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CURRICULUM VITAE
Abdulaziz
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Ajlan
Department of Plant Protection
College of Agriculture & Food
Sciences
King Faisal University
P.O. Box 55009, Hofuf, Al-Hasa
31982
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
e-mail:
aajlan@kfu.edu.sa
e-mail:
aajlan@hotmail.com
website:
www.redpalmweevil.com
RESEARCH INTEREST
Integrated management and population
ecology of the red palm weevil,
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
(Olivier), in
date palm.
EDUCATION
August, 1991:
Ph.D. in Entomology, Dept. of
Entomology, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091, USA
May, 1983:
Master of Science in Entomology,
Dept. of Entomology, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
40546-0091, USA
June, 1974:
Bachelor of Science in General
Agriculture, College of Agriculture,
King Saud University (Previously,
Riyadh University) Riyadh, Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia.
HONORS
2002-2003:
Who’sWho in Science and Engineering®
2002-2003, Marquis Who’sWho 21st
Century Editions, 6th Edition, page
12, A Marquis Who’sWho Publication.
USA 2002-2003. ((Who’sWho in Science
and Engineering® Sith
Edition 2002/2003) The Marquis
who’sWho Publicaiton Board).
2002:
2000 Outstandings Scientists of the
21st Centry. The
International Biogrphical Centre of
Cambridge. England. “Decree
of Merit”.
June, 1999:
Honorable Order of Kentucky
Colonels, Commonwealth of Kentucky,
Governor, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601,
USA
TRAINING COURSES
July 1 to September 1, 2001:
Research studies on Influence MON
863 Bt Transformed Corn Kernels on
Several Stored-Product Beetle
Species, Kentucky State University,
Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
May 3 to June 13, 1992:
IAEA/FAO Interregional Training
Course on the Use of Radiation and
Isotopes in Insect Control and
Entomology, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida, USA
February 1 to February 21, 1985:
FAO Regional Training Course on
Desert Locust Control and Spraying
Equipment, Cairo, Egypt.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
October 2002 to Present:
Associate Professor of Entomology,
Dept. of Plant Protection, College
of Agri. & Food Sciences, King
Faisal University, Al-Hasa.
August, 1995 to October 2002:
Assistant Professor of Entomology,
Dept. of Plant Protection, College
of Agri. & Food Sciences, King
Faisal University, Al-Hasa.
April, 1994 to August, 1995:
Specialist, the project of red palm
weevil control, Dept. of Extension &
Agri. Services, Ministry of
Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
August, 1991 to April, 1994:
Head, Agricultural Research
Division, Agricultural Research
Center in Makkah Al-Mukkarramah
Region, Makkah Road, Kilo-10,
Jeddah.
June, 1987 to August, 1991:
Graduate Research Assistant, Dept.
of Entomology, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
May, 1983 to June, 1987:
Head, Agricultural Research
Division, Agricultural Research
Center in Makkah Al-Mukkarramah
Region, Makkah Road, Kilo-10,
Jeddah.
August, 1980 to May, 1983:
Graduate Research Assistant, Dept.
of Entomology, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
August, 1979 to August, 1980:
Extensive English Language Program,
Dept. of English, University of
Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky,
USA
June, 1974 to August, 1979:
Head, Plant Protection Division,
Dept. of Agricultural Research,
Ministry of Agriculture & Water,
Riyadh.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
January, 1998 to Present:
Co-constructor of the website:
www.redpalmweevil.com
May, 1994 to Present:
Member of the Scientific Team for
the Red Palm Weevil between Ministry
of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh, and
King Faisal University, Al-Hasa.
March, 1996 to 2001:
Co-investigator for a research
project supported by King Abdulaziz
City for Science and Technology,
entitled “Survey of virus diseases
attacking cucurbits and its insect
vectors and their control. Proj. NO.
AR-15-88.
Higher Education Activities
Outside Examiner for the following
Thesis:
1)
Hathal M. H. Al Dhafer. (1997).
“Biological and Morphological
Characteristics of Red Palm Weevil
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
(Olivier). (Curculionidae:
Coleoptera) in Saudi Arabia”.
Thesis. College of Agriculture, King
Saud University, Riyadh.
2)
Ayshah Mohammad Ahmed Al Qahtani.
(1999). “Toxicity of two extracts
against the red palm weevil larvae
Rhynchophrus ferrugineus
Olivier in the Eastern
Province-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”.
