Department of Crop Sciences


Dr Rashid Abdullah Al-Yahyai

 

Research:

   

 

 

My overall objective is to study the effects of biotic and abiotic stresses on physiology, growth and productivity of fruit crops with emphasis on heat, drought and salinity effects. Current specific research interest is in utilizing plant responses to water stress to schedule irrigation of fruit trees:

 

Period
Research title
Funding agency
2005 - 2006
Screening polyembryonic rootstocks for resistance to Mango Sudden Decline disease (as a Collaborator)
SQU/MAF
2000 -2004
Effect of Soil Water Depletion on Carambola Physiology, Growth and Yield
University of Florida, USA
1995 -1998
Irrigation of Apple Trees in North-Eastern US
Cornell University, USA 
1994 -1995
Mechanical Pollination of Date Palm (as a Collaborator)
SQU
1993 -1994
Effects of Soil and Water Salinity on Tomato (as a Co-Investigator)
SQU
1992
Irrigation of Date Palm with Treated Sewage Water (as a Co-Investigator)
SQU
    
Other Research Areas of Interest:
  • Identification & germplasm collection of local Omani fruit crop clones
  • Witches' Broom Disease of Lime (WBDL)
  • Phenological cycles of date palm and mango trees in Northern Oman
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Department of Crop Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod 123, Oman
Phone: + 968 2441 5215, Fax: + 968 2441 3418
Email: CropSci@squ.edu.om

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