© Dr. Catherine Esuola
DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow
Currently, I am a Principal Research Officer and DAAD ClimapAfrica Postdoctoral fellow at the Biotechnology Research Unit, National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan, Nigeria. I am working on using neglected and underutilised leguminous crops e.g. African Yam Bean (AYB) as biofertiliser to assist high yield of Plantain, a staple fruit crop in Africa. I am studying the metagenomics of AYB’s nitrogen fixing bacteria, the actual microorganisms that assist crops to sustain their development and fruit yield for food security in the face of adverse climatic conditions in depleted soils. I am also studying the role of beneficial microorganisms for better horticultural crop production and identifying in-vitro plant pathogens using biotechnology approaches. The results of my work greatly benefits small-holder farmers in Nigeria for access to healthy, disease-free horticultural crop as planting materials all year round. I mentor and supervise various students from the Universities across Nigeria. I was a DAAD PhD Sandwich Scholarship holder from 2014-2016.
Climate change expertise and interests
Publications – (most recent) Trögl J., Esuola, C. O., Kríženecká, S., Kurán, P., Seidlová, L., Veronesi-Dánová, P., Popelka, J., Babalola, O. O., Hrabák, P., Czinnerová, M., Kakosová, E., Ševc, A., Tischler, D. (2018) : Biodegradation of high concentrations of aliphatic hydrocarbons in soils from a petroleum refinery; implications of applicability of new actinobacterial strains. Applied Sciences, 8, 1855. Appl. Sci. doi:10.3390/app8101855 Akinyemi, S. O. S., Esuola, C. O., Fajinmi, O. B., Akin-Idowu, P. E. (2018) : Influence of explant slicing and cytokinin concentration on in vitro plantlet production of Musa sp. AAB ‘Agbagba’. Acta Horticulturae, 1225, 427-432.
Esuola, C. O., Heine, T., Babalola, O. O., Schlömann, M., Tischler, D. (2016) : Identification and characterization of a FAD-dependent putrescine N-hydroxylase (GorA) from Gordonia rubripertincta CBW2. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B. Enzymatic, 134, 378-389.I participate at climapAfrica because...