Thesis. College of Science for
Girls, Dammam.
Manuscript Review for publication
4
Manuscripts for the Journal of King
Saud University, College of
Agriculture, King Saud University,
Riyadh.
1
Manuscript for Saudi Journal of
Biological Sciences, Saudi
Biological Society, College of
Sciences, King Saud University,
Riyadh.
1
Manuscript for Agricultural
Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University
Journal for Scientific Research,
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Proposal Evaluation
3
Proposal Evaluations for King
Abdulaziz City for Science and
Technology, General Directorate of
Research Grants Programs. Riyadh.
Community Services
Lecturing on
the red palm weevil and other
insects for the community and
College of Agriculture and Food
Sciences, King Faisal University,
Al-Hasa.
Lecturing on
the red palm weevil and other
insects Centers for the Ministry of
Agriculture and Water in different
Directorate of Agriculture and
Agriculture Researches in the
Kingdom.
ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT
Advanced Economic Entomology
Advanced Insect Morphology
Advanced Pest Ecology
Economic Entomology
Pest Ecology
Pest Biological Control
Pests of Field Crops
Pests of Greenhouses
Pests of Horticulture
Principles of Plant Protection
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Arab Society for Plant Protection
American Phytopathological Society
Entomological Society of America
Entomological Society of Egypt
Kentucky Academy of Science
Royal Entomological Society
Saudi Biological Society
HONOR SOCIETIES
Gamma Sigma Delta
Sigma XI
COMMITTEES
October, 2001 to 2002:
Member, Information and Publication
Committee, Agriculture and Water
Development Symposium at the time of
the Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques, King Fahad Bin Abdulaziz,
College of Agriculture & Food
Sciences, King Faisal University,
Al-Hasa, January 28-30, 2002.
October, 2001 to Present:
Member, Reception and Guest
Committee, Higher Education of
Agriculture Symposium for Gulf
Countries Counsel, King Faisal
University, Al-Hasa.
October, 2001 to Present:
Member, Public Relation Committee,
College of Agriculture & Food
Sciences, King Faisal University,
Al-Hasa.
February, 2000 to Present:
Member, Graduate Studies Committee,
College of Agriculture & Food
Sciences, King Faisal University,
Al-Hasa.
November 20-22, 2000:
Chairman, Scientific Committee,
First Workshop on Control of Date
Palm Red Weevil. King Faisal
University, Date Palm Research
Center, Al-Hasa, Nov. 20-22, 2000 (Shabaan
24-26, 1421H).
November 20-22, 2000:
Convener, Executive Committee, First
Workshop on Control of Date Palm Red
Weevil. King Faisal University, Date
Palm Research Center, Al-Hasa, Nov.
20-22, 2000 (Shabaan 24-26, 1421H).
December 1997 to December 1999:
Member, Committee on International
affairs, Entomological Society of
America, Lanham, MD, USA.
October 26, 1999:
Co-Chairman of Tenth
session-Biological Control II,
International Symposium on
Biological Control of Insect Pests
of Agricultural Crops, College of
Agriculture, University of Aleppo,
Syria.
November, 1998 to 1999:
Chairman, College Community Services
Committee, College of Agriculture &
Food Sciences, King Faisal
University, Al-Hasa.
March 25, 1997:
Co-Chairman of Entomological
session, First Saudi Agricultural
Sciences Symposium, College of
Agriculture, King Saud University,
Riyadh.
July, 1996 to 1999:
College representative, University
Community Services, King Faisal
University, Al-Hasa.
July, 1996 to Present:
Member, University Community
Services Consulted Committee, King
Faisal University, Al-Hasa.
September, 1995 to September, 1996:
Chairman, College Community Services
Committee, College of Agriculture &
Food Sciences, King Faisal
University, Al-Hasa.
PUBLICATIONS (In English)
Abdulsalam, K. S., M. S. Shawir, M.
M. Abo-El-Saad, M. A. Rezk, and
A. M. Ajlan. (2001). Regent (fipronil)
as a candidate insecticide to
control red palm weevil,
Rhynchophorus ferrigineus (Olivier).
Annals Agric.Sci., Ain Shams Univ.,
Cairo., Vol. 46 (2), 841-849.
