Faculty Profile

Dr. Habib Ali
Assistant Professor
PhD in Agricultural Entomology and Pests Control (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)
Research Interests

  • Agricultural Entomology, Crop Pests, Red Palm Weevil/Coleopteran Pests, Microbial Symbiosis, Molecular research (Genomic studies), Biological Insect Pest Control, Bio-Pesticides/Botanical Plant extracts  
  • Insect Ecology, Insect Taxonomy, Grasshopper/ Locust management, Endosymbiotic bacteria' Wolbachia pipientis' and Integrated pest management

Biography

Dr Habib Ali, (PhD in Agricultural Entomology and Insect Pest Control) was born in Okara, Punjab, Pakistan. In September 2012, he had completed his graduation from University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan with specialization in Agricultural Entomology. In December 2018, he had completed his PhD from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fujian, China. He is passionate about teaching and research work and published various national and international research papers in high impact journals. He is  authors of more than 47 international research publications (accumulative impact factor is more than 130) in well-reputed Journals (Frontier in Microbiology, Molecular phylogenetic and Evolutions, GM Crops & Food, Insects, Journal of Economic Entomology, Microbial Pathogenesis etc.). On his excellent academic and research work, he got best international student of the year and best thesis award in 2018. He also attended many natioanl/international conferances/symposium/workshops, educational and faculty trainings and won reserch projects. Morever, before joining Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Pakistan, Dr Habib Ali has served in University of Agriculture Faisalabad as an Assistant Professor. Meanwhile, he is working voluntarily as editor and reviewer to many national and international journals.

Awards and Honors

  • Higher Education Commission (HEC) Approved Ph.D supervisor
  • Chinese Government Outstanding International Student award
  • Best Thesis award in the year 2018 from College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
  • Nominated and registered as a Scientist in the African Scientist Directory
  • Exhibition of multi-culture and Ethnic cuisine, 2nd international culture festival award
  • Scholarship for Ph.D. studies, Chinese Government Scholarship Council (CSC), China (201-2018)

