Current Scenario and Future Prospects of Controlled Environment Horticulture Ibrahim Ajadi, Abdulkabir O. Abdulmalik, Sherif B. Adeyemi Controlled Environment Horticulture Where Plant Biotechnology Meets Sustainable Future, 2025 Controlled Environment Horticulture (CEH) offers a transformative approach to addressing the challenges facing traditional agriculture, such as climate change, urbanization, and population growth. By enabling precise control over environmental factors, CEH enhances resource efficiency, allows year-round crop production, and reduces environmental impacts. This chapter discusses the critical role of CEH in creating sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. It explores key advancements in CEH technologies, including greenhouses, vertical farming, hydroponics, and aeroponics, along with successful case studies from various global regions. Despite high initial costs, CEH systems provide long-term economic benefits, foster local economic growth, and contribute to sustainability by minimizing water usage, carbon emissions, and pesticide dependency. However, challenges like energy consumption and waste management require continued innovation. This chapter provides insights into the current state of research in plant genetics and microbiome management and the future potential of integrating artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to improve CEH. Collaborative efforts are essential to advancing CEH and building a resilient, sustainable global food system.
Economics and Market of Controlled Environment Horticulture (CEH) Sherif Babatunde Adeyemi, Ibrahim Ajadi, Ahmed Abiodun Saliu, Kazeem Bello Controlled Environment Horticulture Where Plant Biotechnology Meets Sustainable Future, 2025 Controlled Environment Horticulture (CEH) is reshaping modern agriculture through its focus on sustainable food production and efficient resource management. This chapter provides an extensive exploration of the economic and market dynamics of CEH, underscoring its diverse revenue streams, including both fresh produce and value-added products. Despite its potential, CEH is hindered by substantial initial capital requirements and high operational costs, presenting significant entry barriers. Government policies, subsidies, and financial incentives are critical in alleviating these financial challenges, promoting innovation, and supporting sector expansion. The market is increasingly influenced by growing consumer demand for organic and premium products, especially in urban centers with heightened demand for such offerings. In this competitive environment, success relies on strategic approaches such as differentiation, cost leadership, and technological innovation. A deep understanding of these economic factors is essential for overcoming challenges and capitalizing on opportunities, ensuring
Insufficient collection capacity and facility, bane of plant taxonomic research in Nigeria Abdulwakeel Ayokun-nun Ajao, Gbenga Festus Akomolafe, Oluwayemisi Dorcas Olaniyan, Emmanuel C. Chukwuma, Alaba O. Ugbogu, et al. Botany, 2025 This article explores the pivotal role of herbaria in supporting taxonomic research in Nigeria and highlights the need to improve herbarium infrastructure to enhance plant diversity research in the country. Thirteen herbaria are currently recognized in Nigeria on the Index Herbariorum database and collectively house about 260 000 specimens. The Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI) is the largest, containing nearly 50% of these specimens. Based on the occurrence data of Nigerian plants on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the herbaria, namely FHI, ABUH, LUH, NAUH, and UNICAL contributed only 29.9% compared to international herbaria (70.1%). This disparity underscores the need to strengthen the herbarium collection infrastructure in Nigeria. Taxonomic revisionary studies in Nigeria are very scarce as most of the studies have focused on the morpho-anatomical analysis of plant taxa. The poor taxonomic capacity in the country, which is due to insufficiency of collection capacity and trained taxonomists, has been a bane to the compilation of flora of Nigeria and the inability to document the conservation status of threatened plant species, as more than half (66.0%) of Nigeria’s plants published on GBIF have not been evaluated. There is an urgent need for capacity building for plant collection, curation, and taxonomic review.
