CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Full Names: IGE, Sunday Ayodele 2. Place Date and of Birth : 25th January, 1961/Ogotun-Ekiti 3. Sex:- Male 4. Local Government Origin: Ekiti- South West 5. State of Origin Ekiti 6. Nationality: Nigerian 7. Permanent Home Address: Ekiti State Housing Estate, Igede- Ekiti 8. Current Postal Address: Crop and Soil Department, Landmark University, P.M.B.1001 Omu-aran, Kwara-State

9. Cell Phone Number:- 08130822089

10.E-mail Address:- [email protected]

11. Marital Status:- Married

12. Number of Children with Ages:- Three (3)

13.Institutions attended with Dates:-

(a) Oduduwa College; 1975-1980

(b) ; 1982-1987.

(c) University of Ado-Ekiti; 2000-2005.

(d) University of Ilorin, Ilorin; 2007-2014. 14. Pure Academic Qualifications (with Dates):

(i) West Africa School Certificate ( WASC); June, 1980 (ii) ii National Technical Education Board ( NABTEB); Nov./ Dec., 2009.

(iii) Bachelor of Agric (B. AGRIC), University of Ilorin; July, 1987.

(iv) Master of Science (MS.c) in Plant Breeding and Genetics; University of Ado-Ekiti; September, 2006.

(v) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin. June, 2015

15. Training Programme attended:- (i) Training programme on Introductory Molecular Techniques at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan. The training scope included Nucleic acid extraction, CDNA Synthesis, DNA Sequencing and bioinformatics. August, 2015

(ii) Research Fellow at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture,( IITA), Ibadan November, 2010 – December 2012.

( iii) Participant in 2nd Drought Tolerant Training Course for Africa Breeders at Harare, Zimbabwe 15th August, 2010-Sept 2010

16. Honours, Distinction and Membership of Learned Professional Societies

(i) Agricultural Society of (ASN) 2015

(iii) Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN) 2015 (iii) Genetic Society of Nigeria (GSN) 2013

17. Previous Employment (General and Specific Experiences):

(i) Field Assistant at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife 1980 (ii) Laboratory Assistant at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife - 1984 (iii) Teaching staff in Agricultural science with Ekiti State . Teaching service commission 1989 -2014 18. Present Employment and Status,:

(i) Lecturing 2014 to date (ii) Status: Lecturer 11 19.Research Interests:

(i) Comparative performance of Carrot genotypes in the forest and Southern Guinea Savanna Zone of Nigeria (ii) Assessment of Low-N Maize Genotypes in Southern Guinea Savanna Of Nigeria. (iii) Selection of maize genotypes for Stem Borer Resistant in Forest and Derived Savanna Zone of Nigeria.

20. List of Publication with Details of title, Publishers, or journals dates and pages(where applicable)

(i.) O.B. Bello, M.S. Afolabi, S.A. Ige, S.Y.Abdulmaliq, M.A Azeez, J. Mahmud. (2011). Yield response of diallelic crossed maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes to varying nitrogen regimes in Nigeria. Journal of. Biological Sciences. 19: 43-52.

(ii) Omolaran B. Bello, Odunayo J. Olawuyi, Musibau A. Azeez, Mohammed Lawal, Suleiman Y Abdumaliq, Micheal Afolabi, Sunday A. Ige and Jimoh Mohammed. Genotypic Variation In Endosperm Protein, Lysine And Tryptophan Contents Of Normal Extra-Early Maize Cultivars And Their Quality Protein Hybrids Under Nitrogen Stress And Non-Stress Environments. Journal of Research (Science), Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. Vol. 22-23, Nos. 1-4 January-October 2011-12, pp. 27-48 (iii.) O.B. Bello, S.Y. Abdulmaliq, S.A. Ige, J.Mohamood, F.Oluleye, M.A. Azeez, M.S. Afolabi. Evaluation of early and late/intermediate maize varieties for grain yield potential and adatptation to southern Guinea Savanna agro-ecology of Nigeria. International Journal of Plant Research 2012, 2(2):14-21. (iv.) O.B. Bello, F. Oluleye, J. Mahamood, M.S. Afolabi, M.A. Azeez, S.A. Ige, S.Y . Abdulmaliq. Nutritional and agronomic evaluation of quality protein maize in the southern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria. Scholarly Journal of Agricultural Science Vol.2(3).pp.52-61,March 2012.

(v.) O.B. Bello, M.A. Azeez, S.Y. Abdulmaliq, S.A. Ige, J. Mohamood, F. Oluleye, M.S, Afolabi. Yield and disease reactions of quality protein maize varieties in the southern Guinea Savanna agro-ecology of Nigeria. Scholarly Journal of Agricultural Science Vol.2(3).pp.32-41,March 2012.

(vi.) O.B. Bello, J. Mahamood, M.S. Afolabi, M.A. Azeez, S.A. Ige, S.Y. Abdulmaliq, F. Oluleye. Biochemical analysis and grain yield characteristics of quality protein maize in the Guinea Savanna of Nigeria. World Research Journal of Biochemistry, Vol 1, Issue 1, 2012.pp-11-19

(vii..) O.B., Bello, Ige, S. A., Abdulmaliq, S. Y., Afolabi, M. S. (2013). Interrelationship and path coefficient analysis of morpho-physiological traits among maize (Zea mays L.) diallelic crosses in the southern Guinea savanna of Nigeria. Published by Contemporary Agriculture, 62(3-4): 255- 265. The Serbian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, Europe.

(viii.) O.B. Bello1, J. Mahamood, M.S. Afolabi, M.A. Azeez , S.A. Ige and S.Y. Abdulmaliq. Evaluation of biochemical and yield attributes of quality protein maize (Zea mays L.) in Nigeria. Tropical. Agric. (Trinidad) Vol. 90 No. 4 October 2013.

(ix) Omolaran B. Bello, Odunayo J. Olawuyi, Sunday A. Ige, Jimoh Mahamood, Micheal S. Afolabi, Musibau A. Azeez and Suleiman Y. Abdulmaliq. AGRO-Nutritional Variations Of Quality Protein Maize (Zea Mays L.) in Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 59, No. 2, 2014 Pages 101- 116.

21. Major Conferences and Workshop attended with paper read

(i) 49th Annual Conference of Agricultural Society of Nigeria (ASN) 10th Nov 2015

( ii) 39th Annual Conference of Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN) 2015 (iii) Genetic Society of Nigeria, Lafia October 2013

22. Details of Administrative Experiences:

Head of Department under Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission 2004 – 2014

23. Extra Curricular Activities:-

Classical Music, Writing and Singing

24 Names and Addresses of three (3) Referees

1. Dr. SALAMI AYODEJI DEPARTMENT OF CROP, SOIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE , ADO – EKITI EKITI STATE, NIGERIA.

Phone Number 08035618448 Email [email protected]

2. Dr. O. B. BELLO , BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE Phone Number 08035618020 E-mail [email protected]

3. Dr. RICHARD AKINWALE PLANT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT- FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE Phone Number 08038606334 E-mail [email protected]