Publications - Dr. Choaa El-Mohtar
Refereed Papers
Khalilzadeh, M., Lin, C. Y., Wang, C., El-Mohtar, C. A., & Levy, A. (2024). Stem-pitting caused by Citrus tristeza virus is associated with increased phloem occlusion. Virology, 589, 109918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2023.109918
Aldrich, D. J., Taylor, M., Bester, R., El-Mohtar, C. A., Burger, J. T., & Maree, H. J. (2024). Applying infectious clones and untargeted metabolite profiling to characterize citrus tristeza virus-induced stem pitting in citrus. Scientific reports, 14(1), 28490. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79402-2
Tiwari, T., Robertson, C., El-Mohtar, C., Grosser, J., Vashisth, T., Mou, Z., & Dutt, M. (2024). Genetic and physiological characteristics of CsNPR3 edited citrus and their impact on HLB tolerance. Frontiers in genome editing, 6, 1485529. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgeed.2024.1485529
Khalilzadeh, M., Weber, K. C., Dutt, M., El-Mohtar, C. A., & Levy, A. (2022). Comparative transcriptome analysis of Citrus macrophylla tree infected with Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) stem-pitting mutants provide new insight into the role of phloem regeneration in stem-pitting disease. Frontiers in Plant Science, 3458. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.987831
Ravanfar, S. A., Achor, D. S., Killiny, N., Shilts, T., Chen, Y., El-Mohtar, C., Stelinski, L. L., Bonning, B. C., & Orbović, V. (2022). Genetic Modification of Bergera koenigii for Expression of the Bacterial Pesticidal Protein Cry1Ba1. Frontiers in plant science, 13, 899624. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.899624
Shilts, T., El-Mohtar, C., Dawson, W. O., and Killiny, N. 2020. Citrus tristeza virus P33 Protein is Required for Efficient Transmission by the Aphid Aphis (Toxoptera) citricidus (Kirkaldy). Viruses 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12101131
Wang, Z. B., Yu, Q. B., Shen, W. X., El Mohtar, C. A., Zhao, X. C., and Gmitter, F. G. 2018. Functional study of CHS gene family members in citrus revealed a novel CHS gene affecting the production of flavonoids. Bmc Plant Biology 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1418-y
Killiny, N., Harper, S.J., El Mohtar, C., and Dawson W.O. 2016. Minor coat and heat-shock proteins are involved in binding of citrus tristeza virus to the foregut of its aphid vector, Toxoptera citricida. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. AEM.01914-16; Accepted manuscript postedonline 12 August 2016, doi:10.1128/AEM.01914-16 https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01914-16
Atallah O.O, Kang S.H., El-Mohtar C. A., Shilts T., Bergua M., Folimonova, S.Y. 2016. A 5’-proximal region of the Citrus tristeza virus genome encoding two leader proteases is involved in virus superinfection exclusion Virology 489 108–115 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2015.12.008
Bergua, M., Zwart, M.P., El-Mohtar, C., Shilts, T., Elena, S.F., and Folimonova, S.Y. 2014. A viral protein mediates superinfection exclusion at the whole-organism level but is not required for exclusion at the cellular level. Journal of Virology 88, 11327–11338. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01612-14
Hajeri, S., Killiny, N., El-Mohtar, C., Dawson, W.O., Gowda, S. 2014. Citrus tristeza virus-based RNAi in citrus plants induces gene silencing in Diaphorina citri, a phloem-sap sucking insect vector of citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing). Journal of Biotechnology 176, 42-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.02.010
El-Mohtar, C. and Dawson, W.O. 2014.Exploring the limits of vector construction based on Citrus tristeza virus. Virology, 448, 274-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2013.10.017
Ambrós, S., El-Mohtar, C., Ruiz-Ruiz, S., Peña, L., Guerri, J., Dawson, W.O., and Moreno, P., 2011. Agroinoculation of Citrus tristeza virus causes systemic infection and symptoms in the presumed nonhost Nicotiana benthamiana. MPMI 24, 1119-1131. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-11-0110
Dakhil, H.A., Abou-Fakhr, H.E., El-Mohtar C., and Abou-Jawdah, Y., 2011. Survey of leafhopper species in almond orchards infected with almond witches’-broom phytoplasma in Lebanon. Journal of Insect Science 11:60 available online: insectscience.org/11.60 https://doi.org/10.1673/031.011.6001
Atamian, H., Dagher, R., Gerges, E., Sobh, H., Talhouk, R., El Mohtar, C., and Abou-Jawdah, Y., 2009. Breeding for a Lebanese type of tomato with combined resistance to Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, fusarium and verticillium wilts using marker assisted selection tools. In Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Tomato Diseases: Acta Horticulturae 808, 151-156. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.808.22
El-Mohtar, C., Atamian, H., Dagher, R., Abou-Jawdah, Y., Salus, M., and Maxwell, D., 2007. Marker assisted selection of tomato genotypes with I2 gene of resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. Plant Disease 91, 758-762. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-91-6-0758
Abou-Jawdah, Y., El Mohtar, C., Atamian, H., and. Sobh, H. 2006. First report of Tomato chlorosis virus in Lebanon. Plant Disease 90, 378. https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-90-0378C
Abou-Jawdah, Y., El Mohtar, C., and. Sobh, H. 2006. First Report of Tomato
spotted wilt virus on tomatoes in Lebanon. Plant Disease 90, 376. https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-90-0376A
Eid, S., Abou-Jawdah, Y., El-Mohtar, C., Sobh, H. and Havey, M. 2006. Tolerance in Cucumber to Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus. Plant disease 90, 645-649. https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-90-0645
Abou-Jawdah Y., A. Karakashian , H. Dakhil, S. El-Mohtar, and Lee I.M. 2003. Almond witches’ broom phytoplasma, an epidemic disease in Lebanon. Phytopathology 93: S2. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.2002.86.5.477
Abou -Jawdah, Y., Dakhil, H., El-Mohtar, C. and Lee, I.M. 2003. Almond witches’- broom phytoplasma, a potential threat to almond, peach and nectarine. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 25, 28-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/07060660309507046
Proceedings and Abstracts (in International Conferences)
Eid S., Hourani H., El-Mohtar C., Sobh H., Havey M. and Abou-Jawdah Y. 2008. Screening cucumber accessions for resistance to CYSDV and preliminary studies on the mechanisms of virus tolerance. Abstract book of the 14 symposium: Frontiers in Agriculture – Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Plants, November 3-7, 2008, Amman, Jordan.
Eid, S., Abou-Jawdah, Y., El-Mohtar, C., Sobh, H., and Havey, M. 2006. Screening cucumber accessions for resistance to Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus. Proceedings of the 12th Mediterranean Phytopathological Congress, Rhodes Island, Greece 10-15 June 2006. Page 115.
El-Mohtar C. A., Abou-Jawdah Y. A., Atamian, H. S., Salus M. S. and Maxwell D. P. 2006. A PCR method to detect tomato genotypes with the I-2 gene for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici race 2. Phytopathology 96:S32
El-Mohtar C., Atamian H., Dagher R., and Abou-Jawdah Y. 2005. A PCR based method for screening tomato lines for resistance to race2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. Proceeding of the XV meeting of the Eucarpia Tomato Working Group, Bari, Italy, September 20-23, 2005.