Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi
@unilorin.edu.ng
Senior Lecturer, Plant Biology/Life Sciences
University of Ilorin
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Biotechnology
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Plant Science, Complementary and alternative medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Multidisciplinary
Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Taofeeq Garuba, Uthman Idrees Kankawi, Abdulbaki Shehu Abdulbaki, Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Babalola Ola Yusuf, and Saheed Sabiu
Ilia State University
Ibrahim Ajadi, Abdulkabir O. Abdulmalik, and Sherif B. Adeyemi
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS
Controlled Environment Horticulture (CEH) offers a transformative approach to addressing the challenges facing traditional agriculture, such as climate change, urbanization, and population growth. By enabling precise control over environmental factors, CEH enhances resource efficiency, allows year-round crop production, and reduces environmental impacts. This chapter discusses the critical role of CEH in creating sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. It explores key advancements in CEH technologies, including greenhouses, vertical farming, hydroponics, and aeroponics, along with successful case studies from various global regions. Despite high initial costs, CEH systems provide long-term economic benefits, foster local economic growth, and contribute to sustainability by minimizing water usage, carbon emissions, and pesticide dependency. However, challenges like energy consumption and waste management require continued innovation. This chapter provides insights into the current state of research in plant genetics and microbiome management and the future potential of integrating artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to improve CEH. Collaborative efforts are essential to advancing CEH and building a resilient, sustainable global food system.
Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Ibrahim Ajadi, Ahmed Abiodun Saliu, and Kazeem Bello
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS
Controlled Environment Horticulture (CEH) is reshaping modern agriculture through its focus on sustainable food production and efficient resource management. This chapter provides an extensive exploration of the economic and market dynamics of CEH, underscoring its diverse revenue streams, including both fresh produce and value-added products. Despite its potential, CEH is hindered by substantial initial capital requirements and high operational costs, presenting significant entry barriers. Government policies, subsidies, and financial incentives are critical in alleviating these financial challenges, promoting innovation, and supporting sector expansion. The market is increasingly influenced by growing consumer demand for organic and premium products, especially in urban centers with heightened demand for such offerings. In this competitive environment, success relies on strategic approaches such as differentiation, cost leadership, and technological innovation. A deep understanding of these economic factors is essential for overcoming challenges and capitalizing on opportunities, ensuring
Dwaipayan Sinha, Arpan Dey, Arun Kumar Maurya, Gholamreza Abdi, Supatra Sen, Satarupa Nath, Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Zoofishan Kazi, Rimi Roy, Mohammad Sohail,et al.
CRC Press
Abdulwakeel Ayokun-nun Ajao, Gbenga Festus Akomolafe, Oluwayemisi Dorcas Olaniyan, Emmanuel C. Chukwuma, Alaba O. Ugbogu, Peter A. Adeonipekun, Abiodun E. Ayodele, Sherif B. Adeyemi, Bashir Bolaji Tiamiyu, Samaila Samaila Yaradua,et al.
Canadian Science Publishing
This article explores the pivotal role of herbaria in supporting taxonomic research in Nigeria and highlights the need to improve herbarium infrastructure to enhance plant diversity research in the country. Thirteen herbaria are currently recognized in Nigeria on the Index Herbariorum database and collectively house about 260 000 specimens. The Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI) is the largest, containing nearly 50% of these specimens. Based on the occurrence data of Nigerian plants on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the herbaria, namely FHI, ABUH, LUH, NAUH, and UNICAL contributed only 29.9% compared to international herbaria (70.1%). This disparity underscores the need to strengthen the herbarium collection infrastructure in Nigeria. Taxonomic revisionary studies in Nigeria are very scarce as most of the studies have focused on the morpho-anatomical analysis of plant taxa. The poor taxonomic capacity in the country, which is due to insufficiency of collection capacity and trained taxonomists, has been a bane to the compilation of flora of Nigeria and the inability to document the conservation status of threatened plant species, as more than half (66.0%) of Nigeria’s plants published on GBIF have not been evaluated. There is an urgent need for capacity building for plant collection, curation, and taxonomic review.
