2023
Dlamini SP, Akanmu AO, Fadiji AE, Babalola OO* (2023) Maize rhizosphere modulates the microbiome diversity and community structure to enhance plant health. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 30:103499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.103499
Fatema MK, Al Mamun MA, Sarker U*, Hossain MS, Mia MAB, Roychowdhury R, Ercisli S, Marc RA, Babalola OO*, Karim MA (2023) Assessing morpho-physiological and biochemical markers of soybean for drought tolerance potential. Sustainability 15(2): 1427. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021427
Mamphogoro TP, Kamutando CN, Maboko MM, Aiyegoro OA, Babalola OO (2023) De novo Genome assessment of Serratia marcescens SGT5.3, a potential Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium, Isolated from the surface of Capsicum annuum fruit. Microbiology Resource Announcements e01154-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01154-22
Guzmán-Guzmán P, Kumar A, de los Santos-Villalobos S, Parra-Cota FI, Orozco-Mosqueda Mdc, Fadiji AE, Hyder S, Babalola OO, Santoyo G (2023) Trichoderma species: our best fungal allies in the biocontrol of plant diseases – A review. Plants 12:432. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030432
Dlamini SP, Akanmu OA, Babalola OO* (2023) Variations in the Functional Diversity of Root Microbiome of Healthy and Northern Corn Leaf Blight Infected Maize (Zea mays L.) Spanish Journal of Soil Science 13:10964. https://doi.org/10.3389/sjss.2023.10964
Ajiboye TT, Ajiboye TO and Babalola OO* (2023) Impacts of Binary Oxide Nanoparticles on the Soybean Plants, its Rhizosphere, Associated Phytohormones and Enzymes" Molecules 28: 1326. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28031326
Orozco-Mosqueda MdC, Kumar A, Fadiji AE, Babalola OO, Puopolo G, Santoyo G (2023) Agroecological Management of the Grey Mould Fungus Botrytis cinerea by Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria. Plants 12:637. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030637
Agunbiade V, Babalola OO* (2023). Endophytic and rhizobacteria functionalities in alleviating drought stress in maize plants - A Review. Plant Protection Science 59:1-18. https://doi.org/10.17221/61/2022-PPS
Ojuederie OB and Babalola OO* (2023) Growth enhancement and extenuation of drought stress in maize inoculated with multifaceted ACC deaminase producing rhizobacteria. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6: 1076844. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1076844
Ma. del Carmen Orozco-Mosqueda, Fadiji AE, Babalola OO, Santoyo G (2023) Bacterial elicitors of the plant immune system: An overview. Plant Stress 7:100138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2023.100138
Omotayo OP, Babalola OO* (2023) Fusarium verticillioides of maize plant: potentials of propitious phytomicrobiome as biocontrol agents. Frontiers in Fungal Biology 4:1095765. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2023.1095765
Adedayo AA, Babalola OO* (2023) Fungi that promote plant growth in the rhizosphere boost crop growth. Journal of Fungi 9(2):239. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9020239
Hassen AI, Gerrano AS, Babalola OO, Mengoni A, Rabiey M (2023) Elucidating the roles of plant-microbe interactions, biological control and plant breeding in the promotion of soil health and sustainable crop production systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7:1156586. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1156586
Mamphogoro T, Kamutando C, Maboko MM, Babalola OO, Aiyegoro O (2023). Genome Assembly of a Putative Plant Growth-Stimulating Bacterial Sweet Pepper Fruit Isolate, Enterobacter hormaechei SRU4.4. Microbiology Resource Announcements 12(2) https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01237-22
Nwachukwu BC, Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO* (2023) Structural diversity of bacterial communities in two divergent sunflower rhizosphere soils. Annals of Microbiology 73:9. Universita Degli Studi Di Milano (CI 3.168) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13213-023-01713-y
Ayilara MS, Adeleke BS, Akinola SA, Fayose CA, Adeyemi UT, Gbadegesin LA, Omole RK, Johnson RM, Uthman QO and Babalola OO* (2023) Biopesticides as a promising alternative to synthetic pesticides: A case for microbial pesticides, phytopesticides, and nano biopesticides. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1040901. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1040901
Oyedoh OP, Yang W, Dhanasekaran D, Santoyo G, Glick BR, Babalola OO* (2023) Sustainable agriculture: rare-Actinomycetes to the rescue. Agronomy 13(3):666. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030666
Ayangbenro AS, Odelade KA, Babalola OO* (2023) Seasonal variation drives microbial diversity in cowpea rhizosphere in a semi-arid region. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology 29:201-208. https://doi.org/10.17957/IJAB/15.2020
Olowe OM, Ayangbenro AS, Akanmu AO, Kutu RF, Odhiambo J, Babalola OO* (2023) Comparative insights into the microbial diversity and community structure of Striga hermonthica-infested maize rhizosphere. Applied Sciences 13(5):3260. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13053260