Publications

  • Ali Habib, A. Muhammad, N.B Sanda, Y. Huang, Y. Hou (2019). Pyrosequencing uncovers a shift in bacterial communities across life stages of Octodonta nipae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Frontier in Microbiology. 10: 466. Impact Factor: 4.259
  • Ali Habib, Muhammad A, Bala NS, Wang G, Chen Z, Peng Z, Hou Y. (2018). Genomic evaluations of Wolbachia and mtDNA in the population of coconut hispine beetle, Brontispa longissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and evolution. 127:1000-1009.  Impact Factor: 4.412
  • Ali Habib, Muhammad A, Bala NS, Hou Y. (2018). The endosymbiotic Wolbachia and host COI gene enable to distinguish between two invasive palm pests; coconut leaf beetle, Brontispa longissima and hispid leaf beetle, Octodonta nipae. Journal of Economic Entomology. 111(6):2894-2902. toy233, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy233. Impact Factor: 1.938
  • Ali, Habib, Abrar Muhammad, Waqar Islam, and Youming Hou. (2018). A novel bacterial symbiont association in the hispid beetle, Octodonta nipae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), their dynamics and phylogeny. Microbial pathogenesis. 118:378-386. Impact Factor:2.914                     
  • Ali Habib, Abrar Muhammad and Youming Hou* (2018). Infection density dynamics and phylogeny of Wolbachia associated with coconut hispine beetle, Brontispa longissima (Gestro) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by multilocus sequence type (MLST) genotyping. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 28(5):796-808. Impact Factor: 1.995
  • Bala NS, Muhammad A, Ali Habib, Hou Y. (2018). Entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae surpasses the cellular immune responses of the hispid beetle, Octodonta nipae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Microbial Pathogenesis. 124: 337-345. Impact Factor:2.914                                     
  • Ali Habib, Abrar Muhammad and Youming Hou*. 2018. Absence of Wolbachia in Red Palm weevil, Rynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): A PCR based approaches. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 16(2):1819-1833. Impact Factor: 0.723    
  • Ali Habib, Ahmad Nawaz, Sajid Fiaz, Muhamamd Qasim, khalid Ali Khan. Analysis of food resources, host availability and insecticidal impacts on the fecundity, longevity and parasitism efficiency of Diaertiella rapae (M’intosh). DOI: 10.1007/s42690-021-00472-0. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science.  Impact Factor: 0.921
  • Ali Habib, Youming Hou*,Baozhen Tang, Zhanghong Shi, Abrar Muhammad and Nafiu Bala Sanda (2016). A way of reproductive manipulation and biology of Wolbachia pipientis. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences 2016; 4(2) 156-168. Impact Factor: 0.40
  • Ali, Habib*, Qasim, M., Saqib, H.S.A., Arif, M. and Islam, S.U., 2015. Synergetic effects of various plant extracts as bio-pesticide against Wheat Aphid (Diurophous noxia L.)(Hemiptera: Aphididae). African Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology (AJAST), 3(7): 310-315.
  • Sanda NB, Hou B, Muhammad A, Ali Habib and Hou Y (2019) Exploring the Role of Relish on Antimicrobial Peptide Expressions (AMPs) Upon Nematode-Bacteria Complex Challenge in the Nipa Palm Hispid Beetle, Octodonta nipae Maulik (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Frontier in Microbiology. 10: 2466. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02466. Impact Factor: 4.259
  • S Fiaz, X Wang, A Younas, B Alharthi, A Riaz, Ali Habib. Apomixis and strategies to induce apomixis to preserve hybrid vigor for multiple generations. GM Crops & Food. 2020. 12 (1).50-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2020.1808423. Impact Factor: 3.444
  • Nawaz A, Ali Habib *, M. Sufyan, M.D. Gogi M.J. Arif, A. Ali, M. Qasim , W. Islam, M. Tayab, I. Bodla. (2020). In-vitro assessment of food consumption, utilization indices and losses promises of leafworm, Spodoptera litura (Fab.), on Okra crop. Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology. 23(1) 60-66.  Impact Factor: 1.101
  • Nawaz A, Ali Habib, Sufyan M, Gogi MD, Arif MJ, Ranjha MH, Arshid M, Waseem M, Mustafa T, Qasim M, Rizwan M. Comparative bio-efficacy of nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) and Spinosad against American bollworm,  Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 2019 Sep 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2019.09.001. 63(4): 277-282    Impact Factor: 1.101
  • A. Nawaz, Ali Habib, MD Gogi, S. Fiaz, M. Arfan, MA Khan, M. Qasim, M. Atiq, KA. Khan. Resistance assessment of different cultivars of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) against whitefly (Bemisia tabaci). Gesunde Pflanzen. 2020. 72(4).1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10343-020-00518-2.  Impact Factor: 0.738  
