Dilfuza Egamberdieva
dilfuza.egamberdieva@iau.uzDr. Dilfuza Egamberdieva (Research Dean, International Agriculture University) is the head of the Biological Research and Food Safety Lab, Institute of Fundamental and Applied Research, National Research University. She is also Research Dean at the International Agriculture University, Uzbekistan. She received her PhD in agricultural sciences from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. She pioneered research on the agricultural biotechnology. She conducted her postdoctoral studies at the Helsinki University of Finland, University of Florence, Italy, at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and as well as Leiden University of Netherlands. She continued her research activities at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research and Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her remarkable contributions to science in the field of biotechnology received SCOPUS-2019 Regional Award. “Top Scientist of the Year”, TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Award in Agricultural Sciences (2013). TWAS-TWOWS-SCOPUS Young Women Research Award (2009), L’OREAL-UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science (2006), American Society of Microbiology, (ASM) Morrison Rogosa Award (2006), UNESCO-Man and Biosphere (MAB) Award (2005). On the national level she has played a leading role in the implementation and evaluation the national programs and projects in agricultural research for sustainable development and act as a chair of the Executive Committee of the OWSD Central Asia National Chapter, and vice-chair and national focal point representative to the UNESCO-STEPAN (Science and Technology Policy Asian Network). Dilfuza is also involved in science policy, and served on the advisory committee of the German Council of Science and Humanities (WR), and member of The High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), The Committee on World Food Security, and also acts as the Country Ambassador for the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). She is a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA), the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS). She is co-editor of the Environmental Sustainability Journal (Springer), and serves on the editorial board of several professional journals including BMC Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Plants (MDPI). She authored/co-authored over 200 research articles and edited 6 book published by Springer and Elsevier.
Egamberdieva, D., Eshboev, F., Shukurov, O., Alaylar, B., Arora N.K. 2023. Bacterial bioprotectants: biocontrol traits and induced resistance to phytopathogens, Microbiol. Res. 2023, 14(2), 689-703; |
Bolan, S., Hou, D., Wang, L., Hale, L., Egamberdieva, D., Tammeorg, P., Li, R., Wang, B., Xu, J., Wang, T., Sun, H., Padhye, L.P., Wang, H., Siddique, K.H.M., Rinklebe, J., Kirkham, M.B., Bolan, N. 2023. The potential of biochar as a microbial carrier for agricultural and environmental applications, Science of The Total Environment, 163968, |
Egamberdieva D., Alaylar B., Alimov J., Jabborov Z. Bellingrath-Kimura SD. 2023. Combined effects of biochar and plant growth promoting bacteria Pseudomonas putida TSAU1 on plant growth, nutrient uptake of wheat, and soil enzyme activities. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 47, |
Jiang H., Li WJ, Birkeland NK, Egamberdieva D. Editorial: Thermophilic and halophilic extremophiles in Eurasian environments, volume II. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14:1160288. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1160288 |
Wicaksono WA, Egamberdieva D, Cernava T, Berg G. 2023. Viral Community Structure and Potential Functions in the Dried-Out Aral Sea Basin Change along a Desiccation Gradient. |
Ignatova, L., Usmanova, A., Brazhnikova, Y., Omirbekova, A., Egamberdieva, D., Mukasheva, T., Kistaubayeva, A., Savitskaya, I., Karpenyuk, T., Goncharova, A. Plant Probiotic Endophytic Pseudomonas flavescens D5 Strain for Protection of Barley Plants from Salt Stress. Sustainability 2022, 14, 15881. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315881 |
Wicaksono WA, Egamberdieva D, Berg C, Mora M, Kusstatscher P, Cernava T, Berg G. 2022. Function-based rhizosphere assembly along a gradient of desiccation in the former Aral Sea. mSystem, https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00739-22 |
Mohamad OAA., Liu Y., Huang Y., Li L., Ma J., Egamberdieva D., Gao L., Fang B., Hatab S., Jiang H., Li 2022. The Metabolic Potential of Endophytic Actinobacteria Associated with Medicinal Plant Thymus roseus as a Plant-Growth Stimulator. Microorganisms. 2022 Sep; 10(9): 1802, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091802 |
Prakash J, Egamberdieva D, Arora NK. 2022. A Novel Bacillus safensis-based formulation along with mycorrhiza inoculation for controlling Alternaria alternata and simultaneously improving growth, nutrient uptake, and steviol glycosides in Stevia rebaudiana under field conditions. Microorganisms. Plants 2022, 11(14), 1857; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11141857 |
