Journal of Plant Pathology

Dr. Masoud Akbarimotlagh is an Iranian plant virologist specializing in plant-virus interactions, viral gene silencing mechanisms, and plant disease resistance. He earned his Ph.D. from Tarbiat Modares University, with part of his research conducted under a prestigious fellowship at the CNR-ISPA Institute, Bari, Italy.

He has extensive experience in teaching, research, and international collaboration, contributing significantly to understanding virus replication inhibitors, RNA silencing in plants, and phytoplasma-associated diseases.

Dr. Akbarimotlagh has authored multiple peer-reviewed papers in high-impact journals, such as Viruses, Advances in Virus Research, and International Journal of Molecular Sciences. His scientific contributions extend to reviewer roles in several international journals and active participation in professional academic co

• Plant Virology & Pathogen Interactions
• RNA Silencing and Gene Regulation in Plant Virus Resistance
• Molecular Detection of Plant Viruses
• Phytoplasma and Emerging Plant Diseases
• Integrated Pest and Disease Management

• Reviewer for International Journals:
• Environmental Engineering and Management Journal
• Journal of Crop Protection
• Journal of Plant Molecular Breeding
• Lecturer for B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs at Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University and the Academic Centre for Education, Culture, and Research.
• Research Fellowship recipient, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran), for work at CNR-ISPA, Italy.
• Member, Center Alumni Council (CAC), TMU (2018–Present).
• Technical Expert, Saba Cousha Kesht Co. and Astan Quds Razavi Holding, for plant disease management.

• Molinari, S., Akbarimotlagh, M., & Leonetti, P. (2022). Tomato root colonization by exogenously inoculated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induces resistance against root-knot nematodes in a dose-dependent manner. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(16), 8920.
• Palukaitis, P., Akbarimotlagh, M., Astaraki, S., Shams-Bakhsh, M., & Yoon, J.Y. (2024). The forgotten tobamovirus genes encoding the 54 kDa protein and the 4–6 kDa proteins. Viruses, 16(11), 1680.
• Akbarimotlagh, M., Azizi, A., Shams-Bakhsh, M., Jafari, M., Ghasemzadeh, A., & Palukaitis, P. (2023). Critical points for the design and application of RNA silencing constructs for plant virus resistance. Advances in Virus Research, 115, 159–203.
• Palukaitis, P., Akbarimotlagh, M., Baek, E., & Yoon, J.Y. (2022). The secret life of the inhibitor of virus replication. Viruses, 14(12), 2782.
• Akbarimotlagh, M., Arab, S.S., Palukaitis, P., & Shams-Bakhsh, M. (2022). In silico investigation of symptom development model based on coat protein interactions of two cucumber mosaic virus strains. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 118, 101811.