Said Ghabrial

'Said Amin (Gabe) ) was an Egyptian-American plant pathologist, known for his work on mycoviruses – viruses of fungi – and particularly their effects on the virulence of plant-pathogenic fungi. He worked at the Egyptian Ministry of Land Reform (1959–61) and then briefly did national service in the Egyptian Army. This raises the possibility that such viruses might in future be used in the biological control of plant diseases caused by fungi. and was one of the editors of the sixth edition of its Virus Taxonomy report. He authored or co-authored around 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as many book chapters.

Personal life Ghabrial married Karlin Upton Ghabrial, whom he met in Davis, in 1966. They had a son and two daughters. He died on November 26, 2018.

Selected publications Books Said A. Ghabrial (ed.) Mycoviruses (Advances in Virus Research 86) (Academic Press; 2013) Frederick A. Murphy, Claude M. Fauquet, David H. L. Bishop, Said A. Ghabrial, Audrey W. Jarvis, Giovanni P. Martelli, Mike A. Mayo, Max D. Summers (eds) Virus Taxonomy'' (Springer-Verlag; 1995) Reviews

Research articles