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Dr. Bello, Omolaran Bashir is a Reader in the Department of Agronomy, Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria from April, 2018 to date. He was the Acting Dean, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Fountain University, Osogbo from 2013 to 2015. He was appointed as Lecturer I (Plant Breeding and Genetics) in the Department of Biological Sciences, Fountain University, Osogbo (FUO) in 2009 and promoted to Senior Lecturer position in 1st October 2012. Dr. Bello also obtained B.Sc. (Agriculture) from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan in 1989, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Agronomy from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin in 2001 and 2009 respectively as well as an Ordinary National Diploma in Computer Studies from the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State in 1997.

Dr. Bello has produced Fifty-nine (59) publications (41 Articles, 7 Books, and 11 Conference Papers) in the areas of Crop production, Breeding and Genetics, in reputable peer-reviewed Local, National and International Journals. His research focus is maize breeding on quality protein maize, nitrogen use efficiency and drought tolerance. He teaches courses including Crop Production, Crop Genetics, Plant Pathology, Crop Breeding for Stress and Disease Resistance and Cytogenetics at Undergraduate, Master, and Ph.D. levels.