Omomowo W, Babalola OO* (2023) Bioassessment of phylogenetic relatedness and plant growth enhancement of endophytic bacterial isolates from cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) plant tissues. Horticulturae 9(3): 332. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9030332
Babalola OO*, Du Plessis Y, Babalola SS (2023) Power of shared success: how can sharing success and roles of others motivate African women in STEM? International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-023-09583-1
Akanmu AO, Ajiboye TO, Seleke M, Mhlanga SD, Onwudiwe DC and Babalola OO* (2023) The potency of graphitic carbon nitride (gC3N4) and bismuth sulphide nanoparticles (Bi2S3) in the management of foliar fungal pathogens of maize. Applied Sciences 13: 3731. https://doi.org/10.3390/ app13063731
Fadiji AS, Yadav AN, Santoyo G, Babalola OO* (2023) Understanding the plant-microbe interactions in environments exposed to abiotic stresses: An overview. Microbiological Research 271:127368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2023.127368
2022
Mamphogoro TP, Kamutando CN, Maboko MM, Babalola OO, and Aiyegoro OA (2022) Whole-Genome Sequence of Paenibacillus polymyxa strain SRT9.1, a Promising Plant Growth - Promoting Bacterium. Microbiology Resource Announcements 11:1. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01097-21.
Adeniji AA, Babalola OO* (2022) Evaluation of Pseudomonas fulva PS9.1 and Bacillus velezensis NWUMFkBS10.5 as candidate plant growth promoters during maize-Fusarium interaction. Plant 11(3):324. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030324
Masowa MM, Kutu FR, Babalola OO, Mulidzi AR (2022) Optimizing application rate of winery solid waste compost for improving the performance of maize (Zea mays L.) grown on Luvisol and Cambisol. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 20(1): 815-828. http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/2001_815828
Babalola OO*, Adedayo AA, Fadiji AE (2022) Metagenomic survey of tomato rhizosphere microbiome using the shotgun approach. Microbiology Resource Announcements 11(2): e01131-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01131-21
Mamphogoro TP, Kamutando CN, Maboko MM, Aiyegoro OA, Babalola OO (2022) Draft Genome Sequence of Sweet Pepper Fruit Epiphyte-Associated Bacillus cereus HRT7.7. Microbiology Resource Announcements 11(2) e01125-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01125-21
Ajilogba CF; Olanrewaju OS; Babalola OO* (2022) Plant growth stage drives the temporal and spatial dynamics of the bacterial microbiome in the rhizosphere of Vigna subterranea. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:825377. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.825377
Ayiti OE, Ayangbenro AS and Babalola OO* (2022) Relationship between nitrifying microorganisms and other microorganisms residing in the maize rhizosphere. Archives of Microbiology 204-206 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-02857-2
Imade EE, Ajiboye TO, Fadiji AE, Onwudiwe DC, Babalola OO (2022) Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using plantain peel extracts and the evaluation of their antibacterial activity. Scientific African 16: e01152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01152
Adeleke BS, Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO* (2022) Effect of endophytic bacterium, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia JVB5 on sunflowers. Plant Protection Science 58(3): 185-198. Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences. https://doi.org/10.17221/171/2021-PPS
Nwachukwu BC; Ayangbenro AS; Babalola OO* (2022) Effects of soil properties and carbon substrates on bacterial diversity of two sunflower farms. AMB Express 12:47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-022-01388-9
Adeleke BS, Ayilara MS, Akinola SA and Babalola OO* (2022) Biocontrol mechanisms of endophytic fungi. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 32:46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-022-00547-1
Babalola OO*; Nwachukwu BC; Ayangbenro AS (2022) Amplicon sequencing data profiling of bacterial community connected with the rhizospheric soil from sunflower plants. Data in Brief 42:108207 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108207
Adedayo AA, Fadiji AE, Babalola OO* (2022) Plant health status affects the functional diversity of the rhizosphere microbiome associated with Solanum lycopersicum. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6:894312. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.894312
Enebe MC and Babalola OO* (2022) Functional diversity of bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of maize grown on a soil under organic and inorganic fertilization. Scientific African 16: e01212 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01212
Adedayo AA, Fadiji AE and Babalola OO* (2022) The effects of plant health status on the community structure and metabolic pathways of rhizosphere microbial communities associated with Solanum lycopersicum. Horticulturae 8(5), 404 https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8050404
