Christopher Olumuyiwa ILORI. B. Sc. Agricultural Biology (Ibadan), M. Sc. Agricultural Biology(Ibadan), Ph.D. Plant Genetics (Ibadan)

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1 Dr. C.O. Ilori Christopher Olumuyiwa ILORI Academic and Professional Qualifications B. Sc. Agricultural Biology (Ibadan), M. Sc. Agricultural Biology(Ibadan), Ph.D. Plant Genetics (Ibadan) Contact: LECTURER I co.ilori[@] mail.ui.edu.ng Area of Specialization Geneticist and Plant Molecular Biologist Office Dept of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Ibadan, Office: Room A106, First Floor, Agric Biology Building. Tel: , DEPARTMENT: Protection and Department of Crop Environmental Biology. FACULTY: Faculty of Agriculture

2 and Forestry. COLLEGE: Forestry and Veterinary Medicine College of Agriculture, II. a) FIRST ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT: January, b) PRESENT POST: Lecturer I (October, 2005) c) DATE OF LAST PROMOTION: October 2005 d) DATE LAST CONSIDERED - III. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION WITH DATES: 1. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria IV. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS WITH DATES: 1. B.Sc. (Agricultural Biology) 2 nd Class honours Upper division; University of Ibadan, M.Sc. (Agricultural Biology, Plant Genetics); University of Ibadan, Ph.D. (Plant Genetics); University of Ibadan, V. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND DIPLOMAS: - VI. SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP AWARDS: (1) Zard Family Scholarship Award, University of Ibadan. 1987

3 1988. (2) Research Fellowship Award, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan VII. HONORS, DISTINCTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES: (a) - Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Ibadan Prize Agricultural Biology Department, University of Ibadan Prize Shell Prize for best student in Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan Zard Prize for best student in Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan NYSC State Honours Award, Kwara State (b) Member - Genetics Society of Nigeria - African Crop Science Society - Horticultural Society of Nigeria VIII. DETAILS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL: UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL AGB 310 Introductory Genetics 1999 to date date AGB 310 Introductory Genetics (External Degree) 2002 to

4 AGB 510 Applied Genetics 1999 to date POSTGRADUATE LEVEL CPE 741 Advanced Genetics I 2002 to date. CPE 742 Advanced Genetics II 2006 to date. CPE 743 Quantitative Genetics 2002 to date. CPE 744 Cytogenetics 2008 to date. STUDENT SUPERVISION B.Sc. Projects M.Sc. Projects M.Phil./Ph.D. Projects -14 completed, 2 ongoing - 12 completed, 2 ongoing - 3 ongoing DEPARTMENTAL DUTIES: Assistant Time table Coordinator 2000 to Time table Coordinator 2007 to date. Assistant Coordinator, Undergraduate Programmes 2002 to Coordinator, Undergraduate Programmes 2004 to date. Coordinator, Rooftop garden experiments 2001 to Member, Excess Workload Claims Verification Committee 2001 to date. Member, Computer Committee to date. Member, Scientific Displays Committee 2002 to date.

5 Member, Standing Committee on Biotechnology Development 2002 to date. FACULTY DUTIES: Member, Practical Year Training Programme Committee 2002 to date. Member, Faculty Time table Committee 2003 to date. Member, Faculty Examinations Coordinators Committee (undergraduate) 2003 to date. UNIVERSITY DUTIES Assistant Hall Warden, Abdulsalami Abubakar Postgraduate Hall 2007 to date Member, Panel P of the Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee 2007 to date Member, University Private Sector Collaboration Sub-committee 2008 to date. IX. RESEARCH Completed (a) Growth and agronomic characteristics in crosses between cowpea lines differing in seed size. (b) Relationships between terminal leaf size and growth and agronomic characteristics in cowpea. (c) Seed size and its effect on growth and agronomic characteristics in cowpea. (d) Molecular analysis of somaclonal and genomic variations

6 during in vitro and field propagation in Musa. (e) In vitro propagation of miracle berry (Synsepalum dulcificum) through embryo and nodal cultures (f) Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping of Drought Tolerance at Seedling Stage of Rice. (g) Characterization of Est-Derived Microsatellites in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) In progress (a) Virus eradication from Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) germplasm through meristem-tip culture and thermotherapy. (b) Agronomic and morphological evaluation of crosses of mutants derived from the cowpea cultivar Ife Brown. Dissertation and Thesis (a) Growth and agronomic characteristics in reciprocal crosses between wild and cultivated cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) B. Sc. Project report (1989). (b) Relationships between photosynthetic characteristics and yield parameters in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.). M.Sc. Dissertation (1992). (c) Transformability studies in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) pollen - Ph. D Thesis (October, 2001). X. PUBLICATIONS Books Already Published: (1) C.O. Ilori and I. Fawole (2003) Introductory Genetics. Ibadan Distance Learning Programme Series, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan ISBN pages (75%

