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  • Professor of Maize Genetics
  • Director of Graduate Studies in Agricultural & Environmental Plant Sciences (AEPS)

Areas of Expertise

  • Genetics, Epigenetics and Molecular Biology of Plant-pathogen and Plant -insect interactions
  • Maize and Sorghum Genetics
  • Flavonoids Phytoalexins and their role in Plant-insect interactions