Bitire TD, Abberton M, Babalola OO*, Oyatomi OA (2022) Effect of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains and inorganic Nitrogen fertilizer on growth and yield of accessions of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L.). Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
Omotayo OP, Igiehon ON, Babalola OO* (2022) Microbial genes of agricultural importance in maize rhizosphere unveiled through shotgun metagenomics. Spanish Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/sjss.2022.10427
2021
Babalola OO*, Adeleke BS, Ayangbenro AS (2021) 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequence data from sunflower endosphere bacterial community. Data in Brief 39:107636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107636
Adeleke BS, Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO* (2021) Bacterial community structure of the sunflower (Helianthus annuus) endosphere. Plant Signaling & Behavior 16(12) 1974217. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2021.1974217
Olanrewaju OS, Oyatomi OA, Babalola OO, Abberton M (2021) Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:796352. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.796352
Nwachukwu BC, Babalola OO* (2021) Comparative study of microbial structure and functional profile of sunflower rhizosphere grown in two fields. BMC Microbiology 21:337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02397-7
Imade EE; Omonigho SE; Babalola OO*; Enagbonma BJ (2021) Lactic acid bacterial bacteriocins and their bioactive properties against food associated antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Annals of Microbiology 71:44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13213-021-01652-6
Chukwuneme CF, Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO* (2021) Impacts of land-use and management histories of maize fields on the structure, composition, and metabolic potentials of microbial communities. Current Plant Biology 28:100228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2021.100228
Masowa MM, Kutu FR, Babalola OO, Mulidzi AR, Dlamini P (2021) Effects of complementary and sole applications of inorganic fertilizers and winery solid waste compost on maize yield and soil health indices. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture 33(7):565-574. https://www.ejfa.me/index.php/journal/article/view/2721
Chukwuneme CF, Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO* (2021) Metagenomic analyses of plant growth-promoting and carbon-cycling genes in maize rhizosphere soils with distinct land-use and management histories. Genes 2021, 12, 1431. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12091431
Olanrewaju OS, Babalola OO* (2021) Genome mining of three plant growth-promoting Bacillus species from maize rhizosphere. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 193(12):3949-3969. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-021-03660-3
Olanrewaju OS, Oyatomi O, Babalola OO, Abberton M (2021) GGE biplot analysis of genotype x environment interaction and yield stability in Bambara groundnut. Agronomy 11:1839. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11091839
Mamphogoro TP, Kamutando CN, Maboko MM, Aiyegoro OA, Babalola OO (2021) Epiphytic bacteria from sweet pepper antagonistic in vitro to Ralstonia solanacearum strain BD 261, a causative agent of bacterial wilt. Microorganism 9:1947 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9091947
Adeleke BS, Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO* (2021) Genomic analysis of endophytic Bacillus cereus T4S and its plant growth-promoting traits. Plants 10(9), 1776. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10091776
Adeleke BS, Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO* (2021) Genomic assessment of Stenotrophomonas indicatrix for improved sunflower plant. Current Genetics 67: 891–907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00294-021-01199-8
Babalola OO*, Adeleke BS, Ayangbenro AS (2021) Whole genome sequencing of sunflower root-associated Bacillus cereus. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 17:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/11769343211038948
Fasusi O, Amoo A, Babalola OO* (2021) Characterization of plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial isolates associated with food plants in South Africa. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 114(10), 1683-1708. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-021-01633-4
Babalola OO*, Fasusi OA, Amoo AE, and Ayangbenro AS (2021) Complete Genome Sequence of a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium, Bacillus sp. Strain OA1 Isolated from Soybeans. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 36:102121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2021.102121
