Unachukwu, N.    

Firstname:N. 
Surname:Unachukwu 
Email:n.unachukwu@cgiar.org 
Institute:IITA 
Homepage:http://www.iita.org 
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Publications as Author



2024

Approaches and progress in breeding drought-tolerant maize hybrids for tropical lowlands in west and central Africa, Menkir, A., Dieng, I., Gedil, M., Mengesha Abera, W., Oyekunle, M., Ribeiro, P. F.*, Adu, G. B.*, Yacoubou, A. M.*, Coulibaly, M.*, Bankole, F. A.*, Derera, J., Bossey, B., Unachukwu, N., Ilesanmi, O. J. and Meseka, S. K., in: Plant Genome, number -: e20437, pages 1-13, ISSN 1940-3372, 2024. [DOI]
 

2023

Heterotic grouping of provitamin A-enriched maize inbred lines for increased provitamin A content in hybrids, Sayadi Maazou, A. R., Gedil, M., Adetimirin, V.*, Unachukwu, N., Mengesha Abera, W., Meseka, S. K. and Menkir, A., in: BMC Genomic Data, volume 24, number -: 57, pages 1-8, ISSN 2730-6844, 2023. [DOI]
 
Hydroxamic acids: New players in the multifactorial mechanisms of maize resistance to Striga hermonthica, Marcotrigiano, R. A., Carluccio, A. V., Unachukwu, N., Adeoti, A., Abdulsalam, T., Gedil, M., Menkir, A., Gisel, A. and Stavolone, L., in: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, volume 204, number -: 108134, pages 1-10, ISSN 0981-9428, 2023. [DOI]
 

2022

Genetic diversity and inter-trait relationships among maize inbreds containing genes from Zea diploperennis and hybrid performance under contrasting environments, Akaogu, I. C., Badu-Apraku, B., Gracen, V. E.*, Tongoona, P.*, Gedil, M., Unachukwu, N., Offei, S.*, Dzidzienyo, D.*, Hearne, S.+ and Garcia-Oliveira, A. L.+, in: Agronomy, volume 10, number 10: 1478, pages 1-25, ISSN 2073-4395, 2022. [DOI]
 
Genetic diversity and population structure of an African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) collection from IITA GenBank, Shitta, N. S.*, Unachukwu, N., Edemodu, A., Abebe, A. T., Oselebe, H. O.* and Abtew, W. G.*, in: Scientific Reports, volume 12, number -: 4437, pages 1-13, ISSN 2045-2322, 2022. [DOI]
 

2021

Genetic diversity and population structure of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.)Walp.] germplasm collected from Togo based on DArT markers, Gbedevi, K. M., Boukar, O., Ishikawa, H., Abe, A.*, Ongom, P. O., Unachukwu, N., Rabbi, I. Y. and Fatokun, C., in: Genes, volume 12, number 9: 1451, pages 1-14, ISSN 2073-4425, 2021. [DOI]
 
Association analysis for resistance to Striga hermonthica in diverse tropical maize inbred lines, Stanley, A., Menkir, A., Ifie, B. E.*, Agre, A. P., Unachukwu, N., Meseka, S. K., Mengesha Abera, W., Bossey, B., Kwadwo, O.*, Tongoona, P.*, Oladejo, O., Sneller, C. and Gedil, M., in: Scientific Reports, volume 11, number -: 24193, pages 1-14, ISSN 2045-2322, 2021. [DOI]
 
Development of extra-early provitamin A quality protein maize inbreds with resistance/tolerance to Striga hermonthica and soil nitrogen stress, Oyekale, S. A.*, Badu-Apraku, B., Adetimirin, V.*, Unachukwu, N. and Gedil, M., in: Agronomy, volume 11, number 5: 891, pages 1-23, ISSN 2073-4395, 2021. [DOI]
 
Assessment of diversity in tropical soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) varieties and elite breeding lines using single nucleotide polymorphism markers, Abebe, A. T., Kolawole, A. O.*, Unachukwu, N., Chigeza, G., Tefera, H . and Gedil, M., in: Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, pages 1-9, ISSN 1479-2621, 2021. [DOI]
 

2020

Genetic diversity and population structure of maize inbred lines with varying levels of resistance to striga hermonthica using agronomic trait-based and SNP markers, Stanley, A., Menkir, A., Agre, A. P., Ifie, B. E., Tongoona, P.*, Unachukwu, N., Meseka, S. K., Mengesha Abera, W. and Gedil, M., in: Plants, volume 9, number 9: 1223, pages 1-18, ISSN 2223-7747, 2020. [DOI]
 
