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  • Ph.D. (2013)

    Entomology

    , University of Tehran, Iran

  • M.Sc. (2009)

    Entomology

    , University of Tehran, Iran

  • B.Sc. (2007)

    Plant Protection

    , Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources,

  • Genetic control of pests and vectors
  • Host-microbe-pathogen interactions
  • Insect pathology and microbial control
  • Area-wide Integrated Pest Management (AW-IPM)
  • Pest Molecular Biology & Control (PMBC)

    Research field: Insect-microbe-pathogen interactions, Insect molecular biology, Pest/Vector biology and control

    Expert: Aydin Mousazadeh

    Phone: 02148292212

    Address: Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University

In August of 2007, Mohammad Mehrabadi received a B.S. in Plant Protection from the Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. In September of 2009, he received an M.S. in Entomology from the University of Tehran, Karaj where he studied the digestion physiology of the sunn pest Eurygaster integriceps. In July 2013, he received a Ph.D. in Entomology, Physiology, and Toxicology from the University of Tehran, Karaj where he studied the role of small regulatory RNAs in Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells- Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) interactions. In March 2012 he joined the laboratory of professor Sassan Asgari at the University of Queensland, Australia as a visiting researcher to study the epigenetic mechanisms underlying host-pathogen interactions. In the summer of 2013, he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Entomology at Tarbiat Modares University and promoted to Associate Professor in February 2020. He was also appointed as an associate faculty member in the Department of Agricultural biotechnology and a faculty member in the Department of Biocompounds in the school of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology. He was recently appointed as the Associate Editor of Physiological Entomology (Wiley) and the Editorial Board Member of Journal of Applied Entomology (Wiley). Mohammad Mehrabadi has been appointed as the Head of the Department of Entomology, effective as of February 1, 2022.

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Antifeedant activity of nanoemulsion formulation of Arugula Eruca sativa oil on elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Maryam Vahabi Mashhoor, Azam Mikani, Mohammad Mehrabadi, Saeid Moharramipour
Journal PaperJournal of Agricultural Science and Technology , Volume 23 , Issue 1, 2021 January , {Pages 125-136 }

Abstract

Removal of gut symbiotic bacteria negatively affects life history traits of the shield bug, Graphosoma lineatum

Naeime Karamipour, Yaghoub Fathipour, Mohammad Mehrabadi
Journal PaperEcology and Evolution , 2021 February 19, {Pages }

Abstract

The shield bug, Graphosoma lineatum (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae), harbors extracellular Pantoea‐like symbiont in the enclosed crypts of the midgut. The symbiotic bacteria are essential for normal longevity and fecundity of this insect. In this study, life table analysis was used to assess the biological importance of the gut symbiont in G.?lineatum. Considering vertical transmission of the bacterial symbiont through the egg surface contamination, we used surface sterilization of the eggs to remove the symbiont. The symbiont population was decreased in the newborn nymphs hatched from the surface‐sterilized eggs (the aposymbiotic insects), and this reduction imposed strongly negative effects on the insect host. We found significant differ

Erucin modulates digestive enzyme release via crustacean cardioactive peptide in the elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Maryam Vahabi Mashhoor, Saeid Moharramipour, Azam Mikani, Mohammad Mehrabadi
Journal PaperJournal of Insect Physiology , Volume 130 , 2021 February 2, {Pages 104196 }

Abstract

Plant secondary metabolites influence the feeding in insects through several modes of action. In this study, the physiological effects of erucin isothiocyanate were investigated on the elm leaf beetle?Xanthogaleruca luteola?(M?ller) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) via impact on crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) and midgut digestive enzymes. Third instar larvae of elm leaf beetle were fed on leaves impregnated with erucin for three days. The results showed that erucin decreased?α-amylase, lipase, and protease release. Western blot analysis and competitive ELISA showed that erucin decreased CCAP content of the midgut, brain, and hemolymph. Moreover, incubation of dissected midgut with CCAP and also its injection into the hemocoel increased

The crucial role of the endosymbiont pantoea sp. in morphology and mating of the pistachio green stink bug, brachynema germari (hemiptera: pentatomidae).

