Said Ghabrial

His PhD research was on wilting of Tabasco pepper (Capsicum frutescens) caused by tobacco etch virus.

[4] Ghabrial carried out post-doctoral research at the University of California, Davis, on Southern bean mosaic virus under Robert Shepherd and Raymond Grogan (1965–66).

[4] In 1972, Ghabrial moved to the University of Kentucky, where he remained until his retirement, holding successively assistant (1972–75), associate (1975–86) and full professorships (1986–2014) in the Plant Pathology Department.

[3][4][6] This raises the possibility that such viruses might in future be used in the biological control of plant diseases caused by fungi.

[6] Another long-term research focus was viral diseases of soybean (Glycine max), particularly the economically important bean pod mottle virus.