Amoo AE, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Babalola OO* (2021) Forest plantations reduce soil functioning in terrestrial ecosystems from South Africa. Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Ecology 89:150757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2021.150757
Enebe MC and Babalola OO* (2021) The influence of soil fertilization on the distribution and diversity of phosphorus cycling genes from maize rhizosphere using shotgun metagenomics. Genes,12(7): 1022. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12071022
Omotayo OP, Igiehon OZ, Babalola OO* (2021) Metagenomic study of the community structure and functional potentials in maize rhizosphere microbiome: elucidation of mechanisms behind the improvement in plants under normal and stress conditions. Sustainability13, 8079. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/su13148079
Babalola OO*, Adeleke BS, Ayangbenro AS (2021) “Draft genome sequencing of Stenotrophomonas indicatrix BOVIS40 and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia JVB5, two strains with identifiable genes involved in plant growth promotion” Microbiology Resource Announcements 10:28 e00482-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00482-21
Akinola SA, Ayangbenro AS and Babalola OO* (2021) Metagenomic Insight into the community structure of maize-rhizosphere bacteria as predicted by different environmental factors and their functioning within plant proximity. Microorganisms 9(7): 1419. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071419
Molefe R, Amoo A, and Babalola OO* (2021) Metagenomic insights into the bacterial community structure and functional potentials in the rhizosphere soil of maize plants. Journal of Plant Interactions 16(1): 258-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2021.1936228
Akinola SA, Ayangbenro AS and Babalola OO* (2020 November 20, 2021, won the coverpage) The diverse functional genes of maize rhizosphere microbiota assessed using shotgun metagenomics. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 101(8): 3193-3201. https://doi.org/10.1002/JSFA.10948
Adeniji AA, Ayangbenro AS and Babalola OO* (2021) Genomic exploration of Bacillus thuringiensis MORWBS1.1 - candidate biocontrol agent, predicts genes for biosynthesis of zwittermicin, 4,5-DOPA dioxygenase extradiol, and quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase. Molecular Plant-microbe Interactions: 34 (6): 602–605. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-10-20-0272-SC
Amoo AE and Babalola OO* (2021) Microbial diversity of temperate pine and native forest soils profiled by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(20): e00298-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00298-21
Fadiji AE, Kanu JO, and Babalola OO* (2021) Impact of cropping systems on the functional diversity of rhizosphere microbial communities associated with maize plant: a shotgun approach. Archives of Microbiology 203(6), 3605-3613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-021-02354-y
Agbodjato NA, Adoko MY, Babalola OO*, Amogou O, Badé FT, Noumavo PA, Adjanohoun A, Baba-Moussa L (2021) Efficacy of biostimulants formulated with Pseudomonas putida and clay, peat, clay-peat binders on maize productivity in a farming environment in southern Benin. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5:666718. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.666718
Fasusi O, Amoo A, Babalola OO* (2021) Propagation and characterization of viable arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spores within maize plant (Zea mays L.). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 101:5834-5841. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.11235
Fadiji AE, Ayangbenro AS and Babalola OO* (2021) Unveiling the putative functional genes present in root-associated endophytic microbiome from maize plant using the shotgun approach. Journal of Applied Genetics 62(2) 339-351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13353-021-00611-w
Enebe MC and Babalola OO* (2021) Metagenomics assessment of soil fertilization on the chemotaxis and disease suppressive genes abundance in the maize rhizosphere. Genes:12, 535. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12040535
Fasusi OA, Amoo AE and Ayangbenro AS and Babalola OO* (2021) Genomic analysis of a Pseudomonas strain with multiple plant growth-promoting properties. Rhizosphere 18: 100342 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2021.100342 100342
Babalola OO*, Fasusi OA, Amoo AE and Ayangbenro AS (2021) Draft genomic analysis of Pseudomonas sp. strain OA3, a potential plant growth-promoting rhizospheric bacterium. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10:e00029-21. https://mra.asm.org/content/10/11/e00029-21
Fadiji AE, Kanu JO, Babalola OO* (2021) Metagenomic profiling of rhizosphere microbial community structure and diversity associated with maize plant as affected by cropping systems. International Microbiology 24:325–335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10123-021-00169-x
Igiehon ON and Babalola OO* (2021) Rhizobium and mycorrhizal fungal species improved soybean yield under drought stress conditions” Current Microbiology 78(4) 1615-1627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-021-02432-w or
