Dr. Magomere T. Obidi

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Refereed Journal Articles

1. African Journal of Microbiology Research ( academicjournals.org/ajmr ).
2. African Journal of Plant Science ( academicjournals.org/AJPS ).
3. African Journal of Agricultural Research ( academicjournals.org/ajar )
4. African Journal of HorticulturalScience ( http://hakenya.net/wesonga/ojs/index.php/ajhs )
5. African Journal of Biotechnology( http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB )
6. Australian Journal of Crop Science ( http://www.cropj.com/index.html )
7. Obala Francis , Samira A. Mohamed , Titus Obidi Magomere , Sevgan Subramanian . 2023. Old and new association of Cotesia icipe (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with alien invasive and native Spodoptera species and key stemborer species: Implication for their management. Pest Management Science , Volume 79, Issue 9, Online ISSN:1526-4998, https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7740
8. Jaoko Victor, Clauvis Nji Tizi Taning, Simon Backx, Pierfrancesco Motti, Jackson Mulatya, Jan Vandenabeele, Titus Magomere , Florence Olubayo, Guy Smagghe, Stefaan P.O. Werbrouck, Sven Mangelinckx. 2023. Bioactivity-guided isolation of toosendanin and salanninolide from Melia volkensii and their antifeedant activity against economically important insect pests. Crop Protection , Volume 173, 106353, ISSN 0261-2194, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106353 .
9. Dushimimana, C.; Van Laere, K.; Magomere, T. ; Smagghe, G.; Werbrouck, S.P.O. 2023. Production of Tetraploid Plants from Cotyledons of Diploid Melia volkensii Gürke. Horticulturae , 9, 791. DOI:3390/horticulturae9070791
10. Magomere, Titus O. , Eliud K. Ngugi, Solomon I. Shibairo, Eunice Mutitu and Silas D. Obukosia, 2022. Patterns of Interspecific Hybridization among Crop and Wild Sorghum in Open-Pollinated Fields. Biotechnology, 21: 90-102. DOI: 3923/biotech.2022.90.102
11. Magomere, Titus O. , Eliud K. Ngugi, Solomon I. Shibairo and Eunice Mutitu, 2022. Comparative Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis Endotoxins on the Fitness of F 1 Sorghum×Weed Hybrids. Biotechnology, 21: 30-38. DOI: 3923/biotech.2022.30.38
12. Dushimimana, Constantin, Michael A. Sakha, Mercy J. Korir, Joyce M. Jefwa, Jan Vandenabeele, Titus Magomere , Eunice W. Mutitu, Jackson Mulatya, Florence Olubayo, Guy Smagghe, and Stefaan P.O. Werbrouck. 2022. "Early Growth Performance of In Vitro Raised Melia volkensii Gürke Plantlets in Response to Beneficial Microorganisms under Semi-Arid Conditions" Plants 11, no. 10: 1300. DOI:10.3390/plants11101300
13. Dushimimana, C.; Magomere, T .; Mulatya, J.; Vandenabeele, J.; Olubayo, F.; Smagghe, G.; Werbrouck, S.P.O. Variation of Morphological Traits and Quality Indices of Micropropagated Melia volkensii Gürke Clones before Field Planting. Forests 2022, 13 , DOI: 10.3390/f13020337
14. Jaoko V, Taning CNT, Backx S, Motti P, Mulatya J, Vandenabeele J, Magomere T , Olubayo F, Mangelinckx S, Werbrouck SPO, Smagghe G. Laboratory and Greenhouse Evaluation of Melia volkensii Extracts for Potency against African Sweet Potato Weevil, Cylas puncticollis, and Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Agronomy. 2021; 11(10):1994. DOI: 3390/agronomy11101994
15. Jacinta Kavuluko, Magdaline Kibe, Irine Sugut, Willy Kibet, Joel Masanga, Sylvia Mutinda, Mark Wamalwa, Titus Magomere , Damaris Odeny, Steven Maina Runo. 2021. GWAS provides biological insights into mechanisms of the parasitic plant (Striga) resistance in sorghum. BMC Plant Biol 21, 392. DOI: 1186/s12870-021-03155-7
