Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. Mohamed EL-Sayed Mohamed Ragab

Professor and Head of Economic Entomology

Name :

Dr. Mohamed EL-Sayed Mohamed Ragab

Title  : 

Professor and Head of Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, EL – Mansoura, Egypt

Date and Place of Birth :

June 9, 1954; Dakahlia, Egypt.

Social Status :

Married

Correspondence Address :

Department of Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura  University, EL - Mansoura, Egypt

Telephone :

Work Phone : (050) 224 52 74

Home Phone : (050) 223 02 70 

Mobile : 0020127442408    

Fax :

(050) 224 79 00   &   (050)222 16 88

E-mail :

mohamedragab2002@yahoo.com

agrentdept@mans.edu.eg

Personal site :

http://www.mohamedragab.name.eg/

  • B. Sc. Agric. Sci. 1976 ( Plant Protection ) with final grade "EXCELLENT"; 1st CLASS HONOUR; Fac . of Agric ., Cairo University.

  • M. Sc. ( Economic Entomology - Biocontrol ), 1980, Fac. of Agric., Mansoura University.

  • Ph. D. ( Economic Entomology - Biocontrol ), 1988, Fac. Agric., Mansoura University.

  • Demonstrator : Department of Economic Entomology , Cairo University , Egypt (1977) .

  • Demonstrator : (50% teaching + 50% research) :Department of  Plant Protection , Mansoura University , Egypt (1978 - 1980).

  • Teaching Assistant : (50 % teaching + 50% research) :Department of Plant Protection, Mansoura University , Egypt (1981 - 1988).

  • Assistant Professor :(25 % teaching + 75 % research) :Department of Economic Entomology ,Mansoura University , Egypt (1989 - 1992).

  • Associate Professor :(25 % teaching + 75 % research) :Department of Economic Entomology ,Mansoura University , Egypt (1993 – 1998).

  • Professor (25 % teaching + 75 % research) :Department of Economic Entomology ,Mansoura University , Egypt (1998 till now).

  • Head of Economic Entomology Department (From October 2004 till now)

  • Visiting scientist at the biological control laboratory, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M  University, USA, (from June to August 2001)

  • Biological Control of Insect Pests

  • Undergraduate

    • General Entomology.

    • Biological control of insect pests.

    • Invertebrates.

    • Insects in relation to plant diseases.

     

  • Postgraduate

    • Natural enemies of insect pests.

    • Insects in relation to their host plant.

  • Principal Investigator, Co-PI ,or member of many international and national research

  1. Arab Society for Plant Protection .

  2. Egyptian Society of Biological Control of Pests ( ESBCP ) .

  3. Egyptian Society of Entomology ( ESE  ) .

  4. Agricultural Sciences Society ( ASS ) , Mansoura University .

  5. Dakahlia Society for development and Environment.

  6. Arab Science & Technology Foundation , Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

  7. Union of Arab Biologists, Cairo, Egypt.

  1. SHANAB, L. M.; A. M. ABOU EL - NAGA; E. HEGAZI  and  M. E. RAGAB ( 1984 ).  Population density of some predators in cotton fields at Dakahlia Province . 9th Int . Cong . Stat . and Comp . Sci . , Ain Shams Univ . ( 31 March - 10 April 1984 ) p. 551 - 560 . 

  2. SHANAB, L. M.; A. M. ABOU EL - NAGA; E. HEGAZI and M. E. RAGAB ( 1984 ). Effect of certain insecticides on the numbers of some predators of cotton pests . 9th Int . Cong . Stat . and Comp . Sci . Ain Shams Univ . ( 31 March - 10 April , 1984 ) . p . 541 - 550  

  3. SHANAB, L. M.; A. M. ABOU EL - NAGA; E. HEGAZI and M. E. RAGAB ( 1984 ). Studies on the predator Chrysopa vulgaris ( Schn . ) in cotton fields at Dakahlia Province . 9th Int . Cong .Stat . and Comp . Sci .Ain Shams Univ .( 31 March - 10 April , 1984 ) . p . 603 - 613 . 

  4. RAGAB, M. E. ( 1991 ). Insects inhabiting safflower and the role of predatory insects in Mansoura , Egypt . Egypt. J . Biol . P . Cont . 1 (1 ) : 11- 18.  

  5. RAGAB, M. E. and L. M. SHANAB ( 1991 ). Influence of photoperiod as an environmental factor on the biology and feeding capacity of the ladybird beetle Coccinella undicmpunctata L . ( Coleoptera , Coccinellidae ) .Egypt. J . Biol . P . Cont . 1 ( 1 ) : 51 56 .  

  6. RAGAB, M. E. and S. S. AWADALLA ( 1991 ). Effect of nitrogen  fertilizer levels on population density of important piercing - sucking insects   and their associated predators on sunflower . J . Agric . Sci . Mansoura Univ .   16 ( 4 ) : 878 - 883 . 

