Dr Shawkat Ali

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Chercheur scientifique
Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
32 rue Main, Kentville, Nouvelle-Ecosse

Recherche et / ou projets en cours

Évaluation du potentiel d’endophytes fongiques comme moyen de lutte contre des maladies du bleuet en corymbe et de la vigne

Utilisation de la cryothérapie sur la vigne comme traitement antiviral

Isolation et identification moléculaire d’agents causals de la pourriture bactérienne de l’oignon

Rôle des pathogènes des racines (nématodes) dans les infections virales

Identification moléculaire de pathogènes des racines des fraisiers

Identification moléculaire de pathogènes fongiques des bleuets

Caractérisation des effecteurs d’Erwinia amylovowa, agent causal de la brûlure bactérienne

pathogen Erwinia amylovowa

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

 

1.   Kun-Peng Jia#, Jianing Mi#, Shawkat Ali#, Hajime Ohyanagi, Juan C. Moreno, Abdugaffor Ablazov, Aparna Balakrishna, Lamis Berqdar, Alessia Fiore, Gianfranco Diretto, Claudio Martínez, Angel R. de Lera, Takashi Gojobori, and Salim Al-Babili (2021) An alternative, zeaxanthin epoxidase-independent abscisic acid biosynthetic pathway in plants. Molecular Plant DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.09.008.

2.   Pervaiz A. Abbasi, Paul D. Hildebrand, Harrison Wright, Jeff Franklin, Shawkat Ali and Willy E. Renderos (2021). Effects of temperature and wetness on components of the infection cycle of Valdensia heterodoxa in lowbush blueberry. Plant Disease  (Submitted)

3.   A. H. Wright, S. Ali, Z. Migicovsky, G. M. Douglas, S. Yurgel, A. Bunbury-Blanchette, J. Franklin, S. Adams, A. K. Walker (2021) A characterization of a cool climate organic vineyard’s microbiome. PhytoBiome e-ISSN:2471-2906.

4.   Pervaiz A. Abbasi, Paul D. Hildebrand, Shawkat Ali, Debra L. Moreau and Willy E. Renderos (2021). Effect of relative humidity, temperature, light and plant age on infection of lowbush blueberry by Sphaerulina vaccinia. Plant Disease doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-20-2747-RE.

5.     Shawkat Ali, Sajid Rehman, Walid Ellouze and Pervaiz, A Abbasi (2021). First Report of Moldy Core of Minneiska Apples from New ZealandCaused by Alternaria arborescens. Plant Disease Note doi: 10.1094/PDIS-01-21-0025-PDN.

6.     Ahmed Abdelfattah, Shiri Freilich, Rotem Bartuv, Yeka V. Zhimo, Ajay Kumar, Antonio Biasi, Shoshana Salim, Oleg Feygenberg, Erik Burchard, Christopher Dardick, Jia Liu, Awais Khan, Achour Amiri,  Oualid Ellouze, Shawkat Ali, Davide Spadaro, Rosario Torres, Neus Teixido, Okan Ozkaya, Andreas Buehlmann, Gabriele Berg, Susan Whitehead, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby (2021). Global analysis of the apple fruit microbiome: Are all apples the same? Environmental Microbiology doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15469.