Babalola OO*, Molefe RR, Amoo AE (2021) Metagenome assembly and metagenome-assembled genome sequences from the rhizosphere of maize plants in Mafikeng, South Africa. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10:e00954-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00954-20
Babalola OO*, Nwachukwu BC, and Ayangbenro AS (2021) High-throughput sequencing survey of sunflower soil. Microbiology Resource Announcements MRA01331-20. https://mra.asm.org/content/10/8/e01331-20
Babalola OO*, Molefe RR and Amoo AE (2021) Revealing the active microbiome connected with the rhizosphere soil of maize plants in Ventersdorp, South Africa. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e60245. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60245
Alawiye TT and Babalola OO* (2021) Metagenomic insight into the community structure and functional genes in the sunflower rhizosphere microbiome. Agriculture 11(2), 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture 11020167
Enebe MC and Babalola OO* (2021) Soil fertilization affects the abundance and distribution of carbon and nitrogen cycling genes in the maize rhizosphere. AMB Express 11:24 https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-26191/v2
Fadiji AE, Ayangbenro AS and Babalola OO* (2021) Shotgun metagenomics reveals the functional diversity of root-associated endophytic microbiomes in maize plant” Current Plant Biology 25: 100195. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2214-6628(21)00001-3
Akinola SA, Ayangbenro AS, and Babalola OO* (2021) The immense functional attributes of maize rhizosphere microbiome: a shotgun sequencing approach. Agriculture 11:118. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11020118
Babalola OO*, Omotayo OP, Igiehon NO (2021) Survey of maize rhizosphere microbiome using shotgun metagenomics. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(1) 9:e01309-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01309-20
Chukwuneme CF, Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO* and Kutu FR (2021) Functional diversity of microbial communities in two contrasting maize rhizosphere soils. Rhizosphere 17:100282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2020.100282
Igiehon NO, Babalola OO*, Cheseto X, and Torto B (2021). Effects of rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on yield, size distribution and fatty acid of soybean seeds grown under drought stress.
Microbiological Research 242: 126640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2020.126640
2020
Babalola OO* Chukwuneme CF, and Ayangbenro AS (2020) Shotgun sequencing revealed the microbiota of Zea mays rhizosphere of a former grassland and an intensively cultivated agricultural land. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9 (49):e01058-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01058-20.
Babalola OO* and Enebe MC (2020) Metagenomes of maize rhizosphere samples after different fertilization treatments at Molelwane farm located in North West Province, South Africa. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(43):e00937-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00937-20.
Babalola OO*, Akinola S, and Ayangbenro AS (2020) Shotgun metagenomic survey of maize soil rhizobiome” Microbiology Resource Announcement 9:e00860-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00860-20
Fadiji AE, Ayangbenro AS and Babalola OO* (2020) Organic farming enhances the diversity and community structure of endophytic archaea and fungi in maize plant: a shotgun approach. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 20: 2587-2599. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-020-00324-9
Fadiji AE, Ayangbenro AS and Babalola OO* (2020) Metagenomic profiling of the community structure, diversity, and nutrient pathways of bacterial endophytes in maize plant, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 113(11), 1559-1571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-020-01463-w.
Enebe MC and Babalola OO* (2020) Effects of inorganic and organic treatments on the microbial community of maize rhizosphere by a shotgun metagenomics approach. Annals of Microbiology 70, 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13213-020-01591-8
Adegboyega TT, Abberton MT, AbdelGadir AH, Dianda M, Maziya-Dixon B, Oyatomi OA, Ofodile S, and Babalola OO (2020) Evaluation of nutritional and antinutritional properties of African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. A. Rich.) Harms.) Seeds” Journal of Food Quality, Article ID 6569420, 11 pages, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6569420
Adeniji AA, Aremu OS, Loots DT and Babalola OO* (2020) Pseudomonas fulva HARBPS9.1: candidate anti-Fusarium agent in South Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology 157(4), 767-781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-020-02035-4
Babalola OO*, Fadiji AE, Ayangbenro AS (2020) Shotgun metagenomic data of root endophytic microbiome of maize (Zea mays L.). Data in Brief 31:105893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105893.