Marzieh Kashkouli, Yaghoub Fathipour, Mohammad Mehrabadi
Journal PaperJournal of Agricultural Science and Technology , Volume 23 , Issue 1, 2021 January , {Pages 137-148 }

Abstract

The pistachio green stink bug, Brachynema germari Kolenati (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is one of the most important pests of pistachio nuts in many pistachiogrowing regions in Iran. This insect harbors a gammaproteobacterial symbiont, related to the genus Pantoea, in the numerous crypts of its posterior midgut, which is vertically transmitted by infection of the egg masses and orally acquired by newborn nymphs. In the present study, the effects of the symbiont on host morphology, emergence rates, and mating frequency of B. germari were explored. For this purpose, two symbiont elimination strategies, high temperature and egg surface sterilization, were used and their effects were compared. We found external morphological changes (eg abnormali

Insect Pathogenic Viruses, Microsporidians and Endosymbionts

M Mehrabadi, R Darsouei, J Karimi
Journal Paper , Volume 18 , 2021 April 29, {Pages 505-534 }

Abstract

First record of Oscheius myriophilus (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae) from Iran; and its efficacy against two economic forest trees pests, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859?…

Reihaneh Gholami Ghavamabad, Ali Asghar Talebi, Mohammad Mehrabadi, Mohammad Ebrahim Farashiani, Majid Pedram
Journal PaperJournal of Nematology , Volume 53 , 2021 April 1, {Pages }

Abstract

The box tree moth (BTM), Cydalima perspectalis and the fall webworm (FWW), Hyphantria cunea are two invasive pests of forest trees that have been recorded from Hyracinan forests in north Iran for the first time in 2016 and 2002, respectively. In a search for tentative native entomopathogenic nematode species (EPNs) with potential biocontrol ability against lepidopteran pests of forest trees in north Iran, Oscheius myriophilus was isolated by soil-baiting method from forests of Amlash in the east of Gilan province. The Iranian isolate of this species is characterized by 870–1,247 μm long hermaphrodites having 17–20 μm long stoma, vulva at 45.5–53.1% of body length, tail 90–126 μm long, common males with 38–49 μm long spicules a

A study of fungicidal and anti-phenol oxidase activity of some α-amino phosphonate derivatives

M Abbod, N Safaie, K Gholivand, M Mehrabadi, M Bonsaii, AAE Valmoozi
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Abstract

Description of all active life stages (except male) of the Pimeliaphilus lindquisti sp. nov.(Acari: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae) with review of host specificity and world …

H Khadem-Safdarkhani, H Hajiqanbar, M Mehrabadi
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Abstract

Wolbachia and cytoplasmic incompatibility in Habrobracon hebetor (Hym.: Braconidae)

SF Nasehi, Y Fathipour, M Mehrabadi
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The role of the histone deacetylase in the replication of Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) and the immune response of Spodoptera frugiperda …

M Attarianfar, A Mikani, M Mehrabadi
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Abstract

Wolbachia promote successful sex with siblings in the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor

Z Bagheri, AA Talebi, S Asgari, M Mehrabadi
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Environmental Temperature, but Not Male Age, Affects Wolbachia and Prophage WO Thereby Modulating Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in the Parasitoid Wasp, Habrobracon Hebetor

SF Nasehi, Y Fathipour, S Asgari, M Mehrabadi
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Abstract

First record of Oscheius myriophilus (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae) from Iran; and its efficacy against two economic forest trees pests, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859 …

RG Ghavamabad, AA Talebi, M Mehrabadi, ME Farashiani, M Pedram
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Abstract

Molecular characterization of circulating avian metapneumovirus, subgroup B, in broiler chickens, Iran, 2016-2018