16. De Clercq, M., Dushimimana, C., Magomere, T.O . and Werbrouck, S.P.O. (2020). Heterografting cryopreserved meristems to wake up latent plant bacteria. Acta Hortic. 1297, 17-22. DOI: 17660/actahortic.2020.1297.3
17. Jaoko, V., Nji, C., Taning, T., Backx, S., Mulatya, J., Abeele, J. Van Den, Titus Magomere , Florence Olubayo , Sven Mangelinckx , Stefaan P.O. Werbrouck and Smagghe, G. (2020). The Phytochemical Composition of Melia volkensii and Its Potential for Insect Pest Management . Plants 2020, 9 (2), 143; 1–12. DOI: 3390/plants9020143
18. Phane Auma; Sabina Mukoya Wangia; Titus Magomere ; Evans Chimoita Ligare; James K'obill. 2017. Effectiveness of Community Radio in Disseminating Market Information among Smallholder Maize Farmers: Experience from Suba Sub-county- Kenya. International journal of innovative research & development .Vol 6 (3): pgs 54-63. http://52.172.159.94/index.php/ijird_ojs/article/view/136724/95846
19. Herman Ouko Oyugi; Hillary T. Nyanganga; Evans Chimoita ; O. Magomere ; Kenneth O. Tembe. 2016. The Effects of Agro-meteorological Information on Maize Enterprise Management among Smallholder Farmers. International journal of innovative research & development . Vol. 5 (10): pgs 159-164. http://52.172.159.94/index.php/ijird_ojs/article/view/136404/95527
20. Magomere, T.O. , Obukosia, M. Albertsen, F. Wambugu, D. Kamanga, M. Njuguna, J. Gaffney, Z.-Y. Zhao, P. Che, A. Aseta, E. Kimani, and E. Mwasame. 2016. Evaluation of fitness in F 2 generations of Africa Biofortified Sorghum event 188 and weedy Sorghum bicolor subsp . Drummondii and sorghum bicolor subsp . Verticilliflorum. Electronic journal of biotechnology . Vol. 22 : pgs 52–61. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbt.2016.06.001
21. Magomere, Titus ; Ngugi, Kahiu; Obukosia, Silas; Mutitu, Eunice; and Shibairo, Solomon. The Population Structure of Wild Sorghum Species in Agro-Ecological Zones of Western Kenya. African Journal of Biotechnology. Vol. 14(17): pgs.1475-1492. DOI: 10.5897/ajb2015.14514
22. Magomere, Titus ; Ngugi, Kahiu; Obukosia, Silas; Mutitu, Eunice; and Shibairo, Solomon. 2015. Evaluation of relative competitive ability of bicolor X S. halepense and S. bicolor X S. sudanense hybrids . Journal of biological sciences. Vol. 15 (1): pgs.1-15. DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2015.1.15
23. Magomere, Titus O. ; Ngugi, Kahiu; Mutitu, Eunice; and Shibairo, Solomon and Obukosia, Silas D. Real Time PCR Mediated Determination of the Spontaneous Occurrence of Sorghum bicolor Alleles in Wild Sorghum Populations. African Journal of Biotechnology . Vol. 14(7): pgs. 551–568. DOI: 10.5897/ajb2014.13672
24. Magomere, Titus O. ; Ngugi, Kahiu; Mutitu, Eunice; and Shibairo, Solomon and Obukosia, Silas D. Evaluation of Multiplex PCR in detection of crop alleles and differential hybridization among weedy sorghum populations. Journal of biological sciences . Vol. 14 (7): pgs. 460-471. DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2014.460.471
25. Magomere, Titus O. ; Obukosia, Silas D.; Mutitu, Eunice; Ngichabe, Christopher; Olubayo, Florence and Shibairo, Solomon. Molecular characterization of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species/strains causing huanglongbing disease of citrus in Kenya. Electronic journal of biotechnology [online]., vol. 12, no. 2. DOI: 10.2225/vol12-issue2-fulltext-2
26. Magomere, Titus O. ; Obukosia, Silas D.; Mutitu, Eunice; Ngichabe, Christopher; Olubayo, Florence and Shibairo, Solomon. PCR Detection and Distribution of Huanglongbing Disease and Psyllid Vectors on Citrus Varieties with Changes in Elevation in Kenya. Journal of biological sciences . Vol. 9 (7): pgs 697-709. DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2009.697.709

