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Bartholomew Nwauzoma Akagbuo

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Senior Lecturer,Rivers State University of Science & Technology

Akagbuo Bartholomew Nwauzoma is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied and Environmental Biology at Rivers State University of Science and Technology in Nigeria.  He has worked for the university as a lecturer since 2000.

In 2006, Dr. Nwauzoma received an Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) postdoctoral fellowship at the National Research Center for Banana in Tiruchirapalli, India.  He was awarded another TWAS postdoctoral fellowship in 2010, at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, located at the University of Karachi, Pakistan.

A plant pathologist, Dr. Nwauzoma has expertise in many areas, including using bio-assay guided isolation of plant natural products for downstream application as well as the use of botanicals in plant disease control.

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Dr. Bartholomew Nwauzoma Akagbuo

Country of birth: Nigeria

Nationality:  Nigerian

Position Title: Senior Lecturer

Institution: Rivers State University of Science & Technology

Contact Address:

Department of Applied & Environmental Biology Rivers State University of Science & Technology PMB 5080 Port Harcourt 500001 Nigeria

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Specialty Area:

-          Plant Pathology

Education:

1996   M. Phil.

2000  Ph.D.

Positions held (since terminal degree):

2000  Lecturer 11

2003  Lecturer 1

2008  Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied and Environmental Biology, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria

Expertise:

Honors and Awards (since terminal degree):

2006  DBT/TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship on Plant Biotechnology: National Research Center for Banana (NRCB), Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India. .

2010   Postdoctoral Fellowship: HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical & Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan. .

A selection of major research accomplishments: Discoveries and first reports

A Selection of refereed journal publications (2002-present)

Nwauzoma, A.B., Uma, S. Mustaffa, M.M., and Durai, P. 2008. Response of banana hybrids to Sigatoka leaf spot disease under tropical conditions in Southern India. Acta Agrono. Nigeriana. 8(1): 33-42.

Nwauzoma, A.B. and Shuaibu, A. A. 2008. Effects of different crop cycle on yield and disease resistance of plantain (Musa spp.) somaclonal variants in Nigeriana. Acta Agrono. Nigeriana, 2: 60-69.

Nwauzoma, A.B. and Daniel-kalio, L.A. 2007. Correlation and Principal component analyses studies on plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) somaclonal variants in Nigeria. Indian Jour. Genet. 67(3): 384-286.

Daniel-kalio, L.A. Awoye, G. and Nwauzoma, A.B. 2006. Effects of Forcados blend crude oil contamination of African pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.). Hort. Soc. Nig. Pp. 333-336.

Nwauzoma, A.B., Gauhl, F. and Pasberg-Gauhl, C. 2005. Black Sigatoka disease (Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet) resistance in plantain (Musa spp. AAB) under different crop management practices in Nigeria. Nig. Delta Biologia. 5(1): 65-69.

Chuku, E.C., Adeleke, M.T.V. and Nwauzoma, A.B. 2005. Fungi associated with plantain flour in the Niger Delta. Jour. Nig. Envtal. Soc. (JNES). 2(3): 377-381.

Nwauzoma, A.B., Tenkouano, A and Daniel-kalio, L.A. 2004. Disease incidence and symptom expression of banana streak virus on plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) somaclones in Nigeria. Nig. Jour. of Plant Prot. 21: 63-72.

Chuku, E.C., Onuegbu, B.A. and Nwauzoma, A.B. 2003. Varietal effects on viscousity and mould in Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus Moech). Afr. Jour. Agric. Res. 1(1&2):1-6.

Nwauzoma, A.B., Tenkouano, A., Crouch, J.H., Pillay, M., Vuyslteke, D. and Daniel-kalio, L.A. 2002. Yield and disease resistance of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) somaclones in Nigeria. Euphytica. 123: 323-333.

Book chapters:

Akonye, L. A., Nwauzoma, A. B. 2003. Growth Measurements in Plants. In: Research Techniques in Biological and Chemical Sciences. eds. Eugene N. Onyeike and Julian Osuji. pp. 147-155. Springfield Publishers. Ltd., Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.

Invited presentations at major international conferences (2002-present-Maximum 8)

Nwauzoma, A.B., S. Uma, S. Saraswathi, M. Mustaffa and P. Durai. 2007. Preliminary evaluation of Musa progenies to yellow Sigatoka disease (Mycosphaerella musicola Leach) under tropical conditions in South India. ISHS/ProMusa symposium on "Recent advances in banana crop protection for sustainable production and improved livelihoods". Greenway Woods, White River, South Africa. 10-14 September, 2007.

Research Grants (2004 – present):

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