H Hosseini, ZZ Kafi, M Malekan, SA Ghafouri, MHF Mehrabadi, N Sadri, ...
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Molecular detection of fowl adenovirus 7 from slaughtered broiler chickens in Iran: the first report

H Hosseini, H Najafi, MHF Mehrabadi, B Gholamian, S Noroozi, ...
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Mode of action of 3-butylidene phthalide as a competent natural pesticide

Mohsen Abbod, Naser Safaie, Khodayar Gholivand, Mohammad Mehrabadi, Mahyar Bonsaii
Journal PaperPesticide Biochemistry and Physiology , 2020 February 4, {Pages }

Abstract

In this study, the biological activities and mode of action of 3-butylidene phthalide (3-BPH) were studied. 3-BPH had a superior efficiency against microsclerotia of Macrophomina phaseolina compared to the commercial fungicide tricyclazole. The microsclerotia formation and pigmentation were inhibited at 100 μg/mL. Moreover, the fungicide exhibited in silico affinity toward trihydroxy naphthalene reductase (3HNR). Both 3-BPH and tricyclazole showed congruence in the orientation and interaction within the 3HNR active site. 3-BPH displayed a strong interaction with SER-164, TYR-178, and TYR-223, with estimated binding energy and inhibition constant of −6.78 kcal mol−1, and Ki = 12.6 μM, respectively. Furthermore, it showed in

Targeting Plutella xylostella digestive enzymes by applying resistant Brassicaceae host cultivars

Yaghoub Fathipour, Roja Kianpour, Abdoolnabi Bagheri, Javad Karimzadeh, Vahdi Hosseini Naveh, Mohammad Mehrabadi
Journal PaperJournal of Crop Protection , Volume 9 , Issue 1, 2020 February 1, {Pages 65-79 }

Abstract

The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.)(Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is one of the most destructive insect pests, feeding exclusively on wild and cultivated cruciferous species. The attacked plants produce considerable amount of glucosinolates in response to insects’ feeding. Herein, we studied digestive activities of P. xylostella on four different genotypes of family Brassicaceae including two canola cultivars (SLM046 and RGS003) and two cabbage cultivars (Green-Cornet and Glob-Master). The highest proteolytic and amylolytic activities of P. xylostella were observed on Green-Cornet and the lowest occurred on RGS003 and Glob-Master, respectively. The highest activity of α-glucosidase and β-glucosidases were observed on Green-Cornet

The innate immune gene Relish and Caudal jointly contribute to the gut immune homeostasis by regulating antimicrobial peptides in Galleria mellonella

Mehdi Sarvari, Azam Mikani, Mohammad Mehrabadi
Journal PaperDevelopmental & Comparative Immunology , 2020 May 11, {Pages 103732 }

Abstract

Gut microbiota modulates various physiologic processes in insects, such as nutrition, metabolic homeostasis, and pathogen exclusion. Maintaining a normal microbiome is an essential element of the gut homeostasis, requiring an extensive network of regulatory immune responses. The molecular mechanisms driving these various effects and the events leading to the establishment of a normal microbiota in insects are still largely unknown. In this study, the NF-kB (IMD and Toll) signaling pathways in the gut of Galleria mellonella and their roles in the regulation of its gut microbes were assessed. For this, the transcript levels of the IMD pathway (Imd and Relish) and the Toll pathway (Sp?tzle and Dif/Dorsal) genes were analyzed and the results sh

Effects of constant low-temperature storage on the performance of a commercial strain of Aphidius colemani

Mehran REZAEI, Ali Asghar TALEBI, Yaghoub FATHIPOUR, Javad KARIMZADEH, Mohammad MEHRABADI, Maria Luisa DINDO
Journal PaperBulletin of Insectology , Volume 73 , Issue 1, 2020 April , {Pages 125-135 }

