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  • Prof. Muhammad Farooq

  • Title: Professor & Head of the Department
  • Office No. 218
  • Ext. 1214
  • Email: farooqcp@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Agronomy, Allelopathy, Crop Physiology, Seed Biology
  • Education: Ph.D. in Agronomy. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

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  • Prof. Abdullah Al-Sadi

  • Title: Professor
  • Office No. 109
  • Ext. 3671
  • Email: alsadi@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Soil borne fungal diseases, Fungal diversity, Phytoplasma and viral diseases, Biological control
  • Education: Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, The University of Queensland , Australia

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  • Dr. Ahmed Al-Maskri

  • Title: Associate professor
  • Office No. 211
  • Ext. 1225
  • Email: maskri99@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Plant Physiology
  • Education: Ph.D. Crop Physiology, University of Durham, UK

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  • Prof. Rashid Al-Yahyai

  • Title: Professor & Dean, CAMS
  • Office No. 1015
  • Ext. 1208
  • Email: alyahyai@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Horticulture production, agroecology, biodiversity, environmental stress physiology (with emphasis on nutrient deficiency, drought, salinity and heat stress).
  • Education: Ph.D. in Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, USA

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  • Dr. Ahmad Nawaz

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 210
  • Ext. 1217
  • Email: a.nawaz1@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Entomology, Toxicology, Biological control
  • Education: PhD in Toxicology, Paul Sabatier University Toulouse III (France)

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  • Dr. Ali Khalfan Al-Wahaibi

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 1009
  • Ext. 1220
  • Email: awahaibi@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Biology, ecology, and management of dubas bug, pest of date palm, Fruit feeding Tephritid fruit flies in Oman and their Management, Tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta, distribution and management, Taxonomy and biology of leafhoppers and planthoppers and their egg parasitoids, Pollination of cucurbits by honeybees in greenhouses, Arthropod fauna of Oman
  • Education: Ph.D. in Entomology, University of California, Riverside, USA

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  • Dr. Amna Al-Ruheili

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 214
  • Ext. 1213
  • Email: alruheli@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. Research Interest: surface flooding, species modeling, sediments modeling, GIS application in environment, and residential and public spaces designs.
  • Education: Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, University of California - Berkeley, USA

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  • Dr. M. Mumtaz Khan

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 1021
  • Ext. 1216
  • Email: mumtaz@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Agricultural water productivity, Protected horticulture (Vertical Horticulture/hydroponics), Abiotic stress in horticultural crop plants, Non-conventional crops (cut flowers), Biochar production and usage, Sustainable Agriculture, Fruit and vegetable production
  • Education: Ph. D. in Plant Sci./Horticulture, University of Sheffield, UK

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  • Dr. Muhammad Shafiq Shahid

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 116
  • Ext. 1209
  • Email: mshahid@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Epidemiology of plant viruses, Virus host interaction
  • Education: Ph.D. Plant Biotechnology/Plant Molecular Virology, NIBGE, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan

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  • Prof. Velazhahan Rethinasamy

  • Title: Professor
  • Office No. 212
  • Ext. 3646
  • Email: velazhahan@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Biological control; Molecular Plant Pathology; Mycotoxins
  • Education: Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India

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  • Dr. Sovetgul Asekova

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 222
  • Ext. 3623
  • Email: a.sovetgul@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Quantitative genetics, and statistical analysis of quantitative data (QTL mapping, association mapping, BLUP); Genotype x environment (G x E) interaction; Molecular techniques for selection (MAS); Application of genomic tools for plant breeding; Bioinformatics
  • Education: Ph.D. in Agronomy, Kyungpook National University, South Korea

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  • Dr. Waleed Mubarak Al Busaidi

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 220 B
  • Ext. 3615
  • Email: waleedm@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Organic farming, soil health, sustainable agriculture, plant physiology
  • Education: Ph.D. in Crop Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

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