Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology

Dr Adanma A. Ukaoma


Dr Adanma Augustina Ukaoma

Senior Lecturer

BSc., MSc., PhD
Email: adanma.ukaoma@futo.edu.ng

 

Biography

ADANMA AUGUSTINA UKAOMA (PhD) was born to the respectable Christian family of Chukwu’s family of Odenkume Obowo. She had her primary and secondary education before proceeding to University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) for degree program in 1986 which she rounded off in 1989 with a resounding Bachelor of Science B.Sc. (Hons) in Biology.As that was the beginning of her educational exploit, In 2001, she enrolled for a Master of Science in plant Science / Botany program at the Abia State University. Which she completed in 2005.

Her extraordinary Master of Science result earned her another automatic admission to pursue a PhD. program in the Biotechnology at the same Abia State University Uturu in 2006. She exhibited the same awesome brilliance to earn her PhD. degree in 2013.

As this is not her educational limit, again in 2007, she enrolled for another Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) program in genetics and Plant Breeding at the Micheal OKpara University of Agriculture, Umudike.

She was on the employment of the Abia State University Uturu for Seven years (1991 – 2008) She is at present a senior Lecturer with Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO).

She has so many publications to her credit. She belongs to so many professional bodies. Her quintessential versatility in academia is not in doubt.

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD., Biotechnology 2013,
  • MSc., Plant Science and Ecology 2005,
  • BSc., Botany 1989

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Member, Biotechnology Society of Nigeria.
  • Member, Agricultural Society of Nigeria.
  • Member, Botanical Society of Nigeria.
  • Member, Parasitology Society of Nigeria
  • Member, Organization for Women in Science (OSWD).
  • Member, International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows (LARSAF)

Course Code and Courses Assigned to Teach

  • Bio 101/103 Biology for Agric, Health and Biological Science,
  • Bio 301 Introductory genetics 1,
  • Bio 311 General Ecology,
  • Bio 411 Plant Physiology,
  • Bio 501 Plant Ecology,
  • Bio 202 Biological Techniques,
  • Bio 206 Introduction to Genetics,
  • Bio 508 Economic Botany

Work Experience

  • Abia State University and Federal University of Technology
  • Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Research Interest

  • Biotechnology,
  • Genetics,
  • Plant Science,
  • Ecology.