  7. RAGAB, M. E. ( 1991 ) . Entomophagous  insects associated with   Gynaikothrips ficorum Marchal . on  Ficus nitida Thumb .trees in Mansoura , Egypt . J . Biol . P .Cont . 1 ( 2 ) : 59 67 . 

  8. AWADALLA, S. S.; M. E. RAGAB and H. M. FATHY (1991). Interaction between injurious and predatory insects inhabiting sugar beet  plants . Egypt . J . Biol . P . Cont . 1 ( 2 ) : 25 - 32 .  

  9. 9.RAGAB, M. E. ( 1992 ). Ecological and biological studies on the parasitoids of the cabbage white butterfly , Pieris rapae ( L. ) ( Lep., pieridae ) in winter cabbage at Mansoura . J . Appl . Ent. 113 ( 5 ) : 513 -517 .  

  10. AWADALLA, S. S.; M. E. RAGAB and LAILA A. EL - BATRAN ( 1992 ). Insect infestation levels of sugar beet plants in relation to varieties  and planting dates. J. Agric. .Sci. Mansoura Univ . 17 ( 5 ) : 1121- 1126 . 

  11. RAGAB, M. E. and  A. M. ABU EL NAGA (1994). The role of natural enemies in regulating population denisites of Aphis gossypii Glover . (Homoptera , Aphididae) on cotton plants at Mansoura region. J. Agric . Sci., Mansoura Univ. 19 (12) : 4593 - 4601 . 

  12. RAGAB, M.E. (1995). Adaptaion of  Rodalia cardinalis (Mulsant) (Col., Coccinellidae) to Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas) ( Hom., Margrodidae ) as compared with I. purchasi. J. Appl. Ent.119, 621-623.  

  13. RAGAB, M. E. (1995). Efficiency of Scutellista cyanea Mostch. (Hym., Pteromalidae) and Tetrastichus ceroplastae (Gir.) in population suppression of the wax scale, Ceroplastes rusci L. ( Homo., Coccidae). J. Appl. Ent. 119, 627 - 630 . 

  14. RAGAB, M. E. (1995). Some ecological and biological aspects of Tetrastichus coccinellae, a parasitoid of some aphidophagous coccinellides in Egypt. 1st Int. Conf. of best control, 3-5 September, Mansoura Univ., Egypt, 35-42. 

  15. TAWFIK, M. F. S; A. A. YOUSEF; M.A. El-ADl; A. A. GHANIM and M. E. RAGAB (1995). Diaperasiticus erythrocephalus (Oliver) A newly recorded forficulid (Dermaptera) In Egypt. Egyptian J. of Biol. Pest Control. 5(1):61-65. 

  16. RAGAB, M. E. (1996). Biology and efficiency of Trioxys angelicae Hal (Hymenoptera, Aphidiidae) a newly recorded parasitaid of Aphis craccivora Kock (Homoptera, Aphididae) in Egypt. Egypt. J. Biol Pest Control 6(1):7-11 

  17. RAGAB, M. E. and Y. M. SHABANA (1997). Alternaria infectoria E.G. Simmons, a promising biocontrol agent for the fig wax scale, Ceroplastes rusci (Hompotera ,Coccidae) in Egypt.  Mansoura Univ. J. Agric. Sci., 22 (1):233-248. 

  18. RAGAB, M. E. and A. A. GHANIM (1997). Effect of different parasite/host ratios between Trioxys angelicae Hal. (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) and its host Aphis craccivora Kock (Hompetera:Aphididae) on the percentage of parasitisim and population development. 1st National Conf. of Applied using of Natural enemies for Controlling Insect and Mite Pests, Mansoura Univ., 4-5 March, 209-217. 

  19. El-ADl, M.A.; A. A. GHANIM; M. E. RAGAB and M.M. MORTADA (1997).Studies on certain biological characters of Coccinella septempunctata L. 1st National Conf. of Applied using of Natural enemies for Controlling Insect and Mite Pests, Mansoura Univ., 4-5 March, 199-208. 

  20. RAGAB,M.E.(2001).Biology of insect-host-parasitoid communites.Seventh Arab Congress of Plant protection 22-26 October, Amman,Jordan. 

  21. RAGAB,M.E; A.A.Gahanim; A.M.Abou EL-Naga and A.A. Saleh ( 2002). Ecological studies on certain aphid parasitoids especially those of Aphis craccivora koch.J.Agric.Sci.Mansoura Univ.27(4):2611-2620. 

  22. Ragab,M.E; A.A.Gahanim; A.M.Abou EL-Naga and A.A. Saleh ( 2002).Effect of host aphid species, temperature and food supply on some biological characteristics of the two aphid parasitoids, Diaeretialla rapae and Aphidius sp.( Hymenoptera, Aphidiidae). J.Agric.Sci.Mansoura Univ.27(7):4997-5002.

  23. Ragab,M.E;A.H,Abdel-Salam and N.F.Abdel-Baky (2002) . Effect of some tomato varieties on the relative occurrence and population densities of predators and parasitoids associated with Bemisia spp. and Aphis gossypii .J.Union Arab Biol.Cairo.17(A) : 293- 312. 

