Biography

Nkechi Betsy Izuogu has been a Professor in the Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin since 2009. She is involved in teaching, research, and administrative duties. She has served the University of Ilorin as Head of Department, Post-Graduate Coordinator, Level Adviser, Internal examiner, etc., and also as External Examiner to some Nigerian Universities. Her research activities have mainly focused on organic/plant materials and effective microorganisms as substitutes for synthetic nematicides to formulate non-synthetic nematicides to ensure food security and environmental safety in a changing climate. She is currently in the characterization and profiling of root-knot nematodes of vegetable crops and some entomopathogenic nematodes using molecular methods. She has supervised 14 Masters dissertations and 2 Ph.D. theses and has contributed to knowledge through the presentation of her research findings in national/international conferences with over sixty scholarly articles. She belongs to many professional bodies.