{"id":1626,"date":"2023-11-07T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/?page_id=1626"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:30:34","slug":"jacob-mekidani-salu-ms-student","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/jacob-mekidani-salu-ms-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Mekidani Jacob Salu, Ph.D. Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/files\/2025\/11\/mekidani.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/files\/2025\/11\/mekidani.jpg 112w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/files\/2025\/11\/mekidani-50x53.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Academic Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2025 &#8211; 2028 FFAR Fellow, sponsored by Corteva<br><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/b7771df22d6c4628a84d2933c856918b\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/b7771df22d6c4628a84d2933c856918b\">Read more about his story here:<\/a><br><br>M.S. Plant Pathology (emphasis Nematology), University of Georgia, USA, 2024<br>B.S. Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Jos, Nigeria, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interest and Current Efforts<\/strong><br>Mekidani Jacob Salu, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Plant Pathology, studies soybean cyst nematode (SCN) virulence on broad spectrum resistance. More specifically, his research is focused on the identification and functional characterization of SCN virulence genes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jacob, M.S.<\/strong>,Okoye, C.T., Okwoli, A.A. (2021) Effect of <em>Tamarindus indica <\/em>L. leaf extract and <em>Citrus sinensis <\/em>L. osbeck peel extract on <em>Meloidogyne <\/em>spp (root-knot nematodes) in Jos, Plateau State. <em>International Journal of Pathogen Research<\/em>, 7(4),15-21: DOI:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9734\/ijpr\/2021\/v7i430188\">10.9734\/ijpr\/2021\/v7i430188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okoye, C.T., Alexander, E.M., and <strong>Jacob, M.S. <\/strong>(2021)Toxicity of <em>Azadirachta indica<\/em> hydroethanolic leaf extract in adult <em>Drosophila melanogaster<\/em> (Harwich Strain). <em>Journal of Advances in Biology &amp; Biotechnology<\/em>, 24(4), 12-23: DOI:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9734\/jabb\/2021\/v24i430208\">10.9734\/jabb\/2021\/v24i430208<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sani, M. M., Shefiu, O. Z., <strong>Jacob, M.S.<\/strong>, Chiamaka, E. S., and Ada, A. C. (2022). <em>In-vitro<\/em> evaluation of the efficacy of two plant extracts <em>Allium sativum<\/em> (Garlic) and <em>Azadirachta indica<\/em> (Neem) in the control of powdery mildew caused by <em>Golovinomyces cichoracearum<\/em> of <em>Abelmoschus esculentus<\/em> (Okra).&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Pathogen Research<\/em>,&nbsp;10(1), 20\u201329: DOI:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9734\/ijpr\/2022\/v10i130239\">10.9734\/ijpr\/2022\/v10i130239<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Background 2025 &#8211; 2028 FFAR Fellow, sponsored by CortevaRead more about his story here: M.S. Plant Pathology (emphasis Nematology), University of Georgia, USA, 2024B.S. Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Jos, Nigeria, 2019 Research Interest and Current EffortsMekidani Jacob Salu, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Plant Pathology, studies soybean cyst nematode (SCN) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":650,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1626","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1784,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1626\/revisions\/1784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}