Olufemi O. Oyelakin

Comparing the Effect of Two Promoters on Cassava Somatic Embryo at Transient GUS Assay Level

Olufemi O. Oyelakin, Jelili T. Opabode & Emmanuel O. Idehen · Biotechnology Journal International · 2015

35S promoter from the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (pCaMV) is a constitutive promoter commonly used in plant genetic transformation while Cassava Mosaic Virus (pCsVMV) is another promoter which is underutilized. The combination of the two promoters was used to form (pOYE153). The met...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BBJ/2015/17092

Influence of Type and Age of Primary Somatic Embryo on Secondary and Cyclic Somatic Embryogenesis of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

Jelili T. Opabode, Olufemi O. Oyelakin, Oluyemisi A. Akinyemiju & Ivan L. Ingelbrecht · Biotechnology Journal International · 2014

This study investigated the influence of age of the cotyledons, cut from primary somatic embryos (PSE) developed from shoot meristems (SM) or immature leaf lobes (LL), on secondary somatic (SSE) and cyclic (CSE) embryogenesis of two cassava cultivars at the Central Biotech Labora...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BBJ/2014/3624

Primary Somatic Embryos from Axillary Meristems and Immature Leaf Lobes of Selected African Cassava Varieties

Jelili T. Opabode, Olufemi O. Oyelakin, Oluyemisi A. Akinyemiju & Ivan L. Ingelbrecht · Biotechnology Journal International · 2013

The study evaluated high-value African cassava varieties for primary somatic embryogenesis using axillary meristems (AM) and immature leaf lobes (LL) on picloram-based medium. The study was conducted at the Central Biotech Lab, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BBJ/2013/3088