Ma H, Li Q, Egamberdieva D, Bellingrath-Kimura 2022. A case study in desertified area: soybean growth responses to soil structure and biochar addition integrating ridge regression models, Agronomy, 12(6), 1341; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12061341 |
Egamberdieva D., Ma H., Shurigin V., Alimov J., Wirth S., Bellingrath-Kimura SD. 2022. Biochar additions alter the abundance of p-cycling-related bacteria in the rhizosphere soil of Portulaca oleracea under Salt Stress. Soil system, 6(3), 64, https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems6030064 |
Egamberdieva D., Jabborova D. 2022. Plant-Derived Antimicrobial Compounds , New Findings from Natural Substance, Bentham Publisher, 104-115, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/9789815051421122010007 |
Gulyamova T., Abdulmyanova L., Ruzieva D., Nasmetova S., Davranov K., Rasulova G., Karimova F., Makhkamova M., Egamberdieva D., Diversity of endophytic fungi associated with medicinal plants of Uzbekistan and their biological properties. Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica, 38(2): 91-97 |
Shurigin V, Alimov J, Tashkhan Gulyamova, Davranov K, Egamberdieva D. The diversity of bacterial endophytes from Iris pseudacorus L. and their antifungal traits. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, |
Omari RA, Yuan K, Anh KT, Reckling M, Halwani M, Egamberdieva D, Ohkama-Ohtsu N, Bellingrath-Kimura SD. 2022. Enhanced soybean productivity by inoculation with Indigenous Bradyrhizobium strains in agroecological conditions of Northeast Germany. Plant Sci, 12: 707080, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.707080 |
Egamberdieva D, Alimov J, Shurigin V, Alaylar B, Wirth S, Bellingrath-Kimura SD. 2022. The halophyte Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze is a source of halotolerant bacteria with plant growth-promoting capabilities. Plants, 11(1): 49, |
Egamberdieva D, Ma H, Reckling M, Omari R, Wirth S, Bellingrath-Kimura SD. 2022. Interactive effects of biochar and N and P nutrients on the symbiotic performance, growth, and nutrient uptake of soybean (Glycine max). Agronomy 12(1), 27; |
Ma H, Shurigin V, Jabborova D, dela Cruz JA, dela Cruz TE, Wirth S, Bellingrath-Kimura SD, Egamberdieva D. The integrated effect of microbial inoculants and biochar types on soil biological properties, and plant growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Plants, 11(3):423, |
Egamberdieva D., Ma H., Shurigin V., Alimov J., Wirth S., Bellingrath-Kimura SD. 2022. Biochar additions alter the abundance of p-cycling-related bacteria in the rhizosphere soil of Portulaca oleracea under Salt Stress. Soil system, 6(3), 64, https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems6030064 |
Arora NK, Pandey P, Egamberdieva D, Fatima T, 2021. COVID‑19 pandemic: aggressive research, vaccination, testing, and environmental sustainability are the way forward. Environmental Sustainability, 4: 443–445, |
Jiang H, Huang J, Li L, Huang L, Manzoor M, Yang J, Wu G, Sun X, Wang B, Egamberdieva D, Panosyan H, Birkeland NK, Zhu Z, Li WJ. 2021. Onshore soil microbes and endophytes respond differently to geochemical and mineralogical changes in the Aral Sea. The Science of Total Environment, 765:142675, |
Egamberdieva D, Jabborova D, Madazimov M, Babich S, Kholmirzaeva S, Salokidinov K. 2021. Antimicrobial activities of herbal plants from Uzbekistan against human pathogenic microbes. Environmental Sustainability. 4: 87–94 |
Halwani M, Reckling M, Egamberdieva D, Omari RA, Bellingrath-Kimura SD, Bachinger J, Bloch R. 2021. Soybean nodulation response to cropping interval and inoculation in European cropping systems. Frontiers Plant Sciences, 12:638452, |
Maximilian M, Egamberdieva D, Tomislav C, Krause R, Gabriele B. 2020. Explorative assessment of Coronavirus-like short sequences from host-associated and environmental metagenomes. The Science of Total Environment, 791: 148494, |
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2022-2025 Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Promoting sustainable land management through product, process and SME development in non thimber forest products and agroforestry value chain of Central Asia (SUFACHAIN) |
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2023-2024 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Science and Technology Partnership Program Study on epidemic rule and new control strategy of wheat stripe rust in China and Uzbekistan |
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2023-2024 World Bank Frontiers in legume cropping systems in Uzbekistan: Exploiting beneficial microbes for stable and resource-efficient production |
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2023-2024 French National Research Agency – ANR Stepability:
Steppe sustainability in a changing world |