  1. Kun-Peng Jia, Jianing Mi, Abdugaffor Ablazov, Shawkat Ali, Yu Yang, Aparna Balakrishna, Lamis Berqdar, Qitong Feng, Ikram Blilou and Salim Al-Babili (2021). iso-Anchorene is an endogenous metabolite that inhibits primary root growth in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal, 107, 54–66 https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15271.
  1. Shawkat Ali, Pervaiz A Abbasi, Paul Hildebrand and Willy Renderos (2021). Characterization of Sphaerulina vaccinii sp. nov. as the cause of leaf spot and stem canker in lowbush blueberry and its epidemiology. Journal of Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-20-0143-R.
  1. Ana Priscilla Montenegro Alonso, Shawkat Ali, Xiao Song, Rob Linning and Guus Bakkeren (2020) UhAVR1, an HR-triggering avirulence effector of Ustilago hordei, is secreted viathe ER-Golgi pathway to the cytosol of barley coleoptile cells and contributes to virulence early in infection. J. Fungi, 6, 178; doi:10.3390/jof6030178.
  1. Michael Parcey, Steven Gayder, Vivian Morley-Senkler, Guus Bakkeren, José Ramón Úrbez-Torres, Shawkat Ali, Alan J Castle, Antonet M Svircev (2020). Comparative genomic analysis of Erwinia amylovora reveals novel insights in phylogenetic arrangement, plasmid diversity, and streptomycin resistance,  Genomics, 112, Issue 5, 3762-3772, Doi.org/1016/j.ygeno.2020.04.001.
  2. Sudarsana Poojari, Debra L. Moreau, Dieter Kahl, Mark Ritchie, Shawkat Ali & José Ramon Úrbez-Torres (2020). Disease incidence and genetic variability of economically important grapevine viruses in Nova Scotia, Can. J. Plant Pathol. 42:4, 584-594,DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2020.1730443.
  1. Shawkat Ali, Willy Renderos, Eric Bevis, Joan Hebb & Pervaiz A. Abbasi (2020) Diaporthe eres causes stem cankers and death of young apple rootstocks in Canada, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 42:2, 218-227, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2019.1653377.
  1. Pervaiz A. Abbasi, Shawkat Ali, Gordon Braun, Eric Bevis & Sherry Fillmore (2019). Reducing apple scab and frogeye or black rot infections with salicylic acid or its analogue on field-established apple trees. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 41:3, 345-354, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2019.1610070.
  1. Alshareef NO, Wang JY, Ali S, Al-Babili S, Tester M and Schmöckel SM. (2019). Overexpression of the NAC transcription factor JUNGBRUNNEN1 (JUB1) increases salinity tolerance in tomato. Plant Physiol Biochem. 2019 Jul;140:113-121. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.04.038.
  1. Syed Haleem Shah, Yoseline Angel, Rasmus Houborg, Shawkat Ali and Matthew McCabe (2019). A Random Forest Machine Learning Approach for the Retrieval of Leaf Chlorophyll Content in Wheat. Remote Sens. 2019, 11(8), 920; Doi.org/10.3390/rs11080920.
  1. Paul A. Wiersma, Deniz Erogul, Shawkat Ali (2018). DNA fingerprinting of closely related cultivars of sweet cherry (Prunus avium). J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 143(4):282–288. Doi.org/10.21273/JASHS04454-18.
  1. Pervaiz A. Abbasi, Shawkat Ali, Willy Renderos, Hamid A. Naeem & Yousef Papadopoulos (2018). First report of Alternaria alternata causing leaf spot and blight symptoms on alfalfa in Canada. Can. J. Plant Pathol.  Doi: 10.1080/07060661.2018.1470111.
  1. Shah ZH, Rehman HM, Akhtar T, Alsamadany H, Hamooh BT, Mujtaba T, Daur I, Al Zahrani Y, Alzahrani HAS, Ali S, Yang SH and Chung G (2018).  Humic Substances: Determining Potential Molecular Regulatory Processes in Plants. Front. Plant Sci. 9:263. Doi: 10.3389/fpls.2000263.
  1. Muhammad Jamil, Boubacar A. Kountche, Imran Haider, Xiujie Guo, Valentine O. Ntui, Kun-Peng Jia, Shawkat Ali, Umar S. Hameed, Hidemitsu Nakamura, Ying Lyu, Kai Jiang, Kei Hirabayashi, Masaru Tanokura, Stefan T. Arold, Tadao Asami, and Salim Al-Babili (2017). Methyl phenlactonoates are efficient strigolactone analogs with simple structure. Journal of Experimental Botany. Doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx438.