  24. Ragab,M.E(2003). Biological studies on Diaperasticus erythrocephalus (Olivier) (Dermaptera , Forficulidae ) as related to its predaceous habit. J.Egypt.Ger.Soc.Zool.(41E) 77-83. 

  25. Ragab,M.E. and N.F.Abdel-Baky (2004). Cladosporium uredinicola SPEG. and Alternaria infectoria E. G. SIMMONS, as promising biocontrol agents for Bemisia argentifolii BELLOWS&PERRING and Aphis gossypii GLOV. on tomatoes. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ., 29 (10): 6101-6110. 

  26. Abdel-Salam,A.H; M.E.Ragab; L.A.El-Batran, and A.R.Ahmed (2005). Release of Coccinella undecimpunctata L. and Chrysoperla carnea (Steph.) as a biological control tool of the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover on Tomato plants under field cage conditions. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ., 30(1):655-669. 

  27. Abdel-Baky, N.F. and M.E. Ragab (2005). Biological studies on Eretmocerus mundus (Aphelinidae: Hymenoptera), a parasitoid of Bemisia argentifolii (Aleyrodidae: Hemiptera), and its role in pest population regulation on tomatoes. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ., (In press).

  28. Ragab,M.E(2007). Biological control of the red palm weevil,  Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) as a component of its IPM. Date palm conf. Saudi Arabia.(In press).

  29. Fathy,H.M, M.E.Ragab, A.M.Gad , and A.A.Ziton (2008). Effect of honey bee products on some biological parameters of the mulberry silk worm Bombyx mori L. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ., 33(5):3659-3664.

  30. Ragab,M.E, A. H. Abdel-Salam and A. R. Ahmed (2009). Predatory insects associated with mosquitoes and their relative abundance at Dakahlia governorate. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ.,34(1):553-568.

  31. Abdel-Salam, A.H, M.E. Ragab and and A. R. Ahmed (2009). Evaluation of release ratios of Rhantus elevatus Sharp (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) as a promising biological control agent against Culex pipiens L. (Diptera, Culicidae) under laboratory conditions. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ.,34(1):569-588.

  32. Ragab,M.E, N. F. Abdel-Baky, S. Abd-Rabou and D.F. Elashram (2009). Laboratory and field efficacy of some natural and chemical formulations on Aphis craccivora (Koch). J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ.,34(3):2155-2168.

  33. Ragab,M.E, N. F. Abdel-Baky and M. E. El-Nagar (2009). Role of parasitoids in biological control of whiteflies infesting some economic crops at Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. 10th Arab congressof plant protection,26-30 October ,2009 ,Beirut , Lebanon

  • Ragab, M. E. (1995). Biological control as an economic and safe mean for protecting agro-ecosystem from chemical pesticides. Economics of Environmental conf. Fac. of Commerce, Mansoura Univ., 17-19 April.

  • Ragab, M. E. (1998). Pest control programs in relation to Egyptian agricultural exports. Export as a national strategy conf. Fac. of Commerce, 9-11 April.

  • Ragab, M. E. (1998). A future vision about the production of biological pesticides in Egypt. Egyptian industry strategies (Current state and implements) conf. Fac. of Commerce, 28-30 April.

  • Ragab, M. E. (1999). Application of biological control programs of some agricultural pests in newly reclaimed areas in Dakahlia govern orate (Kalabshow and Zayan).  The present project  will be applied in this area. Fifth conf. of rural Ext and village improvement, fac. of Agric., Mansoura Univ., 8-10 November.

  • Ragab, M. E. (2003). Biological control as an economic and safe mean for protecting our food from chemical pesticides pollution. Food safety conf. Muscut, Oman. 24-26 March.

  • Ragab, M. E. (2004). Bio- organic farming in newly reclaimed areas. Third symposium of scientific research and technology development in Arab world. Rhayed, Saudi Arabia Kingdom, 4-7 April.

  • Ragab, M. E. (2007). Healthy and Environmental safety of  agricultural bio- pesticides .National Environmental Conf. Qassim.Univ. Saudi Arabia Kingdom, 18-20 March.

  • Successfully attended Word - Perfect 5.1 and Lotus 1 2 3 Computer Courses, Mansoura University, Computer Center.

  • Successfully attended a training course on application of biotechnology in biocontrol , Institute of Graduate Studies and Research , June 11- 16 ,1994 ; ALEXANDRIA , EGYPT.

  • A member of the committee of the national project for improving maize crop in Egypt (1990 -1994).

  • Joined 13 international and 30 national conferences and symposium .

  • Attended non - credit , non - graded courses on preparing  University staff to be ideal members to teach and do research , Mansoura University.

  • 1973 –1976. Annually received Undergraduate Student Awards (monthly financial support from Cairo University) for obtaining the highest grades .

  • 1996. Mansoura University Encouragement  Prize in Agricultural science.

  • 2006. Mansoura University Prize of the scientific distinction.

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