Babalola OO*, Alawiye TT, Lopez CR, Ayangbenro AS (2020) Shotgun metagenomic sequencing data of sunflower rhizosphere microbial community in South Africa. Data in Brief 31:105831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105831
Mamphogoro TP, Maboko MM, Babalola OO, Aiyegoro OA (2020) Bacterial communities associated with the surface of fresh sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) and their potential as biocontrol. Scientific Reports 10:8560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65587-9.
Chukwuneme CF, Babalola OO*, Kutu FR, and Ojuederie OB (2020) Characterization of Actinomycetes isolates for plant growth-promoting traits and effects of selected strains on drought tolerance in maize. Journal of Plant Interactions 15:93-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2020.1752833
Ajilogba CF and Babalola OO* (2020) Bambara groundnut soil metagenomics data. Data in Brief 30: 105542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105542.
Amoo AE, Enagbonma BJ and Babalola OO* (2020) High-throughput sequencing data of soil bacterial communities from Tweefontein indigenous and commercial forests, South Africa: Data in Brief 28:104916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104916
2019
Aremu BR, Prigent-Combaret C and Babalola OO* (2019). Draft Genome Sequences of Bacillus velezensis, strain ZeaDK315Endo16. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8:46. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00136-19
Amoo AE and Babalola OO* (2019) Impact of land use on bacterial diversity and community structure in temperate pine and indigenous forest soils. Diversity 11(11), 217; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11110217
Olanrewaju OS and Babalola OO* (2019) Bacterial consortium for improved maize (Zea mays L.) production” Microorganisms 7(11):519 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7110519.
Adegboyega TT, Abberton MT, AbdelGadir AAH, Dianda M, Maziya-Dixon B, Oyatomi OA, Ofodile S and Babalola OO (2019). Nutrient and Antinutrient Composition of Winged Bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) Seeds and Tubers. Journal of Food Quality. Vol 2019, Article ID 3075208, 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3075208.
Omotayo OP, Omotayo AO, Babalola OO and Mwanza M (2019). Comparative study of aflatoxin contamination of winter and summer ginger from the North West Province of South Africa. Toxicology Reports 6:489-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.05.011.
Igiehon NO, Babalola OO* and Aremu BR (2019). Genomic Insights into Plant growth promoting rhizobia capable of enhancing soybean germination under drought stress. BMC Microbiology 19:159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1536-1
Adeniji AA and Babalola OO* (2019) Genome Sequence of Lipopeptide and Antioxidant Producing Strain Bacillus velezensis NWUMFkBS10.5. Microbiology Resource Announcement. 8(999)e00595-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00595-19
Babalola OO*, Ayangbenro AS and Olanrewaju OS (2019). Draft genome sequences of three rhizospheric plant growth-promoting bacteria. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8 (26):e00455-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00455-19.
Omotayo OP, Omotayo AO, Babalola OO and Mwanza M (2019). Dataset on the Toxic effects of Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin A. Data in Brief 25:104089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104089
Uzoh IM, Igwe CA, Okebalama CB and Babalola OO* (2019). Legume-maize rotation effect on maize productivity and soil fertility parameters under selected agronomic practices in a sandy loam soil. Scientific Reports 9: 8539. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43679-5.
Ajilogba CF and Babalola OO* (2019). GC-MS analysis of volatile organic compounds from bambara groundnut rhizobacteria and their antibacterial properties. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 35(5):83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-019-2660-7
Adeniji A, Loots DT and Babalola OO* (2019). Bacillus velezensis: phylogeny, useful applications and avenues for exploitation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 103(9):3669-3682. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-019-09710-5.
Alori ET, Babalola OO and Prigent-Combaret C (2019). Impacts of microbial inoculants on the growth and yield of maize plants. The Open Agriculture Journal 13:1-8. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874331501913010001
Adeniji A, Aremu OS and Babalola OO* (2019). Selecting lipopeptide‐producing, Fusarium‐suppressing Bacillus spp.: Metabolomic and genomic probing of Bacillus velezensis NWUMFkBS10.5. MicrobiologyOpen. 2019;8:e742. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.742.
Igiehon NO and Babalola OO* (2019). Fungal bio-sorption potential of chromium in Norkrans liquid medium by shake flask technique. Journal of Basic Microbiology 59:62-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jobm.201800011
Adegboye MF, Lobb B, Babalola OO, Doxey A and Ma K (2018). Draft genomes of two novel cellulolytic Streptomyces strains isolated from South African rhizosphere soils. Genome Announcements 6(26). https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00632-18.