Abo-El-saad, M. M, A. M. Ajlan,
M. S. Shawir, K. S. Abdulsalam, and
M. A. Rezk. (2001). Comparative
toxicity of four pyrethroid
insecticides against red palm
weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
(Olivier), under laboratory
conditions. J. Pest Cont. & Environ.
Sci. 9 (3): 63-76.
Ajlan, A. M. (2002).
Monitoring of whiteflies and thrips
on greenhouse cucurbit plants using
yellow sticky traps in Al-Hasa
District, Saudi Arabia. J. Pest
Cont. & Environ. Sci. 10 (1):1-12.
Ajlan, A. M. (2001).
Monitoring of Piercing – Sucking
Insects by Using Yellow Sticky Traps
in Saudi Arabia. J. Agric. Sci.
Mansoura Univ., Vol. 26 (11):
7293-7298.
Ajlan, A. M. (2001)
Monitoring of insect in open fields
cultivated with cucurbit plants
using yellow sticky traps in Al-Hasa,
Saudi Arabia. J. Agric. Sci.
Mansoura Univ., Vol. 26 (10):
6495-6502.
Ajlan, A., M., and K. S.
Abdulsalam. (2000). Efficiency of
pheromone traps for controlling red
palm weevil, Rhynchophorus
ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae), under Saudi Arabia
conditions. Bull. Ent. Soc. Egypt,
Econ. Ser., 27: 109-120.
Ajlan, A. M., M. S. Shawir,
M. Abo-El-Saad, M. A. Rezk and K. S.
Abdulsalam. 2000. Laboratory
evaluation of certain
organophosphorus insecticides
against the red palm weevil,
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
(Olivier). Scientific Journal of
King Faisal University (Basic and
Applied Sciences). Vol. 1 (1):
15-26.
Ajlan, A. M. and D. A.
Potter. 1992. Lack of effect of
tobacco mosaic virus-induced
systemic acquired resistance on
arthropod herbivores in tobacco.
Phytopathology 82: 647-651.
Ajlan, A. M. and D. A.
Potter. 1991. Does immunization of
cucumber against anthracnose by
Colletotrichum lagenarium affect
host suitability for arthropods?
Entomol. Exp. Appl. 58: 83-91.
Ajlan, A., D. E. Knavel, and
J. G. Rodriguez. 1985. Resistance of
pepper, Capsicum annum L., to
European corn borer, Ostrinia
nubilalis (Hubner). Trans.
Kentucky Acad. Sci. 46: 99-103.
Potter, D. A., D. Apriyanto, and
A. Ajlan. 1990.
Pathogen-herbivore interactions
mediated by activated resistance in
cucumber, pp. 203-208. In: A.
Szentesi and T. Jermy (eds.).
Insects and Plants. Proc. 7th
Internat. Symp. Insect/Plant
Relationships. Akademiai Kiado,
Budapest, Hungary.
Sedlacek, J. D., L. P. Dintenfass,
G. L. Nordin, and A. A. Ajlan.
1985. Effects of temperature and
dosage on Vairimorpha sp. 696
spore morphometrics, spore yield,
and tissue specificity Heliothis
virescens. J. Invert. Pathol.
46: 320-324.
PUBLICATIONS (In Arabic)
Kawar, Nasri S., A. M. Al-Ajlan,
and Y. M. S. Al-Salloum. 1995.
Important Insect and Mite Pests on
the Major Crops in Western Saudi
Arabia. Ministry of Agriculture &
Water, Agricultural Research Center
in Makkah Al-Mukkarramah Region,
Jeddah, and the Food & Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations.
116 pp.
Ajlan, A. M. 1986. Desert
locust control. Extension Bulletin
42. Ministry of Agriculture & Water,
Riyadh. 8 pp.
Ajlan, A. 1986. Desert
locust. Extension Bulletin 40.
Ministry of Agriculture & Water,
Riyadh. 8 pp.
Ajlan, A. 1986. Locusta (The
Migratory locust). Extension
Bulletin 36. Ministry of Agriculture
& Water, Riyadh. 8 pp.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Ajlan, A. 2001. Cultural
impact, natural history, and
management of the red palm weevil,
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, in
Saudi Arabia. Presented at the
Kentucky State University, Kentucky,
USA, August 24, 2001.
Ajlan, A. 2000. The red palm
weevil of Saudi Arabia. Presented at
the University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky, USA, August 16,
2000.
