Dr. Fahiem El-Borai Kora
Contact Information
Citrus Research and Education Center
Lake Alfred, Florida
Entomology
Phone: 863.956.1151 ext. 1311
Email: fahiem@ufl.edu
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Nematology), Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Dissertation title: The Interaction between Nematode and Fungal Pathogens on the Citrus Fibrous Root Cortex).
Masters of Agricultural Zoology (Nematology) Department of Plant Protection, College of agriculture, El-Zagazig University,Egypt. Dissertation title: Effect of Plant Age and Fertilization on Resistance of Certain Plants to Root-Knot Nematodes; (Meloidogyne. spp).
Bachelor of Agricultural science, Plant Protection Department, College of agriculture El-Zagazig University, Egypt.
Positions
July 2007-date. Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Citrus research and Education center, Lake Alfred, Florida, USA.
December 2006-July 2007. Assistant professor, Department of Plant Protection (Agricultural Zoology), College of agriculture, El-Zagazig University, El-Zagazig city, Egypt.
November 2001 –December 2006. Post-Doctoral Reserach Associate, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Citrus research and Education center, Lake Alfred, Florida, USA.
January 1997-December 2001 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Februray 1993 –September 1996. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Plant Protection (Agricultural Zoology), College of Agriculture, El-Zagazig University, Egypt.
November 1989-Feb1993.Teaching Assistant, Plant Protection Department (Agricultural Zoology), College of Agriculture, El-Zagazig University, Egypt.
Specialization
Biological Control, Plant and Insect parasitic (Entomopathogenic) Nematodes, Microbial Interactions and Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
Ongoing Research
- Interspecific competition between entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN), predation of EPN by fungal and other natural enemies, and competition between EPN and free-living bactivorous nematodes, on the post-application survival of exotic and endemic EPN. Nematodes.
- Augmenting vs Conserving Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Habitat Modification for Enhanced Biological Control of Root Weevils in Florida Citrus
- Developing a Basis for Commercial Biological Control Tactics for IPM in Citrus.
Refereed Publications
El-Borai, F. E, D. Bright, J.H. Graham, R J. Sturat, and L. W. Duncn. 2008. Differential Susceptibility of Entomopathogenic Nematodes to Nematophagous Fungi from Florida Citrus Orchards. Accepted to Nematology.
El-Borai, F. E, C.F. Brentu, and L.W. Duncan. 2007. Augmenting Entomopathogenic Nematodes in soil from a Florida Citrus Orchard: Non-Target Effects of a Trophic Cascade. Journal of Nematology 39 (2) 203-210.
El-Borai, F. E, J. D. Zellers, and L.W. Duncan. 2007. Suppression of Diaprepes abbreviatus in Potted Citrus by Combinations of Entomopathogenic Nematodes with Different Lifespans.Nematropica 37: 33-41.
Duncan, L. W., J. H. Graham, J. Zellers, D. Bright, D. C. Dunn, F.E. El-Borai and D. L. Porazinska. 2007. Food web responses to augmenting entomopathogenic nematodes in bare and animal-manure-mulched soil. Journal of Nematology 39 (2) 176-189.
El-Borai , F.E, L.W. Duncan, and J. F. Preston. 2005. Bionomics of a Phoretic association between a putative Paenibacillus sp. and entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema diaprepesi. Journal of Nematology 37 (1) 18-25.
El-Borai, F. E, and L. W. Duncan. 2004. Paenibacillus sp. Impairs the Insecticidal Efficacy of the Entomopathogenic Nematode Steinernema diaprepesi. Proceeding of the International Society of Citriculture; Volume III;904-909.
El-Borai, F. E., L. W. Duncan, J. H. Graham and E. Dickstein. 2003. Tylenchulus semipenetrans alters the microbial community in the citrus rhizosphere. Journal of Nematology, 35 (2) 167:177.
El-Borai, F. E., L. W. Duncan, and J. H. Graham. 2002. Infection of citrus roots reduces root infection by Phytophthora nicotianae. Journal of Nematology 34 (4): 384-389.
El-Borai, F. E., L. W. Duncan, and J. H. Graham. 2002. Eggs of Tylenchulus semipenetrans inhibit growth of Phytophthora nicotianae and Fusarium solani in vitro. Journal of Nematology, 34 (3) 267:272.
Book Chapters
Fahiem E. El Borai and Larry W. Duncan. 2004. Nematode Parasites of Subtropical and Tropical Fruit Trees. Plant parasitic nematodes in subtropical and tropical agriculture, PB: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International, U.K (CAB International); Wallingford; UK. (467-492).
Selected Abstracts:
El-Borai, K. F., M. E. Mahrous, and A.A. Salem. 1998. Effect of Plant Age on Host Suitability to Meloidogyne javanica. Journal of Nematology 3:494.