Contrasting response mechanisms of maize lines to Striga hermonthica, Unachukwu, N., Menkir, A., Stanley, A., Farombi, E. O.* and Gedil, M., in: Agriculture, volume 10, number 10: 485, pages 1-18, ISSN 2077-0472, 2020. [DOI]
 

2019

Transcriptomics of host-specific interactions in natural populations of the parasitic plant purple witchweed (Striga hermonthica), Ramirez-Lopez, L., Bellis, E. S., Wafula, E., Hearne, S., Honaas, L., Ralph, P. E., Timko, M. P., Unachukwu, N., dePamphilis, C. W. and Lasky, J. R., in: Weed Science, pages 1-15, ISSN 0043-1745, 2019. [DOI]
 
Identification of differentially expressed genes associated with tolerance to Striga hermonthica in tropical maize inbred lines, Unachukwu, N., Abdulsalam, T. A.*, Menkir, A., Marcotrigiano, R. A., Gisel, A., Stavolone, L., Farombi, E. O.* and Gedil, M., Abstract P17. in, 15th World Congress on Parasitic Plants, June 30 - July 5, 2019, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2019.
 
Genetic diversity of Striga hermonthica (Del.) benth. weeds from Nigeria and Kenya, and the genetic responses of selected hist maize lines, Unachukwu, N., University of Ibadan, 2019.
 

2018

Genetic diversity and population structure of a mini-core subset from the world cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) germplasm collection, Fatokun, C., Girma, G., Abberton, M., Gedil, M., Unachukwu, N., Oyatomi, O., Yusuf, M., Rabbi, I. Y. and Boukar, O., in: Scientific Reports, pages 1-10, ISSN 2045-2322, 2018. [DOI]
 

2017

Genetic gains in yield and yield related traits under drought stress and favorable environments in a maize population improved using marker assisted recurrent selection, Bankole, F., Menkir, A., Olaoye, G.*, Crossa, J., Hearne, S., Unachukwu, N. and Gedil, M., in: Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 8, number 808, pages 1-10, ISSN 1664-462X, 2017. [DOI]
 
Classification of elite cassava varieties (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivated in Benin Republic using farmers' knowledge, morphological traits and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, Agre, A. P., Bhattacharjee, R., Rabbi, I. Y., Alaba, O. A., Unachukwu, N., Ayenan, M. A.*, Loko, Y.*, Bauchet, G. J. and Dansi, A.*, in: Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, pages 1-13, ISSN 0925-9864, 2017.
 
Molecular Characterization of IITA Maize Inbred Lines Resistant to Striga hermonthica using SNP Markers, Mengesha Abera, W., Menkir, A., Gedil, M., Meseka, S. K., Unachukwu, N., Farinola, A. and Girma Tessema, G., Abstract/Poster (p.0093) in Plant and Animal Genome Conference XXIV January 14-18, San Diego, CA, 2017.
 
Genetic gains in grain yield of a maize population improved through marker assisted recurrent selection under stress and non-stress conditions in west Africa, Abdulmalik, R. O., Menkir, A., Meseka, S. K., Unachukwu, N., Ado, S. G.*, Olarewaju, J. D.*, Aba, D. A.*, Hearne, S., Crossa, J. and Gedil, M., in: Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 8, number 841, pages 1-11, ISSN 1664-462X, 2017. [DOI]
 
Genetic diversity of tropical maize inbred lines combining resistance to Striga hermonthica with drought tolerance using SNP markers, Mengesha Abera, W., Menkir, A., Unachukwu, N., Meseka, S. K., Farinola, A., Girma Tessema, G. and Gedil, M., in: Plant Breeding, volume 136, number 3, pages 338-343, ISSN 0179-9541, 2017. [DOI]
 
Genetic diversity and population structure of Striga hermonthica populations from Kenya and Nigeria, Unachukwu, N., Menkir, A., Rabbi, I. Y., Oluoch, M., Muranaka, S., Elzein, A., Odhiambo, G. D.*, Farombi, E. O.* and Gedil, M., in: Weed Research, pages 1-10, ISSN 0043-1737, 2017. [DOI]
 

2016

Current status and prospects of molecular breeding of cowpea in sub Saharan Africa, Gedil, M., Girma Tessema, G., Fatokun, C., Rabbi, I. Y., Unachukwu, N., Oyatomi, O., Abberton, M., Kumar, P. L. and Boukar, O., Abstract in the book of abstract p. 59, Pan-African Grain Legume & World Cowpea Conference, 28 February - 4 March, Livingstone, Zambia, 2016.