  1. Thirumalaikumar Venkatesh, Devkar, Vikas Mehterov, Nikolay, Shawkat Ali, Ozgur Rengin, Turkan Ismail, Mueller-Roeber Berndt, Balazadeh Salma (2017). NAC transcription factor JUNGBRUNNEN1 enhances drought tolerance in tomato. Plant Biotechnol J. pp. 1–13. Doi: 10.1111/pbi.12776.
  1. Mohamed E. Abdelaziz, Dongjin Kim, Shawkat Ali, Nina V. Fedoroff, Salim Al-Babili (2017). Endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica enhances salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science (263) 107-115.
  1. Sajid Mahmood, Daur I, Al-Solaimani SG, Ahmad S, Madkour MH, Yasir M, Hirt H, Shawkat Ali and Ali Z (2016). Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Silicon Synergistically Enhance Salinity Tolerance of Mung Bean. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 876. Doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00876.
  1. Andreas Savvides, Shawkat Ali, Mark Tester, and Vasileios Fotopoulos (2016). Chemical priming against multiple abiotic stresses: mission possible? Trends in Plant Sciences 21(4):329-40. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.
  1. Shawkat Ali, Maxime Magne, Shiyan Chen, Natasa Obradovic, Lubna Jamshaid, Xiaohong Wang, Guy Bélair and Peter Moffett (2015). Analysis of Globodera rostochiensis effectors reveals conserved functions of SPRYSEC proteins in suppressing plant immune responses Front. Plant Sci. 6:623. Doi:  10.3389/fpls.2015.00623. (Impact factor 4.4)
  1. Shawkat Ali, Maxime Magne, Shiyan Chen, Olivier Côté, Barbara Gerič Stare, Natasa Obradovic, Lubna Jamshaid, Xiaohong Wang, Guy Bélair and Peter Moffett (2015). Analysis of putative apoplastic effectors from the nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, and identification of an expansin-like protein that can induce and suppress host defenses. PLoS ONE 10 (1): e0115042. Doi: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0115042.
  1. Shawkat Ali and Guus Bakkeren (2015). Conversion of BAC Clones into Binary BAC (BIBAC) Vectors and their Delivery into Basidiomycete Fungal Cells using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Methods in Molecular Biology. (Clifton, N.J.), vol. 1227, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-1652-8.
  1. Shawkat Ali, John, D Laurie, Rob Lining, José Antonio Cervantes-Chávez, Denis Gaudet and Guus Bakkeren (2014). An immunity-triggering effector from the barley smut fungus Ustilago hordei resides in an Ustilaginaceae-specific cluster bearing signs of transposable element-assisted evolution. PLoS Pathogens 10 (7): e1004223.
  1. John D. Laurie, Shawkat Ali, Rob Linning, Gertrud Mannhaupt, Philip Wong, Ulrich Güldener, Martin Münsterkötter, Richard Moore, Regine Kahmann, Guus Bakkeren and JanSchirawskie. (2012). Genome comparison of barley and maize smut fungi reveals targeted loss of RNA silencing components and species-specific presence of TEs. The Plant Cell. 24 (5): 1733-45.
  1. Shawkat Ali, Abdul Manan, Oirdi ME, Abdul Waheed & Bushra Mirza (2012). Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of rough lemon (Citrus jambhiri Lush.) with yeast HAL2 gene. BMC Res Notes. 5 (1): 285.
  1. Shawkat Ali & Guus Bakkeren (2011). Introduction of large DNA inserts into the barley pathogenic fungus, Ustilago hordei, via recombined binary BAC vectors and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Current Genetics 57 (1): 63-73.
  1. José Antonio Cervantes-Chávez, Shawkat Ali and Guus Bakkeren (2011). Response to environmental stresses, cell wall integrity and virulence are orchestrated through the calcineurin pathway in Ustilago hordei. Molecular Plant Microbe Interaction 24 (2): 219-232.
  1. Shawkat Ali & Guus Bakkeren (2011). Fungal and oomycete effectors – strategies to subdue a host. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 33 (4): 425-46.
  2. Abida Yasmeen, Bushra Mirza, Samia Inayatullah, Naila Safdar, Maryam Jamil,  Shawkat Ali & M. Fayyaz Choudhry (2009). In Planta transformation of tomato. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 27: 20-28.
  1. Shawkat Ali & Bushra Mirza (2006). Micropropagation of rough lemon (Citrus jambhiri Lush.): Effect of explants type and hormone concentration. Acta Bot. Croat. 65 (2) 137-146.