Publications

  1. GROWTH, FRUITING YEILD AND NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF OKRA PLANT (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L). MOENCH)  AS INFLUENCED BY TURMERIC (CURCUMA LONGA) EXTRACT SPRAY.
  2. EVALUATION OF MACRO-ELEMENT AND CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT OF OKRA AS INFLUENCED BY BUNCH ASH APPLICATION.
  3. ORGANIC AND MINERAL FERTILIZER EFFECTS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF COCOYAM IN A TROPICAL ULTISOLIN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA.
  4. INHIBITORY POTENTIAL CAPACITY OF LANTANA CAMARA L. EXTRACTS ON PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISM USING DEHYDROGENASE ASSAY.
  5. PERFORMANCE OF ZEA MAYS ON SOIL CONTAMINATED WITH PETROLEUM (OILY SLUDGE).
  6. GC-MS, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL ANALYSIS OF PENTACLETHRA MACROPHYLLA   LEAF.
  7. PHYTOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL OF VIGINA UNGULCULATA (L) WALP IN CRUDE OIL POLLUTED SOIL.
  8. EFFECT OF PH ON SEX EXPRESSION IN CUCUMIS SATIVUS.
  9. STUDIES ON THE PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF AQUEOUS AND ETHANOL EXTRACTS OF PSIDIUM GUAJAVA MORINGA OLEIFERA
  10. CORRELATION STUDIES BETWEEN YIELD  AND YIELD RELATED ATTRIBUTES OF F1 HYBRID RICE (Oryza sativa L.) GENOTYPE AT UMUAHIA, ABIA STATE SOUTH, EASTERN NIGERIA.
  11. EVALUATION OF HEAVY METALS IN SOILS AND FERTILIZERS COMMONLY APPLIED ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN IDEMILI, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA.
  12. EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND POSSIBLE MITIGATING FACTORS ON ENHANCED FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA.
  13. DOSE-RESPONSE STUDY OF PLANTS (GLYCINE MAXL; VIGINA SUBTERANEAL AND ZEA MAYS L.) TO DIESEL OIL POLLUTION.
  14. EFFECT OF INORGANIC MINERAL NUTRITION ON TUBER YIELD OF CASSAVA (MANIHOT ESCULENTA CRANTZ) ON MARGINAL ULTISOL OF SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA.
  15. INHIBITION OF DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY IN PATHOGENIC BACTERIA ISOLATES BY AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF CURCUMA LONGA (TUMERIC RHIZOME).
  16. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF EXTRACT OF OCIMUM GRATTISIMUM LEAF EXTRACT OF FOUR BACTERIAL STRAIN IN OWERRI WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF IMO STATE.
  17. HERITABILITY AND CHARACTER CORRELATION AMONG SOME RICE GENOTYPES FOR YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS
  18. PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF GARCINIA KOLA
  19. NODULATION AND NITROGEN FIXATION OF COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) WALP) AS AFFECTED BY WATER STRESS IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA.
  20. POSTHARVEST PROTECTANT EFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF MORINGA OLEIFERA POWDER AND OIL EXTRACTS AGAINST SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS NIGERIA.
  21. GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL) FOLLOWING SOIL AMENDMENT WITH ORGANIC MANURES.
  22. INHIBITION OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS BY ETHNOBOTANICAL EXTRACTS OF FRUIT PEELS OF Musa paradisiaca.
  23. CHANGES IN THE NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF THE AFRICAN OIL BEAN MEAL “UGBA” (Pentaclethre macrophylla Benth) SUBJECTED TO SOLID STATE NATURAL FERMENTATION.
  24. ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES AND PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF Carica papaya.
  25. PROPHYLACTIC POTENTIAL OF LEMONGRASS AND NEEM AS ANTIMALARIAL AGENTS.
  26. EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL INHIBITORY EFFECT OF EXTRACT OF DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA ON PATHOGENIC BACTERIA ISOLATES USING DEHYDROGENASE ASSAY.
  27. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VOLATILE COMPONENTS AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF THE ETHANOL LEAF EXTRACT OF UVARIA CHAMAE GROWN IN EASTERN NIGERIA.
  28. PHYTOCHEMICAL, ANTIMICROBIAL AND GC/MS ANALYSIS OF THE ROOT OF Stachytarpheta cayennensis (L.Vahl) GROWN IN EASTERN NIGERIA.
  29. MINERALS AND PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF MANGIFERA INDICA SEED KERNEL OBTAINED FROM EASTERN NIGERIA PP 1 – 11.
  30. PHYTOCHEMICAL AND GC/MS ANALYSIS OF THE RHIZOME OF ZINGIBER OFFICINALE PLANT GROWN IN EASTERN PART OF NIGERIA.
  31. CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF VOLATILE COMPONENT OF THE ETHANOL LEAF EXTRACT OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA PP 14 – 27.
  32. INFLUENCE OF TURMERIC (CURCUMA LONGA .L.) EXTRACT ON FRUITING AND NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF EGGPLANT (SOLANUM MELONGENA).
  33. PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY NEEM SEED OIL (AZADIRACHTA INDICA) ON BACTERIA  ISOLATES.
  34. LEVEL OF HEAVY METALS IN SOIL SAMPLES FROM FARMLANDS ALONG HIGHWAYS IN PARTS OF OWERRI, NIGERIA.
  35. HEAVY METALS IN CASSAVA (Manihot esculenta Crantz) HARVESTED FROM FARMLANDS ALONG HIGHWAYS IN OWERRI, NIGERIA.