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Some of the published Research: 1. Rabie, Kawther A.E.; M. Abderassoul and H.H. Manaf (2007). Infuence of culutre conditions on biomass formation in callus culture of Echinacea purpurea. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ., 32 (8): 6249-6257. 2. Manaf, H.H. (2008). The role of potassium nitrate in alleviating detrimental effects of salt stress of soybean roots in vitro. J. Biol. Chem. Environ. Sci., 3 (4): 363-380. 3. Manaf, H.H.; Kawthar A.E. Rabie and Mona S. Abd El-Aal (2009). In vito callus formation and plant regeneration of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. Annals of Agric. Sci., 54 (2): 283-289. 4. Kawthar A.E. Rabie; Mona S. Abd El-Aal and Manaf, H.H. (2010). Enhanced silymarin accumulation as influence of medium composition in cell suspension cultures of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. J. of plant production, Mansoura Univ., 1 (2): 319-332. 5. Kawthar, A. Rabie; H.H. Manaf; Hasnaa, A.H. Gouda and I.M. Shahat (2010). Influence of compost and rock amendments on growth and active ingredients of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Australian J. of Basic and Applied Sci. 4 (7): 1626-1631.

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Associate Prof., Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University.Specialization: Plant tissue culture - Plant Physiology.B. Sc. Agric. Sci. Of Agric. Biochemistry, 1993 - Ain Shams University.M. Sc., 1999 - Ain Shams University.Ph. D., 2005 - Ain Shams University.Reviwer in the Journal of Agricultural Science

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