Ajlan, A. 2000. Monitoring
population dynamics of red palm
weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
(Olivier), by means of pheromone
traps in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Presented at Joint Annual Meeting
Societe d’entomolgie du Quebec
Entomological Society of Canada
Entomological Society of America,
Palasis des Congres de Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, December 3-7, 2000.
Ajlan, A. M and K. S.
Abdulsalam. 2000. Pheromone trapping
for the red palm weevil,
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
(Olivier), in Saudi Arabia.
Presented at the first workshop on
control of date palm red weevil.
King Faisal University, Date Palm
Research Center, Al-Hasa, Nov.
20-22, 2000 (Shabaan 24-26, 1421H).
Ajlan, A. M, A. Al-Jabr and
Ahmed. Al-Mulhim. 2000. Date red
palm weevil (The Hidden Enemy).
Presented at the first workshop on
control of date palm weevil. King
Faisal University, Date Palm
Research Center, Al-Hasa, Nov.
20-22, 2000 (Shabaan 24-26, 1421H).
Ajlan, A. M and K. S.
Abdulsalam. 2000. Efficiency of some
pheromone traps for controlling red
palm weevil, Rhynchophorus
ferrugineus (Olivier), under
Saudi Arabia conditions. Presented
at the Twentieth Annual
Ajlan, A. M. 1999. Efficiency
of some pheromone traps for
controlling red palm weevil,
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
(Olivier), under Saudi Arabia
conditions. Presented at the Annual
Entomological Society of America
National Conference in Atlanta,
Georgia, USA, December 12-16, 1999.
Ajlan, A. M. 1999. Efficiency
of some pheromone traps for
controlling red palm weevil,
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
(Olivier), under Saudi Arabia
conditions. Presented at the
International Symposium on
Biological Control Insects Pests of
Agricultural Crops. University of
Aleppo, Syria, October 24-28, 1999.
Ajlan, A. M., V. A. Abraham
and P. S. P. V. Vidyasagar. 1995.
Use of pheromone traps for
controlling the red palm weevil in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Presented at the Sixteenth Annual
Meeting of Saudi Biological Society
on Biological Natural Resources in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. College
of Science, King Saud University,
Riyadh, March 21-23, 1995.
Ajlan, A. M. and Nasri S.
Kawar. 1994. Biological control of
the citrus psyllid, Diaphorina
citri, in the western region of
Saudi Arabia. Presented at the
Fifteenth Annual Meeting of Saudi
Biological Society on Biological
Natural Aspects in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. Faculty of Applied
Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University,
Makkah, Al-Mukkarramah, March 29-31,
1994.
Ajlan, A. and N. S. Kawar.
1993. Biological control of the
citrus psyllid, Diaphornina citri,
in Saudi Arabia. Presented at the
Annual Entomological Society of
America National Conference in
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, December
12-16, 1993.
Ajlan, A. 1992. The red palm
weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus,
a new intruder to Saudi Arabia.
Presented at the Annual
Entomological Society of America
National Conference in Baltimore,
Maryland, USA, Dec. 6-10,1992.
Ajlan, A. and D. A. Potter
1990. Induced resistance
interactions between aphids and
anthracnose disease on cucumber.
Presented at the Annual
Entomological Society of
America/North Central Branch Meeting
in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA,
March 12-15, 1990.
Ajlan, A. and D. A. Potter.
1989. Induced resistance
interactions between fall armyworm
and anthracnose disease on cucumber.
Presented at the Annual
Entomological Society of
America/North Central Branch Meeting
in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, March
12-15, 1989.
Ajlan, A. and D. A. Potter.
1988. Can “Immunization” of cucumber
with anthracnose disease induce
resistance to twospotted spider
mites? Presented at the Annual
Entomological Society of America
National Conference in Louisville,
Kentucky, USA, December 4-8, 1988.
Ajlan A., and D. A. Potter.
1988. Induced resistance between the
two spotted spider mite,
Tetranychus urtica Koch, and
anthracnose disease,
Colletotrichum lagenarium (Pass)
Ell & Halst, on cucumber, Presented
at the annual Entomological Society
of America/North Central Branch
Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA,
March 20-23, 1988.
DISPLAY PRESENTATIONS
Ajlan, A. M. and D. A.
Potter. 1990. Pathogen-herbivore
interactions mediated by activated
resistance in tobacco. Presented at
the Annual Entomological Society of
America National Conference in New
Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Dec. 2-6,
1990.
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