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Professor of Plant Pathology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. He got Graduate Research Fellowship for his PhD research work at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan and obtained his PhD from the University of Ibadan in 2007. He joined the services of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) in January, 2008 and he is the immediate-past Head of Department of Crop Protection in the University. He recently served as a volunteer as a Technical Aid Corps for Nigerian Government Technical Aid Corps at The Islamic University in Uganda, Mbale where he also served as the Head of Department of The Department of Crop and Animal Sciences between July 2024 and July 2026. He has over the years been reviewing manuscripts for local and foreign journals. He became the Editor-In-Chief of Nigerian Journal of Plant Protection (NJPP) journal of Nigerian Society for Plant Protection in
– Ph.D. 2007
– M.Sc. 2001
– B.Sc. 1998
Host-Plant Interaction, Plant Disease Management, Crop Protection and Food Safety, Plant Disease Diagnostics, and Fungi Genomics
– Nigerian Society For Plant Protection
– American Phytopathological Society
– Mycological Society of Nigeria
– MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA CONFERENCE ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE 2026
– NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF PLANT PROTECTION YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE 2025
[1] Afolabi, C. G., Oduola, O. A. (2017). Response of Capsicum species Genotype to Cercospora Leafspot Disease and Yield Due to Natural Infection in the Tropics. International Journal of Vegetable Science. 23(4): 372-380. Published by Taylor and Francis, UK. URL:http://dx.dox.org/10.1080/19315260.2017.1304480
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[2] Afolabi C. G., Ogunsanya O. M., Lawal O. I. (2019). Evaluation of some African Yam Bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa [Hochst. Ex A. Rich]) Accessions for Resistance to Flower Bud and Pod Rot Diseases. Current Plant Biology 20:1 – 5. Published by Elsevier B. V. Netherlands. URL: https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2019.100126
[3] Afolabi, C. G., Ezekiel C. N., Ogunbiyi A. E., Oluwadairo O. J., Sulyok M., Krska R. (2020). Fungi and Mycotoxins in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L) on Nigerian Markets. Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B 13:1, 52-58. Published by Taylor and Francis, UK. URL: DOI:10.1080/19393210.2019.1690590.
[4] Akintade C. G., Ogunsanya O. M., Filani C. O., Kehinde I. A., Afolabi, C. G. (2024). Plant spacing impact on anthracnose and downy mildew disease development in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) production. Nigerian Journal of Plant Protection 38: 21-28
[5]. Yekini B. A., Okechukwu O. C., and Afolabi C. G. (2024). Rice blast incidence and morphological variation of Magnaporthe oryzae, Cav. in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Annals of Tropical Research 46 (2):1-16.
[6]. Ogunsanya, O. M., Adebisi M. A., Popoola A. R., Afolabi C. G., Oyatomi O., Colgan R. | Andrew Armitage A., Thompson E., Abberton M., Ortega-Beltran A. (2024). Morphological, pathological and phylogenetic analyses identify a diverse group of Colletotrichum spp. causing leaf, pod and flower diseases on the orphan legume African yam bean. Plant Pathology 73:2548–2562. DOI: 10.1111/ppa.13995
[7]. Ogunsanya O. M, Armitage A. D, Afolabi, C. G., Oyatomi, O., Thompson, E. P., Ortega-Beltran A., Abberton M. (2024). Whole-genome sequences of Colletotrichum Siamense and Colletotrichum Truncatum, causal agents of pod and foliar diseases on African Yam Bean. Microbiology Resource Announcements 13 (12), E00722-24 https//doi.org/10.1128/mra.00722-24
[8]. Okwara, O. S., Pitan O. R., Osunsina I. O. O., Afolabi C. G. (2024). Avian infestations in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Production and the use of predatory bird models as a management approach. Nigerian Journal of Ecology 20(1):29-40.
[9]. Yekini B. A., Afolabi C. G., A. R. Popoola., S. O. Adigbo (2025). Effect of three selected aqueous plant Extracts on the management of rice Blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) disease under tropical field condition. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 73(2): 75-88. https://doi.org/10.11118/actaun.2025.006
[10]. Onashoga A., Johnson F., Abayomi-Alli, A. Falana O., Aderolu I., Afolabi C. G. (2025). Machine learners’ performance analysis for meta-learning base classifier selection in plant disease diagnosis. Cureus Journal of Computer Science 2:es44389-025-03667-5. DOI https://doi.org/10.7759/s44389-025-03667-5
[11]. Aremu E. I., Ayo-John E. I., Afolabi C. G., Oduwaye O. A. (2026). Influence of weather conditions on aphid population density, viral symptoms incidences, and yield of pepper (Capsicum spp.). Nigerian Journal of Plant Protection 40 (1), 110-119
[12]. Iwebaffa A. E, Onyeanusi H. C., Akinbode O. A., Iwebaffa G. O. and Afolabi C. G. (2026). Organic Inputs for Climate-Smart Agriculture: Effects of Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) Leaf Residues and Extracts on Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) Yield and Soil Nutrient Dynamics.” Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae 29 (1) Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 2026, pp. 15-30. https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2026-0003.
[13]. Tobun-Badru W. F., Sodiya S., Abayomi-Alli., Afolabi C. G. (2026). A hybrid IoT-efficientNet-Temporal fusion transformer framework for predictive management of pests and diseases in maize and rice production. Cureus Journal of Computer Science 3: es44389-026-00119-6. DOI https://doi.org/10.7759/s44389-026-00119-6
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