El-Borai Kora, F., L. W. Duncan, and J. H. Graham. 2000. Competition between Nematode and Fungal Pathogens of in Citrus Root Cortex. The Ixth International Society of Citriculture Congress, 2000, Orlando, Florida, USA. International Society of Citriculture, Symposium 41, P87.
El-Borai, K. F., L. W. Duncan, and J. H. Graham. 2000. Tylenchulus semipenetrans Suppresses Infection of Citrus Fibrous Roots by the Fungus Phytophthora nicotianae (=Parasitica). Journal of Nematology, 32 (4): 427-428. 39th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nematologists, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 24-28, 2000.
Kora, F. E., L. W. Duncan, and J. H. Graham. 2000. Interaction between citrus nematode and rhizosphere bacteria reduces infection of citrus roots by Phytophthora nicotianae(=Parasitica). Proceedings of Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida.
Kora, F. E., L. W. Duncan, and J. H. Graham, 2000. Tylenchulus semipenetrans suppresses infection of citrus fibrous roots by the fungus Phytophthora nicotianae(=Parasitica). Nematropica 30:134-135.
Kora, F. E., L. W. Duncan, and J. H. Graham. 2001. Mechanisms by which Tylenchulus semipenetrans may mitigate virulence of Phytophthora nicotianae to citrus seedlings. Journal-of-Nematology. December, 2001; 33 (4): 263 (40th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nematologists) and in Phytopathology 91 (6 Supplement): S137., Joint Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, the Mycological Society of America, and the Society of Nematologists, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, August 25-29, 2001.
El-Borai, F. E., L. W. Duncan, and J. H. Graham. 2002. Mechanisms by which Tylenchulus semipenetrans modulate virulence of Phytophthora nicotianae to citrus seedlings. Proceedings of Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, June issue: 61: 88. Sixty-first Annual Meeting of the Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, Hutchinson Island, FL, USA, June 10-12, 2001.
El-Borai, F. E., L. W. Duncan and D. Dunn. 2002. A Pasteuria-like organism on an entomopathogenic nematode parasite of Diaprepes abbreviatus.International Journal of Fundamental and Applied Nematological Research, P. 284 (Biological control abstracts 449- 488) and in Journal of nematology 2002; 4 (2): 284. Fourth International Congress of Nematology Programme and Abstracts, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, June 08-13, 2002.
El-Borai, F. E., L. W. Duncan, J. F. Preston and D. Dunn. 2003. A phoretic association between a putative Paenibacillus Sp. and the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema diaprepesi. Journal of Nematology, 35 (3) 336-337.
El-Borai, F. E., L. W. Duncan, and J. F. Preston. 2004. Impact of Paenibacillus sp. on the effectiveness of entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema diaprepesi. The 10th International Society of Citriculture Congress, 2004, Agadir, Morocco, 15-20 February 2004.
Duncan, L.W., J.H. Graham, K. Nguyen and F. El Borai. 2004. Food Webs and the Management of Diaprepes abbreviatus by Entomopathogenic Nematodes. The 10th International Society of Citriculture Congress, 2004, Agadir, Morocco, 15-20 February 2004.
El-Borai, F. E, L. W. Duncan, and J. F. Preston. 2005. Bionomics of a Phoretic Association Between Paenibacillus sp. and the Entomopathogenic Nematode Steinernema diaprepes. Journal of Nematology 37(1):18.
Duncan, L. W., J. H. Graham, F. El-Borai, and D. L. Porazinska. 2005. Trophic Cascades and Non-Target Effects of Augmenting Entomopathogenic Nematode Communities. Society of Nematologists, Forty-fourth Annual Meeting, July 9-13, 2005, Fort Lauderdale,Fl, USA.
F. E. El-Borai, and L.W. Duncan. 2006. Suppression of Diaprepes abbreviatus in Potted Citrus by Combinations of Entomopathogenic Nematodes with Different Lifespans. Journal of Nematology. Society of Nematologists, Forty-five Annual Meeting, June 18-21, 2006, Lihue, the island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA.
L.W. Duncan, R. Stuart, J.H. Graham, J. Zellers, D. Bright, D. Dunn, and F.E. El-Borai .2006. Is there a role for conservation biological control with entomopathogenic nematodes. Diaprepes (Citrus Root Weevil) Task Force annual meeting held in Ft. Pierce, Florida November 16.
Professional Membership
- Society of Nematologists (SON).
- Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA).
- Afro-Asian Society of Nematologists (AASN)
- Florida Phytopathological Society
- The Egyptian Society of Agricultural Nematology (ESAN).
- Soil and Crop soil society of Florida.
- International Society of Citriculture.
- International Society for Pest Information (ISPI).
- Arab Scientist Organization.
