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Global Science Books, Ltd. Editorial Office Miki cho Post Office, Kagawa ken, Kita gun Miki cho, Ikenobe 3011-2, P.O. Box 7 761-0799, Japan ® Head Office: Isleworth, United Kingdom Accounting: Lagos, Portugal GSB homepage: www.globalsciencebooks.info Journals web-page: http://www.globalsciencebooks.info/Journals/GSBJournals.html AmJPSB web-page: http://www.globalsciencebooks.info/Journals/AmJPSB.html GSB Japan web-page: http://www17.plala.or.jp/gsbjapan GSB is a trademark of Global Science Books, Ltd. The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology ©2011 Global Science Books, Ltd. All rights reserved. No parts of this journal may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise without written permission from Global Science Books, Ltd. For additional copies, photocopies, bulk orders, or copyright permissions, please refer requests in writing to the above address, or apply online. Guest Editor Dr. Khalil Al-Mughrabi Potato Development Center, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture, Canada Cover photos/figures: Top left: A model of EB1 activities on microtubule plus ends (Sherryl R. Bisgrove, pp 98-106). Center left: Potato virus Y tuber necrosis strain (PVY NTN ) induced symptoms in tobacco plant and potato tubers (Xianzhou Nie, pp 107-114). Top right: Representation of the different research centers mentioned in this review administered by Agriculture Canada and the Canadian Forest Service (Germain and Li, pp 115-120). Center right: Crystal structure of a basic class IV chitinase of Picea abies (Islam et al., pp 22-36). Bottom: Schematic representation of in vivo and in vitro plant reproductive development (Baron and Stasolla, pp 11-21). Disclaimers: All comments, conclusions, opinions, and recommendations are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, or the Editor(s). GSB does not specifically endorse any product mentioned in any manuscript, and accepts product descriptions and details to be an integral part of the scientific content. Printed in Japan on acid-free paper. Published: December, 2011.
The Guest Editor Dr. Khalil Al-Mughrabi was born in Jerusalem in 1965. He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Plant Protection from the University of Jordan, graduating with high honors. He received his Ph.D. in Biology from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1994. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. Al-Mughrabi is the National Chair of the "National Late blight Working Group" in Canada, and is a regional reviewer for the Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. He is also a Guest Editor of “The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology”. Dr. Al-Mughrabi was appointed in 2001 the position of the Provincial Potato Pathologist by the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture in New Brunswick, Canada. In 1993, he was the Provincial Plant Pathologist for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Between 1993 and 1994, Dr. Al- Mughrabi did his Post-Doctoral research at the Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Canada, in the area of population biology and genetics of wood decay fungi. Dr. Al-Mughrabi worked between 1995 and 1998 as the Quality Control Manager and Coordinator of Brooks Diagnostics Ltd., a private Plant Health Clinic located in Alberta, Canada. In 1998, Dr. Al-Mughrabi joined the Faculty of Agricultural Technology of Al-Balqa’ Applied University (BAU) in Jordan as a Professor, and was then promoted to Assistant Dean for Community Colleges Affairs, and Chairman of the Department of Biotechnology. He established the Department of Biotechnology and the M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology program at BAU, and assisted in establishing laboratories and new diploma programs at the university and its affiliated Agricultural Colleges across Jordan. He was a chairman and member of many university, faculty, departmental and college committees at BAU, and was Jordan’s representative for the Middle East Forum on Biotechnology, and an external examiner on 3 M.Sc. defense committees at the University of Jordan. Dr. Al-Mughrabi’s research and teaching interests are in biotechnology, plant pathology, plant disease diagnostics, distance diagnostics using digital imaging technology, fungicide efficacy, pesticide residue analysis, integrated pest management, disease forecasting systems, quarantine potato diseases, and others. He has a large number of publications in national and international refereed journals. He is a member of the Canadian Phytopathological Society, the American Phytopathological Society, the Potato Association of America, and the New Brunswick Institute of Agrologists. Dr. Al-Mughrabi received several awards including Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Laboratories (NSERC-VF), 1998; National Research Council of Canada – Innovation Center Award “Creating A Technology-Based Business Venture: Enterpreneurship Training Program”, 2001; Dalhousie University Graduate Scholarship, 1991-1994; Canadian Seed Potato Export Agency (Potatoes Canada) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Scholarship, 1990; Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship, University of Jordan, 1989- 1990; The Higher Council for Science and Technology Scholarship, Jordan, 1989; the Agricultural Materials Company (Miqdadi) Scholarship, Jordan, 1988-1989; and the Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship, University of Jordan, 1987- 1988. Dr. Khalil Al-Mughrabi is residing in Canada with his wife Katherine and their three kids Isaac, Tatiana and Zaid.
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