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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

2013 – 2018 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)  

Agricultural entomology and pest control

Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan – China

2010 – 2012               Master of Science

Agricultural science and technology (128 Cfu)

                           University of Padova –Italy

2004 – 2008                    Bachelor of Science (Hons)

Agriculture major subject entomology

                                  University of Agriculture, Faisalabad – Pakistan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project                                    Ph.D.Thesis

                                              Population Genetics Structure of Bactrocera minax(Diptera: Tephritidae) and role of culturable symbiotic bacteria on its fitness

Project                                    M.Sc Thesis  

                                              Population Genetics of Olive fly Bacttrocera oleaeRossi and the Symbiont Cadidatus Erwinia dacicola: Differences among Pakistan, Italy and Spain

Short Research projects      

· Identification of the presence or absence of fungi in bark beetles, Ips accumilatus, individuals by using the molecular technique (DNA extraction, PCR, Eelectrophoretic gel).

· Cultivation of olive fly’s gut bacteria on different media and Gram staining for morphological characterization.

· Study tree physiological response to Thaumetopoea pityocampacolonization at different elevations in the region of Venosta at Bolzano providence in Italy.

· Manipulate one egg batch of Thaumetopoea pityocampato identifying the number of parasitoids and larvae hatched eggs.

· Usage of the data obtained at different altitudes of the samples to analyze the correlation between fertility and environment.

Publication

1. Akami, M., Njintang, N.Y., Gbaye, O.A., Andongma, A.A., Rashid, M.A., Niu, C.Y. and Nukenine, E.N., 2019. Gut bacteria of the cowpea beetle mediate its resistance to dichlorvos and susceptibility to Lippia adoensis essential oil. Scientific reports, 9(1), p.6435.

2. Rashid, M. A.,Andongma, A. A., Dong, Y. C., Ren, X. M., & Niu, C. Y. (2018). Effect of gut bacteria on fitness of the Chinese citrus fly, Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae). Symbiosis, 1-7.

3. M. A. Rashid,Y. Dong, A. A. Andongma, Z. Chen, Y. Wang, P. Xu, P. Li, P. Yang, A. R. Clarke, and C. Niu (2018). The Chinese citrus fly, Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae): A review of its biology, behaviour and area-wide management. A book review

4. Ali, A., Rashid, M. A., Huang, Q. Y., & Lei, C. L. (2017). Influence of UV-A radiation on oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymes in Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(9), 8392-8398.

5. Ali, A., Rashid, M. A., Huang, Q. Y., Wong, C., & Lei, C. L. (2017). Response of antioxidant enzymes in Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) exposed to thermal stress. Bulletin of entomological research, 107(3), 382-390.

6. Ali, A., Rashid, M. A., Huang, Q. Y., & Lei, C. L. (2016). Effect of UV-A radiation as an environmental stress on the development, longevity, and reproduction of the oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(17), 17002-17007.

7. Chen, Z., Dong, Y., Wang, Y., Andongma, A. A., Rashid, M. A., Krutmuang, P., & Niu, C. (2016). Pupal diapause termination in Bactrocera minax: an insight on 20-hydroxyecdysone induced phenotypic and genotypic expressions. Scientific reports, 6, 27440.