Books and Book chapters

  1.  Abbasi, P.A., Braun, G., Bevis, E., Luo, H., Song, J., Fillmore, S., and Ali, S. 2020. Impact of trunk injections and foliar sprays of salicylic acid and Actigard® on apple scab and frogeye or black rot infections and changes in leaf protein profiles. Acta Hortic. 1269. ISHS 2020. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1269.7

Activités professionnelles / intérêts

  • Relations plantes–pathogènes–hôtes
  • Associations plantes–microbes
  • Étude du rôle d’effecteurs dans la promotion et la suppression de maladies des plantes, comme les gènes fongiques et bactériens de virulence, d’avirulence et de pathogénicité
  • Génétique moléculaire des phytopathogènes et des micro-organismes associés aux plantes
  • Culture de tissus végétaux et transformation génétique
  • Réponse des plantes aux stress abiotiques

Prix et études

Études

B.Sc. en agriculture (avec distinction), Université de Gomal, Pakistan, 2001

M.Phil. en biotechnologie, Université Quaid-i-Azam, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004.

Ph. D.  Département de botanique, Université de la Colombie-Britannique à Vancouver, 2011

 

Prix

FQRNT, Bourse postdoctorale, Québec, Canada 2013

CRSNG, Bourse de recherche scientifique dans les laboratoires du gouvernement canadien, 2011-2013

Médaille d’or, B.Sc. (avec distinction)

Bourse fondée sur le mérite, B.Sc. (avec distinction)

Expérience et / ou de travail international

Janvier 2014 à juin 2017, Boursier postdoctoral, Centre de l’agriculture du désert, Département des sciences biologiques et environnementales et du génie, 4700 Université du roi Abdullah des sciences et des technologies, Thuwal, Arabie saoudite.

Octobre 2015 à novembre 2015, Chercheur scientifique invité, Institut Max-Plank de physiologie moléculaire, Potsdam, Allemagne.

Novembre 2015 à décembre 2015, Chercheur scientifique invité, Institut des phytosciences moléculaires, Université d’Édimbourg, R.-U.

 

 

Liens additionnels

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=J5yU3zIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works

Principales publications

  1. Salicylic acid and fungicides as an integrated approach for management
    of apple summer diseases

    2024 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  2. Application of fungal endophytes isolated from apple (Malus domestica) trees for apple replant disease management

    2023 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  3. Neopestalotiopsis leaf spot and fruit rot of strawberry, an emerging disease in Canadian strawberry industry?

    2023 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  4. Use of Alternative Methods for Apple Disease Management

    2023 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  5. Use of Alternative Methods for Apple Disease Management

    2023 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  6. How to disinfect raspberry germ plasm from viruses using thermotherapy, chemotherapy and cryotherapy

    2023 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  7. Using Fungal Endophytes to Fight Apple Replant Disease

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  8. AAFC’s annual publication, Agricultural Innovations Volume 5

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  9. Apple Replant Disease Management by fungal endophytes.

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  10. Apple Replant Disease Management by fungal endophytes.

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  11. Apple root endophytes as biological control agents of Apple Replant Disease.

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  12. In vitro elimination of raspberry virus using thermotherapy, chemotherapy, cryotherapy and their combination

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  13. What is living below the surface of a cool climate vineyard?

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  14. Nursery and orchard deaths of apple and pear trees

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  15. How the Abiotic Factors shapes the Fungal Communities of ‘Honeycrisp’ Apples

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  16. Apple Disease projects at Kentville Research and Development Centre

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  17. Updates of Apple Summer Disease Project

    2022 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  18. Ellouze, W., Schneider, K. and Ali, S. 2021. Apples to apples: An international study of local and global apple fruit microbiomes has implications for future pathogen control strategies. Fruit & Vegetable, September 22, 2021. https://www.fruitandveggie.com/apples-to-apples/

    2021 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  19. Apple Peel Holds the Key to Controlling Pathogens

    2021 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  20. Getting to the Root Cause: Sudden Death of Young Apple and Pear Trees

    2021 - Consulter les détails de la publication

Contact

Installation de recherche

Centre de recherche et de développement de Kentville
32, rue Main
Kentville, NS B4N 1J5
Canada

Expertise

Champignons›Phytopathogène

Affiliations

  • Membre de l’International Society of Molecular-Plant Microbe Interaction
  • Membre de l’American Society of Plant Biology and Botany
  • Membre de la Société canadienne de physiologie végétale
  • Membre de la Société canadienne de phytopathologie
  • Membre de l’American Phytopathological Society

Langue

Anglais