  • A. Rashid, A. Farid, L. Huo, Ali Habib, X. Wang. 2020. The genus Cryptogonus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan, with description of a new species and a new record. Zootaxa 4861(1): 145–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4861.1.11. Impact Factor: 0.949
  • M. Qasim, J. Ronliang, W. Islam, Ali Habib, K.A Khan, CK. Dash6, ZA. Jamal, L. Wang. Comparative pathogenicity of four entomopathogenic fungal species against nymphs and adults of citrus red mite on the citrus plantation. 2020. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-020-00263-z.  Impact Factor: 0.921
  • Ali M, Niaz Y, Abbasi GH, Ahmad S, malik Z, Kamran M, Iqbal R, Zaheer MS, Bodlah MA, Nawaz M, Ali Habib. 2021. Exogenous Zinc Induced NaCl Tolerance in Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) by Ameliorating Osmotic Stress and Oxidative Metabolism. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2020.1869761  Impact Factor: 0.767
  • Islam, W., Noman, K.S., Qasim, M., Ali, Habib., Haider, I., Hashem, M., Alamri, S., al Zoubi, O.M. and Khan, K.A., 2020. Phyto-derivatives: an efficient eco-friendly way to manage Trogoderma granarium (Everts)(Coleoptera: Dermestidae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, pp.1-12.  Impact Factor: 0.921
  • Chen, Z.; Wang, G.; Li, M.; Peng, Z.; Ali, Habib.; Xu, L.; Gurr, G.M.; Hou, Y. Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Markers for Analysis of Population Structure and Invasion Pathway in the Coconut Leaf Beetle Brontispa longissima (Gestro) Using Restriction Site-Associated DNA (RAD) Genotyping in Southern China. Insects 2020, 11(4), 230.  Impact Factor: 2.220
  • Muhammad Rizwan, Pingping Liang, Ali Habib, ZhiguoLi, HongyiNie, Hafiz Sohaib Ahmed Saqib, Sajid Fiaz Qingsheng Niu, Songkun Su (2020). Population genomics of honey bees reveals a selection signature indispensable for royal jelly production. Molecular and Cellular Probe. 52: 101542.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcp.2020.101542.  Impact Factor: 2.573  
  • Abdulle YA, Nazir T, Keerio AU, Ali Habib, Zaman S, Anwar T, Nam TD, Qiu D 2020. In vitro virulence of three Lecanicillium lecanii strains against the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-020-00328-8. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control. 30(1).  Impact Factor: 0.763
  • Y. Lei, W. Jaleel, MA. Khan, MF. Shahzad, S. Ali, R. Azad, ZM. Sarwar, S. Shahzad, X. Qiu, Y. He, L. LYU, AD. Abid, S. Hashim, M. Ali, RM. Ikram, M. Javed, Ali Habib, HA. Ghramh, KA Khan. Effect of constant and fluctuating temperature on the circadian foraging rhythm of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 2020. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. (2021). 28: 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.08.032.  Impact Factor: 2.802
  • M.A. Khan, H. Riaz, M.Raheel, Q.Shakeel, U.Waheed, Ali Habib, N. Ahmed, M. Bashair, W. Ashraf, H.T. Abbas,  M. Siddique, M. Khan, A. Naz, M. Shaheen, A. M. Arif,  M.Nasir,  M.J. Ansari,  H.A.  Ghramh,  K.  Ali  Khan, In-Vitro  and  in-vivo  management  of  nematodes,Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood and Rhizoctonia bataticola (Taub.) Butler in cotton usingorganic’s. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. (2021). 28: 1-9 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.08.023. Impact Factor: 2. 802
  • Ali N; SH, Qari; M, Aqeel; N, Khalid; S, Alamri,; NS, Bouqellah; M, Hashem; MH, Soliman; Ali Habib; I, Haider. Regulation of Capsicum immunity against microbial pathogens: Transcription factors in focus. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2020.101548.101548.  Impact Factor: 1.646
  • H Karar, MA Bashir, KA Khan, AB Gulshan, H Farooq, I Aziz, Ali Habib, HA Ghramh, G Abbas, SM Alghanem. Response of leading ber (zizyphus jujuba) varieties against fruit flies (tephritidae: diptera) and estimation of their losses. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin.2020. 112: 101548.  Impact Factor: 0.641
  • Muhammad T. Rasheed, I. Bodlah, A G-Fareen, Ali Habib and Muhammad Asghar Bodlha  Distribution and trophic accociations of ant genus Monomorium mayer (1855) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicnae) with aphids  in pothwar region of Pakistan. The journal of Animal and Plant Science.2020. 30(2):391-397.  Impact Factor: 0.529
  • Khalid Ali Khan , Ahmad A. Al-Ghamdi, Hamed A. Ghramh, Mohammad Javed Ansari,  Ali Habib, Saad A. Alamri, Saad Naser Al- Kahtani, Nuru Adgaba, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Hafeez. 2020. Structural diversity and functional variability of gut microbial communities associated with honeybee. Microbial Pathogenesis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103793. 138: 103793.   Impact Factor: 2.914