7 contribution) (Nigeria) (2) C.O. Ilori and I. Fawole (2008) Applied Genetics. Ibadan Distance Learning Programme Series, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan ISBN pages (75% contribution) (Nigeria) * Chapters in Books Already Published: - Articles that have already appeared in Refereed Conference Proceedings: (3) C.O. Ilori, I. Fawole, A. Pellegrineschi, G. Thottappilly and H.D. Mignouna (2001)- Transient foreign gene expression in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) through Agrobacterium transformation of pollen. Proceedings of the 5 th Biennial Conference of the African Crop Science Society, pp Lagos, Nigeria.. (45% contribution) (Uganda) Patents: - Articles that have already appeared in Learned Journals: (4) C.O.Ilori, A.O. Togun and I. Fawole (1996) Growth and development characteristics in reciprocal crosses between weedy and cultivated cowpea. African Crop Science Journal 4(2) : (65% contribution) (Uganda) (5) Fawole, I., Oluwatosin, O.B. and Ilori, C.O. (2000) Morphology and inheritance of another branched peduncle mutant of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.). Bulletin of Science Association of Nigeria 23 : (40% contribution) (Nigeria) (6) O.E. Adeleke, H.A. Odelola and C.O. Ilori (2002) The role of plasmid in epidemiological studies of Staphylococus aureus. ASSET Series B 1(2) : (40% contribution) (Nigeria) (7) K.E. Ogunsola and C.O. Ilori (2008) In vitro propagation of

8 Miracle berry (Synsepalum dulcificum Daniel) through embryo and nodal cultures. African Journal of Biotechnology 7(3) : (50% contribution) * (8) O.B. Ojuederie, B.O. Odu and C.O. Ilori (2009) Serological detection of seed borne viruses in cowpea regenerated germplasm using Protein A Sandwich Enzyme Linked Immunorsorbent Assay. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp (35% contribution) (Uganda) * Books, Chapters in Books and Articles already accepted for Publication: - Technical Reports and Monographs: - XI. Major Conferences and Workshops Attended: (1) The 22nd Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Nigeria held at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta from 1st to 3rd June, (2) Training and Communication Skills Workshop, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) from 13 th to 16 th May, (3) Statistics and Statistical Computing Workshop, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) from 27 th January to 7 th February, (4) Agricultural Research Management Workshop, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) from 16 th to 21 st June, (5) Fifth Biennial Conference of the African Crop Science Society held at Le Meridien Eko Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria from 21 st to 26 th October, (6) Postgraduate School Workshop on Planning and Writing Grant- Oriented Research Proposals held at the Conference Centre, University of Ibadan from 17 th to 18 th July, 2003.

9 (7) IITA/WABWS Training Workshop on Applications of Molecular Markers in Tropical Agriculture held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) from 27 th to 31 st October, (8) Training Workshop on Biotechnology in Agriculture in a World of Global Environmental Changes held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot Campus from 17 th February to 18 th March (9) International Training Workshop on Potato Diseases Detection Techniques held at the Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China from 21 st August to 9 th September Current Research Projects i.quantitative Trait Loci Mapping of Drought Tolerance at Seedling Stage of Rice. ii Characterization of Est-Derived Microsatellites in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Dissertations Publications 1. Ilori C.O. Transformability studies on cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) pollen. Ph.D. Thesis. Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Jan Ilori C.O. Relationships between photosynthetic characteristics and yield parameters in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp). M.Sc. Thesis. Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dec Ilori C.O. Growth and agronomic characteristics in reciprocal crosses between wild and cultivated cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) B.Sc. project report. Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dec Journal Articles 1. C.O. Ilori, A.O. Togun and I. Fawole (1996) - Growth and development characteristics in reciprocal crosses between weedy and cultivated cowpea. African Crop Science Journal 4 (2) : Fawole, I., Oluwatosin, O.B. and Ilori, C.O. (2000) Morphology and inheritance of another branched peduncle mutant of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.). Bulletin of Science Association of Nigeria 23 :

10 3. O.E. Adeleke, H.A. Odelola and C.O. Ilori (2002) The role of plasmid in epidemiological studies of Staphylococus aureus. ASSET Series B 1(2) : K.E. Ogunsola and C.O. Ilori (2008) In vitro propagation of Miracle berry (Synsepalum dulcificum Daniel) through embryo and nodal cultures. African Journal of Biotechnology 7(3) : O.B. Ojuederie, B.O. Odu and C.O. Ilori (2009) Serological detection of seed borne viruses in cowpea regenerated germplasm using Protein A Sandwich Enzyme Linked Immunorsorbent Assay. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp Books Published 1. C.O. Ilori and I. Fawole (2003) Introductory Genetics. Ibadan Distance Learning Programme Series, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan ISBN pages 2. C.O. Ilori and I. Fawole (2008) Applied Genetics. Ibadan Distance Learning Programme Series, Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan ISBN pages Conference Proceedings 1. Ilori, C. O.; B. A. Adelaja; "Lanre Denton (1994) - Horticultural germplasm potentials of some Sacred Forests in South-Western Nigeria. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Nigeria, Abeokuta, Nigeria. 2. C.O. Ilori, I. Fawole, A. Pellegrineschi, G. Thottappilly and H.D. Mignouna (2001)- Transient foreign gene expression in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) through Agrobacterium transformation of pollen. Proceedings of the 5 th Biennial Conference of the African Crop Science Society, pp Lagos, Nigeria.