Abstract

This study determined the effects of cold storage of mummies on the biological characteristics of Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera Braconidae), a solitary, koinobiont endoparasitoid of more than 40 species of aphids. The effects of three constant temperatures (5, 7 and 9 C) at five time periods (5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 days) were evaluated on eight quality control parameters of the parasitoid (adult emergence, sex ratio, time elapse before emergence, adult longevity, length of the hind tibia, flight capacity, percent parasitism and sex ratio of F1 wasps). The results showed that all parameters except the sex ratio of F1 were negatively affected by cold storage duration in comparison to control treatment (25 C). Based on the adult emergen

Structural ensemble-based computational analysis of trypsin enzyme genes discovered highly conserved peptide motifs in insects

Seyed Ali Hemmati, Mohammad Mehrabadi
Journal PaperArchives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection , Volume 53 , Issue 08-Jul, 2020 March 24, {Pages 335-354 }

Abstract

Trypsin is the major protease enzyme existing in the midgut of most insect species. Despite the importance of trypsin enzymes in insects, there is no comprehensive evidence available on the structure and function of this enzyme. Therefore, in the present study, trypsin enzymes from different species including insect and other organisms were analyzed using bioinformatics approaches. Ten motifs were found by MEME and MAST tools, which similarly existed in all various insect species. Moreover, the phylogenetic study revealed a high similarity among the insect trypsins, suggesting that they might have derived from a common ancestor. To understand the characteristics of insect trypsins, including active binding site structure, a reliable structu

Current Teaching

  • MS.c.

    Pesticides Toxicology

  • Ph.D.

    Molecular Diagnostic Methods

  • Ph.D.

    Insect Molecular Genetics

Teaching History

  • MS.c.

    Insect Biotechnology

  • 2021
    Zanghane, Mohadeseh
    Identification and Characterization of the Role of Wolbachia Bacteria in the Asian Citrus Psyllid Diaphorina citri
  • 2021
    Seyyed alikhani, Seyyed mohammad
  • 2019
    Daneshnia, Seyedeh Negar
    Evaluation of relation between Aceria ficus (Cotte,1920) and fig mosaic virus (FMV) under laboratory conditions
  • 2019
    Ghadimmollaloo, Maryam
  • 2020
    Rahimpour, Hamed
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Entomology, Wiley
  • Member (PhD student) of Exceptional Talent Development Center, University of Tehran
  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Physiology, Invertebrate Physiology
  • Associate Editor, Physiological Entomology, Wiley
  • Distinguished MSc thesis, University of Tehran, 2009.
  • Distinguished researcher student (MSc) of Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, 2008.
  • Distinguished researcher student (PhD) of Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, 201
  • Distinguished researcher student (PhD), University of Tehran, 2012.
  • Distinguished researcher student (PhD), University of Tehran, 2012.
  • Distinguished student (MSc), University of Tehran, 2009.
  • Distinguished Young A/Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, 2021
  • Dr. Kazemi Ashtiani Fund (INEF) for early carrier Assistant Professors, 2013
  • Laureate of the 21th Khwarizmi Young Award (KYA), in the category of Fundamental Research
  • Member (MSc student) of Exceptional Talent Development Center, University of Tehran
  • Member of Irans Young Elite National Foundation since 2008.
  • Pishtazan Grant Award for Distinguished Young Scientists for Interdisciplinary Research, INSF, 2022-2025
  • Rank first in the PhD entrance exam, University of Tehran, 2009
  • Rank first student among the BSc students of Plant Protection, University of Gorgan, 2004-2007.
  • Rank first student among the MSc students of Entomology, University of Tehran, 2009.
  • The member of Faculty of Agriculture research committee
  • The HSE council member of School of Agriculture
  • The member of TMU research and technology marketing Committee
  • ,The member of Research and Development Center for Biotechnology research committee, TMU
  • The HSE council member and representative of School of Agriculture in the HSE council of Tarbiat Modares University

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