Vegetable Crop Pathology

Advancing science-based disease management solutions for emerging and economically important fungal and bacterial diseases affecting tomato, pepper, onion, bean, strawberry, and other vegetable crops across field and protected production systems.

Publications

Synergistic Effects of Paecilomyces sp. and Padina boergesenii on Sweet Pepper Growth Under Stress of the Root-knot Nematode, Meloidogyne javanica

A. El-Sagheer, Y. Mazrou, Awatief F. Hifney, Shimaa H. Salem, Yasser Nehela, Dalia A. Abdel-Wahab

Journal of soil science and plant nutrition, 2026

Characterization and Molecular Identification of Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum Isolates Causing White Mold of Bean in the Nile Delta, Egypt

Souzan Fathy Youssif, Warda A. M. Hussain, H. El-zahaby, Yasser Nehela

Journal of Sustainable Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 2026

Humic substances and folic acid supplementation enhance soil health and boost tomato growth and response against Alternaria alternata

Yasser Nehela, Y. Mazrou, Nehad A. El_Gammal, Rasha R. EL-Khamisy, A. Makhlouf, Warda A. M. Hussain

Pedosphere, 2026

Exploring the role of Arthrospira platensis and earthworms (Lumbricus castaneus) biosystem in mitigating antimony toxicity and enhancing the biochemical properties of cucurbit plants.

Mona F. A. Dawood, Y. Mazrou, M. Sheteiwy, Yasser Nehela, A. Makhlouf, F. E. A. Abd El-Aziz, Awatief F. Hifney

Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB, 2025

Ornithine enhances common bean growth and defense against white mold disease via interfering with SsOAH and diminishing the biosynthesis of oxalic acid in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Yasser Nehela, Y. Mazrou, Nehad A. El_Gammal, O. Atallah, Abdelrazek S. Abdelrhim, Sumit Kumar, Temoor Ahmed, Qurban Ali, A. Makhlouf, Warda A. M. Hussain

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2025

Benzimidazole Derivatives Suppress Fusarium Wilt Disease via Interaction with ERG6 of Fusarium equiseti and Activation of the Antioxidant Defense System of Pepper Plants

Asmaa El-Nagar, A. Elzaawely, H. El-zahaby, T. Xuan, T. Khanh, M. Gaber, Nadia El‐Wakeil, Y. El‐Sayed, Y. Nehela

Journal of Fungi, 2023

Two Bacterial Bioagents Boost Onion Response to Stromatinia cepivora and Promote Growth and Yield via Enhancing the Antioxidant Defense System and Auxin Production

H. Osman, Y. Nehela, A. Elzaawely, M. El-Morsy, Asmaa El-Nagar

Horticulturae, 2023

First report of strawberry anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum nymphaeae in Egypt

T. M. Abo‐Elwafa, S. S. Ragab, Y. Nehela, T. A. Essa

New Disease Reports, 2023

Hydroxylated Cinnamates Enhance Tomato Resilience to Alternaria alternata, the Causal Agent of Early Blight Disease, and Stimulate Growth and Yield Traits

Y. Nehela, Y. Mazrou, Naglaa A. Taha, A. Elzaawely, T. Xuan, A. Makhlouf, Asmaa El-Nagar

Plants, 2023

Metal Complexation of Bis-Chalcone Derivatives Enhances Their Efficacy against Fusarium Wilt Disease, Caused by Fusarium equiseti, via Induction of Antioxidant Defense Machinery

Asmaa El-Nagar, A. Elzaawely, T. Xuan, M. Gaber, Nadia El‐Wakeil, Y. El‐Sayed, Y. Nehela

Plants, 2022

Polyphasic Characterization of Four Aspergillus Species as Potential Biocontrol Agents for White Mold Disease of Bean

O. Atallah, Y. Mazrou, M. Atia, Y. Nehela, Abdelrazek S. Abdelrhim, Maha M. Nader

Journal of Fungi, 2022

Benzoic Acid and Its Hydroxylated Derivatives Suppress Early Blight of Tomato (Alternaria solani) via the Induction of Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis and Enzymatic and Nonenzymatic Antioxidant Defense Machinery

Y. Nehela, Naglaa A. Taha, A. Elzaawely, T. Xuan, Mohammed A Amin, Mohamed E. Ahmed, Asmaa El-Nagar

Journal of Fungi, 2021

The Antifungal Activity of Gallic Acid and Its Derivatives against Alternaria solani, the Causal Agent of Tomato Early Blight

Asmaa El-Nagar, A. Elzaawely, Naglaa A. Taha, Y. Nehela

Agronomy, 2020