Rowhani, Adib

Specialist in the A.E.S.
Foundation Plant Services (FPS)
Plant Pathology Specialist
Office Phone: 530-752-5401
FAX: 530-752-5674
E-Mail: akrowhani@ucdavis.edu

Biography

B.S. Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran 1970 Plant Protection
M.S. McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1977 Plant Pathology
Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 1980 Plant Pathology

Area of Specialization

Plant virology; isolation and characterization of plant viruses; virus detection techniques.

Research

The specific areas of my research are; 1) To characterize viruses that attack grapevines, fruit and nut trees, strawberries, and roses; 2) To study viruses biology and epidemiology; and 3) To develop molecular methodologies for their detection and elimination in their host plants.

Selected Publications:

Sequence of the coat protein gene of Bermuda grass etched-line virus, and of the adjacent marafibox motif. Izadpanah, K., Zhang, Y.P., Daubert, S., Masumi, M., and Rowhani, A. 2002. Virus Genes 24: 131-134.

Etiology and host range of a Closterovirus associated with plum bark necrosis-stem pitting disease. Marini, D.B., Y.P. Zhang, A. Rowhani, and J.K. Uyemoto. 2002. Plant Disease 86:415-417.

Quasispecies Nature of the Genome of Grapevine Fanleaf Virus. Naraghi-Arani, P., S. Daubert, and A. Rowhani. 2001. J. Gen. Virol. 82: 1791-1795

Nucleotide Sequence and RT-PCR Detection of a Virus Associated with Grapevine Rupestris Stem-pitting Disease. Zhang, Y.P., J.K. Uyemoto, D. A. Golino, and A. Rowhani. 1998. Phytopathology 88:1231-1237.

Serological Detection of Grapevine Rupestris Stem Pitting-Associated Virus(GRSPaV) by a Polyclonal Antiserum to Recombinant Virus Coat Protein. Minafra, A., P. Casati, V. Elicio, A. Rowhani, P. Saldarelli, V. Savino, and G. P. Martelli. 2000. Vitis 39: 115-118.

A Strategy for Rapid cDNA Cloning from Double-Stranded RNA Templates Isolated from Plants Infected with RNA Viruses by Using Taq DNA Polymerase. Zhang, Y. P., and A. Rowhani. 2000. J. Virol. Methods 84:59-63.

Use of Degenerate Primers in a RT-PCR Assay for the Identification and Analysis of Some Filamentous Viruses, with Special Reference to Clostero- and Vitiviruses of the rapevine. Saldarelli, P., A. Rowhani, G. Routh, A. Minafra, and M. Digiaro. 1998. Eu. J. Plant Pathol. 104:945-950.