  • A. Nawaz; M.D. Gogi; M. Naveed, M. Arshad; M. Sufyan; M. Binyameen; S. Ul Islam; M. Waseem; M.B. Ayyu; M.J. Arif, Ali Habib. 2020. Invivo and invitro assessment of trichoderma species and bacillus thuringiensis integration to mitigate insect pests of brinjal (solanum melongena l.). Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control. 30: 1-7.  Impact Factor: 0.763
  • I. SU, Arif M, Lin W, Islam W, Qasim M, Ali Habib, Ali H, Khan KA, Ghramh HA, Du Z, Wu Z. 2020. Molecular identification of seven new Zygopteran genera from South China through partial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Meta Gene. 25:100739. Impact Factor: 1.12            
  • Zaynab M, Fatima M, Zafar MH, Ali Habib, Khan KA.  Role of primary metabolites in plant defense against pathogens.  Microbial Pathogenesis (2019).137: 103728. doi: https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103728. Impact Factor: 2.914
  • A G-Fareen, I. Bodlah, M A Bodlah, M T Rasheed, Ali Habib, M Asif. 2020. Colour and distributional pattern of Callaspidia notata (Boyer de Fanscolombe, 1832) Hymnoptera:Figitidae:Aspicerinae) from Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology.  Impact Factor: 0.790
  • Arif M, Islam SU, Adnan M, Anwar M, Ali Habib, Wu Z. (2018). Recent progress on gene silencing/suppression by virus-derived small interfering RNAs in rice viruses especially Rice grassy stunt virus. Microbial pathogenesis. 125: 210-218.  Impact Factor: 2.914
  • Islam, Waqar, Wenzhong Lin, Muhammad Qasim, Saif Ul Islam, Ali Habib, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Arif, Zhenguo, Fangfei Wang, and Liande Wang. "Temperature-dependent development of Asian citrus psyllid on various hosts, and mortality by two strains of Isaria." Microbial Pathogenesis. (2018). 119: 109-118.  Impact Factor: 2.914
  • Muhammad Shakeel, Hussain Ali,  Sajjad Ahmad,  Fazal Said,  Khalid Ali Khan, Muhammad Amjad Bashir, Syed Ishtiaq Anjum, Waqar Islam, Mohammad Javed Ansari,  Ali Habib. Insect pollinator’s diversity and abundance in Eruca sativa Mill. (Arugula) and Brassica rapa L. (Field mustard) crops. Saudi Journal of Biological Science (2018) 27(7): 1704-1709.  Impact Factor: 2.825
  • Islam, Waqar, Wenzhong Lin, Muhammad Qasim, Saif Ul Islam, Ali Habib, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Arif, Zhenguo Du, and Zujian Wu. "A nation-wide genetic survey revealed a complex population structure of Bemisia tabaci in Pakistan. Acta Tropica  (2018). 183:119-125.  Impact Factor: 2.629
  • Islam, Saif Ul, Muhammad Qasim, Wenzhong Lin, Waqar Islam, Muhammad Arif, Ali Habib, and Zujian Wu. 2018. "Genetic interaction and diversity of the families Libellulidae and Gomphidae through COI gene from China and Pakistan." Acta Tropica. 182: 92-99.  Impact Factor: 2.629
  • Manzoor M, Ali Habib, Shahzada Hasnain Khalid, Atif Idrees, Muhammad Arif. 2015. Potential of Moringa (Moringa oleifera: Moringaceae) as plant growth regulator and bio-Pesticide against wheat aphids on wheat crop (Triticum aestivum; Poaceae). Journal of Biopesticides 8(2):120-127. Impact Factor: 0.15
  • M. Nuaman, Frahatullah, N. Ahmad, F. Ahad, T. Iqbal, M. Noor, Ali Habib. 2020. Genetic variability and heredity estimates of morphological traits in F2 population of rapeseed (Brassica carinata. L). Abasyn Journal of Life Sciences: 3(1).1-8. (HEC-Y Category)
  • Qasim, Muhammad, Dilbar Husain, Saif Ul Islam, Ali Habib, Waqar Islam, Mubasher Hussain, Fangfei Wang, and Liande Wang. "Effectiveness of Trichogramma chilonis Ishii against spiny bollworm in Okra and susceptibility to insecticides." Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 2018; 6(1): 1576-1581.
  • Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Siddique Aasi, Muhammad Farooq, Ali Habib, Saif-ul Islam,Wu Zujian, Muhammad Asad, Muammad Shakeel. (2017. Spatio-temporal distribution of the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae) infesting citrus orchards at Sargodha, Pakistan. Acta Entomologica Sinica 60 (12):1457-1466.
  • Manzoor, M., Ahmad, J. N., Sharif, M. Z., Majeed, D., Kiran, H., Jafir, M., & Ali, Habib. (2017). Comparative effectiveness of entomopathogenic nematodes against red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) in Pakistan. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 2017; 5(5): 756-760.
  • Malik, M.A., Manzoor, M., Ali, Habib, Muhammad, A., ul Islam, S., Qasim, M., Ahmad, N., Idrees, A., Muhammad, A. and Saqib, H.S.A., 2016. Evaluation of imidacloprid and entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana against the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2016; 4(1): 262-268.
  • Atif I, M. Qasim, Ali Habib, Z .A.Qadir, A. Idrees, M. H. Bashir, J. Qing e (2016) Acaricidal potential of some botanicals against the stored grain mites, Rhizoglyphus tritici. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2016; 4(1): 611-617

