Lecturer I
PhD.
blessing.odogwu@uniport.edu.ng
+2348036772711
Science
Plant Science and Biotechnology
"• Teaching and delivering practical for courses in Genetics, Principles and Resources of Plant Biotechnology, Entrepreneurial project, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Plant Breeding, Plant Biotechnology for over 200 hundred undergraduate students and four post-graduate students. • Responsible for developing course materials, teaching, grading, developing the curriculum and conduct Labs, and grade them with colleagues. • Designing and supervising student research projects at both undergraduate and graduate levels. "
Plant breeding and biotechnology
"1. 2021 Institutional-Based Research Grant, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Title Selection of African Yam Bean varieties for better culinary quality and adaptive capabilities to climate change
Principal Investigator: Prof. I.O. Agbagwa
Co-researchers: Dr. B.A. Odogwu and Dr. Kalu Okonwu
• Involved in the study of the perceptions of various stakeholders in the African yam bean value chain that will enhance the demand and utilization of the crop.
• Screen the adaptive capability of AYB cultivars
• Characterize the diversity of AYB using phenotypic and genomic techniques.
• Evaluate the diversity of culinary quality on a panel of aerial yam accessions.
2. 2020 Institutional-Based Research Grant, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Title: Screening Dioscorea bulbifera L. accessions to enhance their potential as food and income security sources in Southern Nigeria
Principal Investigator: Prof. L.A. Akonye
Co-researchers: Dr. B.A. Odogwu and Dr. C.G. Ikechi-Nwogu
• Involved in the study of the perceptions of various stakeholders in the aerial yam value chain that will enhance the demand and utilization of the crop.
• Characterize the diversity of aerial yam using phenotypic and genomic techniques.
• Evaluate the diversity of cooking time on a panel of aerial yam accessions.
3. 2020 Institutional-Based Research Grant, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Title: Domestication of Gnetum africanum Welw) using classical plant breeding and tissue culture techniques
Principal Investigator: Dr. J. U. Agogbua
Co-researchers: Prof. I.O. Agbagwa and Dr. B.A. Odogwu
• Involved in characterizing the diversity of the two Gnetum sp. using phenotypic and genomic techniques.
• Study the adaptive capacities of Gnetum sp.
4. 2020 Seeding Labs Instrument Access Program-University of Port Harcourt/Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology
Principal Applicant: Prof. I.O. Agbagwa
Co-applicant: Dr. B.A. Odogwu
• Contributed in the writing and processing of the application.
• Lab manager
5. 2018 International Foundation of Science (IFS) Research Grant Agreement No. C-6184-1
Principal Investigator: Dr. B. A. Odogwu
• Marker-assisted breeding for rapid cooking and good canning grain quality cowpea in Sub-Sahara Africa.