Bashir Bolaji Tiamiyu, Azeez Adebola Lateef, Abdulquadri Sagaya, Khadijah Abdulhamid Abdulkareem, Bolaji Umar Olayinka, AbdulAziz Ayinla, Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Sarah Getachew Amenu, Abdullahi Alanamu AbdulRahaman, and Oba Toyin Mustapha
Fountain University
Curcuma longa L. (commonly known as Tumeric) is the only species of the genus Curcuma found in Nigeria. It is of great economic importance to Nigeria, Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world, where it is widely used for ornamental and medicinal purposes, and as spices in food and beverages. However, the phylogenetic placement of the turmeric plant (C. longa) in Nigeria is far from being fully resolved, hence the need for this study. The rhizomes of turmeric were collected at the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo state. Genomic DNA was extracted, followed by the amplification of the ITS and psbA-trnH regions. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted using the Maximum likelihood method. The result resolved the phylogenetic position of Nigerian species and supported existing subgenera classification into three clades, all with high bootstrap support for the three clades. The result of this study supports the subgenera classification of the genus and further reveals the phylogenetic position of C. longa. Keywords: Curcuma longa, ITS, psbA-trnH, Sanger Sequencing, Zingiberaceae
Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Ahmed Abiodun Saliu, Bhrugesh Pravinchandra Joshi, and Ramar Krishnamurthy
Informa UK Limited
Emmanuel C. Chukwuma, Oyetola O. Oyebanji, Deborah M. Chukwuma, Abiodun E. Ayodele, Bashir B. Tiamiyu, Kehinde A. Bolarinwa, Sherif B. Adeyemi, and Abdulquadri Sagaya
Elsevier BV
Dwaipayan Sinha, Arun Kumar Maurya, Gholamreza Abdi, Muhammad Majeed, Rachna Agarwal, Rashmi Mukherjee, Sharmistha Ganguly, Robina Aziz, Manika Bhatia, Aqsa Majgaonkar,et al.
MDPI AG
Rapidly rising population and climate changes are two critical issues that require immediate action to achieve sustainable development goals. The rising population is posing increased demand for food, thereby pushing for an acceleration in agricultural production. Furthermore, increased anthropogenic activities have resulted in environmental pollution such as water pollution and soil degradation as well as alterations in the composition and concentration of environmental gases. These changes are affecting not only biodiversity loss but also affecting the physio-biochemical processes of crop plants, resulting in a stress-induced decline in crop yield. To overcome such problems and ensure the supply of food material, consistent efforts are being made to develop strategies and techniques to increase crop yield and to enhance tolerance toward climate-induced stress. Plant breeding evolved after domestication and initially remained dependent on phenotype-based selection for crop improvement. But it has grown through cytological and biochemical methods, and the newer contemporary methods are based on DNA-marker-based strategies that help in the selection of agronomically useful traits. These are now supported by high-end molecular biology tools like PCR, high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping, data from crop morpho-physiology, statistical tools, bioinformatics, and machine learning. After establishing its worth in animal breeding, genomic selection (GS), an improved variant of marker-assisted selection (MAS), has made its way into crop-breeding programs as a powerful selection tool. To develop novel breeding programs as well as innovative marker-based models for genetic evaluation, GS makes use of molecular genetic markers. GS can amend complex traits like yield as well as shorten the breeding period, making it advantageous over pedigree breeding and marker-assisted selection (MAS). It reduces the time and resources that are required for plant breeding while allowing for an increased genetic gain of complex attributes. It has been taken to new heights by integrating innovative and advanced technologies such as speed breeding, machine learning, and environmental/weather data to further harness the GS potential, an approach known as integrated genomic selection (IGS). This review highlights the IGS strategies, procedures, integrated approaches, and associated emerging issues, with a special emphasis on cereal crops. In this domain, efforts have been taken to highlight the potential of this cutting-edge innovation to develop climate-smart crops that can endure abiotic stresses with the motive of keeping production and quality at par with the global food demand.
Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Aishat Mojisola Akere, Joshua Iseoluwa Orege, Onome Ejeromeghene, Odunola Blessing Orege, and Jubril Olayinka Akolade
Elsevier BV
Dwaipayan Sinha, Soumi Datta, Reema Mishra, Preeti Agarwal, Tripti Kumari, Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Arun Kumar Maurya, Sharmistha Ganguly, Usman Atique, Sanchita Seal,et al.
MDPI AG
Arsenic (As) is a metalloid prevalent mainly in soil and water. The presence of As above permissible levels becomes toxic and detrimental to living organisms, therefore, making it a significant global concern. Humans can absorb As through drinking polluted water and consuming As-contaminated food material grown in soil having As problems. Since human beings are mobile organisms, they can use clean uncontaminated water and food found through various channels or switch from an As-contaminated area to a clean area; but plants are sessile and obtain As along with essential minerals and water through roots that make them more susceptible to arsenic poisoning and consequent stress. Arsenic and phosphorus have many similarities in terms of their physical and chemical characteristics, and they commonly compete to cause physiological anomalies in biological systems that contribute to further stress. Initial indicators of arsenic’s propensity to induce toxicity in plants are a decrease in yield and a loss in plant biomass. This is accompanied by considerable physiological alterations; including instant oxidative surge; followed by essential biomolecule oxidation. These variables ultimately result in cell permeability and an electrolyte imbalance. In addition, arsenic disturbs the nucleic acids, the transcription process, and the essential enzymes engaged with the plant system’s primary metabolic pathways. To lessen As absorption by plants, a variety of mitigation strategies have been proposed which include agronomic practices, plant breeding, genetic manipulation, computer-aided modeling, biochemical techniques, and the altering of human approaches regarding consumption and pollution, and in these ways, increased awareness may be generated. These mitigation strategies will further help in ensuring good health, food security, and environmental sustainability. This article summarises the nature of the impact of arsenic on plants, the physio-biochemical mechanisms evolved to cope with As stress, and the mitigation measures that can be employed to eliminate the negative effects of As.
Joshua Iseoluwa Orege, Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Bashir Bolaji Tiamiyu, Toluwanimi Oluwadara Akinyemi, Yusuf Ajibola Ibrahim, and Odunola Blessing Orege
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Nikita Patel, Swetal Patel, Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Abdullahi Alanamu Abdul Rahaman, Kehinde Stephen Olorunmaiye, and Ramar Krishnamurthy
CRC Press
Ami Naik, Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Bhavin Vyas, and Ramar Krishnamurthy
Elsevier BV
A. A. Lateef, T. Garuba, K. A. Abdulkareem, B. U. Olayinka, G. S. Olahan, S. B. Adeyemi, and K. A. Abdulkareem
College of Science for Women
Crop diseases are usually caused by inoculum of pathogens which might exist on alternate hosts or weeds as endophytes. These endophytes, cum pathogens, usually confer some beneficial attributes to these weeds or alternate hosts from protection against herbivores, disease resistance, stress tolerance to secondary metabolites production. This study was therefore carried out to isolate potential crop pathogens which exist as endophytes on weed species in the University of Ilorin plantations. Green asymptomatic leaves were collected from 10 weed species across the plantations, and processed for their endophytic fungi isolation. Isolates were purified into pure cultures and used for molecular identification using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal DNA. Phylogenetic analysis of the fungal sequences using MEGA software revealed 9 fungal genera belonging to 13 species, with species in the genera Curvularia, Epicoccum and Daldinia occurring in more than one weed species, while other genera such as Alternaria, Fusarium, Chaetomium, Macrophomina, Arthrinium and Phomopsis occurred in just one weed species each. Daldinia eschscholtzii was isolated in this study as an endophyte from Loudetia arundinacea for the first time. This plant is very abundant in Nigeria and Africa where it is used majorly for thatching and feeding livestocks. This also represents the first endophytic fungi from the genus Loudetia. Potential relationship between the occurrences of these fungi as endophytes and as pathogens are discussed. These discoveries represent the first large-scale molecular identification and several first reports of endophytes from these weed species. These results also represent the first records of some of these fungi in Nigeria.
Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Sherifdeen Bamidele Onigbinde, Khadijah Omoshalewa Sanusi, Noah Alaba, Aderinola H. Rasaq-Lawal, Babatunde Samuel Obadawo, Allison Olatoyosi, Saidat Omowunmi Adeniran-Obey, Victor Onwukwe, Uchenna Asogwa,et al.
Informa UK Limited
ABSTRACT COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality are significantly increased with increasing age and the presence of co-existing health conditions, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. While most infected people recover, even very young and otherwise healthy patients may unpredictably succumb to this disease. COVID-19 is highly susceptible to Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and Transmembrane protease-serine 2 (TMPRSS2) polymorphisms altering the angiotensinogen-ACE2 interactions, such as p. Arg514Gly and its prevalence. The article describes the role of understanding the genetic basis of COVID-19 and its susceptibility to human genes.
Sherif B Adeyemi, Vilas Surana, and Ramar Krishnamurthy
Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research
Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Abdulrahim Gari, Norhan Elshony, Hazem M. Shaheen, Murtala Bello Abubakar, Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, and Hayder M. Al-kuraishy
Elsevier BV
Joshua Adedeji Bolarin, Mercy Adaramodu Oluwatoyosi, Joshua Iseoluwa Orege, Emmanuel Ayodeji Ayeni, Yusuf Ajibola Ibrahim, Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Bashir Bolaji Tiamiyu, Lanre Anthony Gbadegesin, Toluwanimi Oluwadara Akinyemi, Chuks Kenneth Odoh,et al.
Elsevier BV
O O Oyebanji, E C Chukwuma, K A Bolarinwa, O I Adejobi, S B Adeyemi, and A O Ayoola
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
O.A. Babamale, O.A. Iyiola, S.B. Adeyemi, A.F. Sulaiman, A.O. Abdulkareem, A.T. Anifowoshe, O.D. Awe, D Ajani, and U.S. Ugbomoiko
African Journals Online (AJOL)
Drug resistance in malaria infection is a serious public health challenge. Thus, scientific search for alternative treatment measures among the local medicinal plants is exigent. We therefore investigated the anti-plasmodial efficacy and genotoxicity of the methanolic leaf and stem extracts of Alstonia plant at varying concentration (200 mg/kg, 400 mg/kg and 600 mg/kg) in mice infected with chloroquine sensitive Plasmodium berghei . The phytochemical screening of the extract revealed that leaf sample contained significantly higher secondary metabolites, except saponins ( p <0.05). Anti-plasmodial activities of the two extracts were duration and dose- dependent. Stem bark extract showed higher curative potential with inhibition rate of 56.71% at 400 mg/kg whereas, leaf extract was efficient at 600mg/kg with 52.15% inhibition rate. Stem bark extract at 400 mg/kg improved the enzymatic activities of the mice; it lowered serum ALT (6.88±4.42) and increased liver ALT (41.07±5.56). Similarly, 400 mg/kg leaf extract showed highest AST (70.65±4.00) and ALT (44.65±7.83) activities in the kidney and liver respectively. Analysis of genotoxicity revealed that micronucleus and abnormal (binucleated, notched and blebbed) were prevalent among the experimental mice which increased significantly ( p <0.05) at all concentrations except at 600mg/kg leaf extract. Therefore, this present study indicates that both leaf and stem bark extracts of A. boonei possess anti-plasmodial activity and are less genotoxic when compared with standard drug. Keywords: Genotoxicity; Plasmodium berghei ; metabolites; micronucleus; blebbed; standard drug
M.O. Nafiu, A.A. Hamid, H.F. Muritala, and S.B. Adeyemi
Elsevier