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Fiaz, S., Ali Habib et al (2021). Application of genome engineering methods for quality improvement in important crops. John Wiley & Sons Publisher. Santosh K. U. (1st eds,), Genome Engineering for Crop Improvement. pISBN: 9781119672364. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119672425.ch3
  • Fiaz, S., Ali Habib et al.,  (2021). Genome engineering for food security. John Wiley & Sons Publisher. Santosh K. U. (1st eds,), Genome Engineering for Crop Improvement. pISBN: 9781119672364. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119672425.ch21.
  • Fiaz, S., Noor, M .A., Ali  Habib., Riaz, A. (2021). CRISPR/Cas techniques: a new method for RNA interference in cereals. Oxford Elseview Publisher. Kamel A E., (1st eds,), Genome Editing for Crop Improvements. (Galley proof stage)

Affiliations

  • Incharge Farms/Farm Manager, Agricultural Research Farms/Water Management and Agriculture Mechanization Research Center, KFUEIT, RYK
  • Vice-President Scout Group, KFUEIT
  • Member of Young professional for Agricultural Development https://ypard.net/user/me
  • Member of European Palm Society
  • Member of Scientific Asia group
  • Member of LiveDNA    https://livedna.org/92.21935
  • Editorial Board member of ‘International Journal of Zoology and Animal Biology (IZAB)’ https://medwinpublishers.com/IZAB/editorial-board.php
  • Editorial Board member of ‘Current Investigations in Agriculture and Current Research’ https://lupinepublishers.com/agriculture-journal/editorial-committee.php
  • Editorial Board member of ‘EC Agriculture (ECAG)’ United kingdom https://www.ecronicon.com/agriculture-editorial-panel.php
  • Editorial board member of American journal of Entomology (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/editorialboard?journalid=547)
  • Editorial board member of Journal of Agriculture and Research (http://www.ijrdo.org/index.php/ar/about/editorialTeam)
  • Editorial board member of Journal of plant biology and crop research (http://www.meddocsonline.org/journal-of-plant-biology-and-crop-research-editorial-board.html#X)
  • Editorial board member of International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research TM    (https://www.ijair.org/index.php/editors/editorial-board)