Academic Staff

May 31, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
Ibrahim Esa Taher (PhD)
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor in Pathology (Nematology)

Plant Protection
College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences
University of Duhok

  • PhD 2021 in Plant Production, Plant Nematology, College of Agriculture, University of  Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
  • MSc 2012 in Plant Production, Plant Nematology, College of Agriculture, University of Duhok,  Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
  • BSc 2007 in Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Course Units   Department and Stage           

IPM- practical.  3 4th year / Plant protection dept.  Undergraduate

Bacterial disease-practical.  3 4th year/  Plant protection dept.    Undergraduate

Academic debates 3 1st year/ Horticulture Dept.     Undergraduate

Nematology-practical. 3  3rd year / Plant protection dept.    Undergraduate

Fruit & vegetable disease-pr.  3 4th year / Plant protection dept.   Undergraduate

Field crops diseases- pr.  3  4th year/ field crop department  Undergraduate

General Plant Disease Theory. 3  2nd year/ Agricultural extension   Undergraduate

Botany –theory.   3    1st year/  Plant protection dept.   Undergraduate

• I participate in Fulbright visiting scholarship program for building capacity in USA and I was among thirties Iraqi universities staff selected from more than eight hundred applicants from different universities. I stayed in USA for three month and finished the program successfully at University of central Oklahoma (UCO) Edmond-OK-USA.
•Worked as coordinator and specialist in disease survey project in Duhok governorate in cooperation with Agriculture general directory.
• Attended program about (Linking research to inclusive development for food security, 14 Nov – 2 Dec 2016) focused on: Coordinating different activities in agricultural sector, work with different stakeholders. Monitor agricultural project progress and work plans and strategically study held in ICRA – Netherlands and Central Office/ Wageningen – Netherlands.
• worked as trainer in TOT with ZSVP organization (2017) in Zommar area, for establishing and management and pest control in Plastic houses.
• Participate in program for training farmer about vegetable planting under plastic houses and management (2018) in coordination with Green life Co. for agricultural services.
• Training for bee keepers with Reach organization 2017.
•As trainer worked in TOT program (2018) with Goal organization for agronomist in Duhok province, I gave lectures and training for green house and open field diseases managements. 2018.
• I gave lectures and training about open field and plastic house cultivation, irrigation, fertilizing and pest management in TOT program organized by WHH in Snon area.
• Participating in training course with ICRA about Making Research Work - Solving complex agri-food problems through action research. On 11 November 2019, in Wageningen, the Netherlands.
• I gave training to farmer in Christian area rehabilitation program from ISS in Telesqof with GDI Organization in 2019.

Research

1- Taher, I. E. (2012). Pathogenicity, biology and control of wheat seed gall nematode Anguina tritici(Doctoral dissertation, M. Sc. thesis College of Agriculture-University of Duhok).
2-Taher, I. E., Ami, S. N., Haleem, R. A., & Shareef, B. S. (2017). First record of mycetophagous nematodeAphelenchus avenae in Iraq with description and testing their propagation on different fungus culture. Bulletinof the Iraq Natural History Museum (P-ISSN: 1017-8678, E-ISSN: 2311-9799), 14(3), 251-259.

3-Amin, S. N., Taher, I. I., & Omer, F. A. (2015). Bioassay and pathogenicity of wheat seed gall nematodeAnguina tritici. Science Journal of University of Zakho, 3(1), 39-45.

4- Ami, S. N., & Taher, I. I. (2013). Wheat Seed Gall Nematode Anguina Tritici in Duhok Province,
Kurdistan Region-Iraq and its Biology. Science Journal of University of Zakho, 1(2), 674-685.
5-Hassan, W. A., Taher, I. E., & Saido, K. A. (2015). ANTAGONISTIC SUCCESSION OFTRICHODERMA AGAINST RHIZOCTONIAL DAMPING-OFF ON TOMATO IN
COMPOSTED MEDIA. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum (P-ISSN: 1017-8678, E-ISSN:2311-9799), 13(4), 41-49.

6-Sulaiman Naif, A. M. I., Taher, I. E., Hussen, F. S., & Ahmed, A. I. (2019). First molecularidentification of wheat seed gall nematode Anguina tritici races parasitized on wheat in Iraq.AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT, 11, 5-15.

7- Taher, I. E. (2019). Influence of some plant extract, chemical and biological agents on Root-knotnematode Meloidogyne javanica. Kufa Journal for Agricultural Sciences, 11(1).

8-Asmar, A. Y., Hassan, W. A., Saido, K. A., & Tater, I. E. (2018). SAPROPHYTIC
COMPETITION OF SOIL MICROFLORA AND Rhizoctonia Solani IN THE ROTATING
AMENDED COMPOSTS PLANTED BY TOMATO. Journal of Duhok University, 21(1), 57-66

9-Ami, S. N., & Taher, I. E. (2014). Survey, races identification and host range of wheat seed gallnematode Anguina tritici in Duhok province, Iraq. IOSR Journal of Agriculture and VeterinaryScience, 7, 44-48.

Plant pathology especially nematode diseases

Supervising under-graduates students, seminars, summer training, and students project.