pak.J.Bot S. Hussain, D. E. L. Cooke, A. Lees and J. M. Duncan High Throughput Genotyping Assay Using Single Nucleotide Polymorphism. Pak.J.Bot Bahri, B. SJA Shah, S. Hussain, M. Leconte, C. de Valla Vielille-Pope and J. Enjalbert Genetic diversity of wheat yellow rust population in Pakistan and its relationship with host resistance. Plant Pathology Shah, SJA, M. Imtiaz, and S. Hussain Phenotypic and molecular characterization of wheat for slow rusting resistance against Puccinia striiformis tritici. Journal of Phytopathology Papers published in conference proceedings S.J.A.Shah, I. Ali, F. Azam, M. Ibrahim, S. Hussain, N. Jan, R. Ahmad, H. M. Khan and A. Khan Survey for disease scouting of tomato in the NWFP Symposium on Technologies developed for commercialisation challenges and opportunities, Peshawar (Pakistan). Pp Research Reports Submitted to sponsors Ist Annual Technical Report (Pea Root Rot) Final Technical Report (Pea Root Rot) Ist Annual Technical Report (Pepper Root Rot) 2nd Annual Technical Report (Pepper Root Rot)

6 Research Grants and Contracts Projects Completed Date Title Agency Total Award Amount Pathogens associated with pea HEC/NWFP AUP Rs root rot in the NWFP and evaluation of germplasm against the disease Projects Funded and in Progress Date Title Agency Total Award Amount Integrated control of root rot of PARC/ALP Rs 2.6 million Peppers in Peshawar and Malakand Divisions Studies on the Development of oyster HEC Rs million and button mushrooms spawn. Professional Presentations 1. Presented a poster on The use of co-dominant SNPs and SSRs in the study of gene flow in Scottish late blight populations at the IMC conference in August, Presented a poster on Use of molecular markers in genotyping of Phytophthora infestans isolates in Scotland at GILB Conference 2002 held at Hamburg, Germany from July 11-13, Presented a paper titled Use of diagnostics and molecular markers in epidemiological studies of late blight of potato at Molecular Biology of Fungal Pathogens XII Conference held at St. Martin s college Ambleside, Cumbria, England, UK from September 14-16, Presented a poster on Potato late blight at a field day titled Potato in Practice at Gourdie, Scotland, UK in August Presented a paper titled The development of P. infestans specific primers and their use in epidemiological studies at a meeting of the Scottish Mycology and Plant Pathology Club in Edinburgh in May Presented a poster titled Development of a specific and sensitive PCR assay for detection of P. infestans in soil and plant tissue at Scottish Crop Research Institute in October Presented a poster titled Effect of soil water pressures on population dynamics of Fusarium equiseti, Gliocladium virens, Talaromyces flavus and Trichoderma viridae, biocontrol agents of Verticillium dahliae in potatoes at the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society at Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 1993.