Phylogenetic Position of Nigerian Species of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) in the Current Infrageneric Classification Bashir Bolaji Tiamiyu, Azeez Adebola Lateef, Abdulquadri Sagaya, Khadijah Abdulhamid Abdulkareem, Bolaji Umar Olayinka, et al. Fountain Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 2024 Curcuma longa L. (commonly known as Tumeric) is the only species of the genus Curcuma found in Nigeria. It is of great economic importance to Nigeria, Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world, where it is widely used for ornamental and medicinal purposes, and as spices in food and beverages. However, the phylogenetic placement of the turmeric plant (C. longa) in Nigeria is far from being fully resolved, hence the need for this study. The rhizomes of turmeric were collected at the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo state. Genomic DNA was extracted, followed by the amplification of the ITS and psbA-trnH regions. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted using the Maximum likelihood method. The result resolved the phylogenetic position of Nigerian species and supported existing subgenera classification into three clades, all with high bootstrap support for the three clades. The result of this study supports the subgenera classification of the genus and further reveals the phylogenetic position of C. longa. Keywords: Curcuma longa, ITS, psbA-trnH, Sanger Sequencing, Zingiberaceae
Integrated Genomic Selection for Accelerating Breeding Programs of Climate-Smart Cereals Dwaipayan Sinha, Arun Kumar Maurya, Gholamreza Abdi, Muhammad Majeed, Rachna Agarwal, et al. Genes, 2023 Rapidly rising population and climate changes are two critical issues that require immediate action to achieve sustainable development goals. The rising population is posing increased demand for food, thereby pushing for an acceleration in agricultural production. Furthermore, increased anthropogenic activities have resulted in environmental pollution such as water pollution and soil degradation as well as alterations in the composition and concentration of environmental gases. These changes are affecting not only biodiversity loss but also affecting the physio-biochemical processes of crop plants, resulting in a stress-induced decline in crop yield. To overcome such problems and ensure the supply of food material, consistent efforts are being made to develop strategies and techniques to increase crop yield and to enhance tolerance toward climate-induced stress. Plant breeding evolved after domestication and initially remained dependent on phenotype-based selection for crop improvement. But it has grown through cytological and biochemical methods, and the newer contemporary methods are based on DNA-marker-based strategies that help in the selection of agronomically useful traits. These are now supported by high-end molecular biology tools like PCR, high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping, data from crop morpho-physiology, statistical tools, bioinformatics, and machine learning. After establishing its worth in animal breeding, genomic selection (GS), an improved variant of marker-assisted selection (MAS), has made its way into crop-breeding programs as a powerful selection tool. To develop novel breeding programs as well as innovative marker-based models for genetic evaluation, GS makes use of molecular genetic markers. GS can amend complex traits like yield as well as shorten the breeding period, making it advantageous over pedigree breeding and marker-assisted selection (MAS). It reduces the time and resources that are required for plant breeding while allowing for an increased genetic gain of complex attributes. It has been taken to new heights by integrating innovative and advanced technologies such as speed breeding, machine learning, and environmental/weather data to further harness the GS potential, an approach known as integrated genomic selection (IGS). This review highlights the IGS strategies, procedures, integrated approaches, and associated emerging issues, with a special emphasis on cereal crops. In this domain, efforts have been taken to highlight the potential of this cutting-edge innovation to develop climate-smart crops that can endure abiotic stresses with the motive of keeping production and quality at par with the global food demand.
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Daniellia Oliveri Rolfe hutch and dalziel leaves in type 2 diabetes treatment: in vivo in vitro and in silico approach SB Adeyemi PhD Thesis , 2022 2022
Molecular Characterization of Potential Crop Pathogens Associated with Weeds as Endophytes in Uniilorin Plantations, Nigeria AA Lateef, T Garuba, KA Abdulkareem, BU Olayinka, GS Olahan, ... Baghdad Science Journal 19 (6), 3 , 2022 2022 Citations: 2
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Influence of drying methods on the proximate and phytochemical composition of Moringa oleifera Lam. SB Adeyemi, KO Ogundele, MA Animasaun Global Journal of Medicinal Plant Research 2 (2), 11-15 , 2014 2014 Citations: 46
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The GC-MS fingerprints of Nicotiana tabacum L. extract and propensity for renal impairment and modulation of serum triglycerides in Wistar rats. FA Sulaiman, MO Nafiu, HF Muritala, SB Adeyemi, BO Yusuf, SA Omar, ... Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacognosy Research 8 (3), 191-200 , 2020 2020 Citations: 26
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In vitro antisickling activities of two indigenous plant recipes in Ibadan, Nigeria IT Gbadamosi, SB Adeyemi, AA Adeyemi, JO Moody International Journal of Phytomedicine 4 (2), 205-211 , 2012 2012 Citations: 17
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