Conference Papers

1. Titus O. Magomere , Eliud K. Ngugi, Solomon I. Shibairo, Eunice Mutitu and Silas D. Obukosia. Comparative effect of Bacillus thuringiensis delta endotoxin proteins on the fitness of F 1 hybrids obtained from halepense x S. bicolor and S. sudanense x S. bicolor crosses grown in competition with their parents. 6 th Annual National Biosafety Conference. (3 rd – 6 th October, 2017 at Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS), Nairobi, Kenya)
2. Titus O. Magomere . In-vitro rooting of woody species. Melia Workshop - August 24-25 2017- UON- Kabete Campus. “Progress in propagation and utilization of Melia volkensii ”.
3. Magomere, T.O. , Obukosia, S.D., Esther Kimani, Zhao, Z., James Gaffney, Che Ping, Marc Albertsen, Florence Wambugu. Africa Biofortified Sorghum Event Focused Strategy In The Development, Introgression And Biosafety Consideration For Nutrient Enhanced Sorghum. 5 th Annual national biosafety conference; August, 2016 at Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS), Nairobi, Kenya.
4. Magomere, T.O., Aseta, E. Kimani, F. Wambugu, D. Kamanga, M. Njuguna. Africa Biofortified Sorghum Event Focused Strategy In The Development, Introgression And Biosafety Consideration For Nutrient Enhanced Sorghum. 4 th Annual national biosafety conference; 11 th – 14 th August, 2015 at Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.
5. Albertsen , F. Wambugu, E. Kimani, M. Yeye, A. Aseta, S. Obukosia, D. Kamanga, M. Njuguna, J. Gaffney, C. Ping, L. Ragland, T. Magomere. Progress in Development of Africa Biofortified Sorghum for Nutritional and Food SecurityAchievements and Way Forward. (Poster) 4 th Annual national biosafety conference; 11 th – 14 th August, 2015 at Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.
6. Magomere, T.O. Overview of the Africa Biofortified Sorghum (ABS) Project: Towards environmental release and commercialization of ABS- Sorghum. Consultative meeting for CEOs of regulatory agencies for enhanced coordination of bio-safety matters, Nairobi, Kenya , 19 th May, 2015.
7. Magomere, T.O., Obukosia, S.D., Zhao, Z., Albertsen, M. Evaluation of fitness in F 2 generations of Africa Biofortified Sorghum event 188 and weedy Sorghum bicolor subsp . Drummondii and sorghum bicolor subsp . Verticilliflorum. 3 rd annual national biosafety conference; 11 th – 14 th August, 2014 at Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.
8. Magomere, Titus O. ; Obukosia, Silas D.; Mutitu, Eunice; Ngichabe, Christopher; Olubayo, Florence and Shibairo, Solomon. Utility of the bacterial rplKAJL-rpoBC operon in characterization, phylogeny and identification of proteobacteria. III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2009), 2-4 December, Lisbon (Portugal).
9. Magomere T.O. ; Tardif F. and Pauls K. P. Gene Flow From Sorghum bicolor To Its Weedy Relatives And Its Consequences; Proceedings of the joint meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists Eastern Regional Meeting & the 40th Plant Development Workshop . McMaster University Hamilton Ontario, December 2 nd
10. Colasanti, Joseph; Tremblay, Reynald ;Wong, Ada YM; Coneva,Viktoriya; Kozaki, Akiko and Mable, Barbara K. The maize INDETERMINATE1 flowering time regulator defines a highly conserved zinc finger protein family in higher plants. BMC Genomics, June 2006, 7:158.
11. Magomere T.O. ; Tardif F. and Pauls K. P. Gene Flow from Sorghum Bicolor to its weedy relatives and its consequences; Genetic polymorphisms and recombination hotspots on the sorghum genome. 7 th workshop on sustainable horticultural production in the tropics . 28 th Nov – 1 st Dec 2007.
12. Magomere, Titus O. ; Obukosia, Silas D.; Mutitu, Eunice; Ngichabe, Christopher; Olubayo, Florence and Shibairo, Solomon. PCR detection of “ Candidatus Liberobacter africanus” that cause Huanglongbing disease on citrus plants in Machakos and Kakamega districts of Kenya. 1 st all Africa congress on biotechnology. African biotechnology stakeholders forum congress, 22-26 th September 2008.
13. Magomere T.O. ; Obukosia S.D.; Mutitu E.W.; Ngichabe C.; Olubayo F. and Kimani Waithaka. Comparison of the intergenic region of the ribosomal proteins (L10-L12) gene of Kenyan ‘Candidatus’ Liberobacter species. African crop science , 2003.
14. Obukosia S.D.; Mutitu E.; Waithaka K.; Olubayo F. and Magomere . Molecular Indexing for the Huanglongbing Disease of Citrus . Spring 2002 . In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. 38, P-1265 http://altweb.jhsph.edu/publications/journals/iva/iva38suppl/iva38suppl-toc.htm
15. Titus Magomere . Crucial research on Melia Volkensii propagation through Biotechnology and development of Bio-pesticides. MITI magazine – trees and technology – A publication of Better Globe Forestry. Issue No. 42. April –June 2019. Page 18-19.
16. Stefaan Werbrouck, Nandini Bhogar, Titus Magomere , Stephen Omondi. In vitro Biotechnology of Melia volkensii , a high potential forestry tree from Eastern Africa. 4th International Conference of the IUFRO Working Party 2.09.02: Somatic Embryogenesis and Other Vegetative Propagation Technologies, September 19-23, 2016. La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://www.iufro.org/download/file/26953/75/20902-laplata16-abstracts_pdf/
17. Magomere, Titus ; Chitere, P.O. and Ocharo, R. M. Farmer participation in adoption of horticultural innovations in Kenya: A comparison of Kakamega and Machakos districts. Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (EED) Africa Alumni Conference , 2009.

Awards & Honours

• CROPLIFE INTERNATIONAL- Science Hero- Sorghum research story. http://croplife.org/news-views/sharing-the-story/sorghum-from-kenya/?intrest=scientist.
• UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, OAC/ Nairobi Scholarship award for PhD (PLNT).
• ROCKFELLER FOUNDATION, Scholarship award for M.Sc Genetics and Plant Breeding.
• OKUMENISCHES STUDIENWERK e.v. Bochum, Germany. M.A. Rural Sociology and Community Development scholarship award.

Professional Affiliations

• American society of plant biologists. ( https://aspb.org/ )
• Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists. ( https://cspb-scbv.ca/ )
• African crop science society. ( https://www.eldis.org/organisation/A62812 )
• International Society for Horticultural Science. ( https://www.ishs.org/ )