Biography

Itefa Degefa Alemu was born in 1988 at Lalisa Buye Kebele, Ayira District, West Wollega, and Oromia Region of Ethiopia.He joined the atmosphere of education while he was seven years i.e., in 1995. He completed the primary school (1st grade to 8th grade) at Darara Aleku primary school in 2003. Due to economic and some family support problems, the he was withdraw from school for one year during 2004 and he rejoined 9th grade at Biftu Ayira Secondary school in 2005 and he transferred to Worke Yubdo for 10th grade in 2006. he was again transferred to Lalo Ayira Preparatory school for 11th and 12th grade in 2007-2008 due to scarcity of preparatory program in Worke Yubdo. he joined Jijiga University in 2009 and graduated in Applied Biology in July/ 2011. In 2012, again he joined Haramaya University under the sponsorship of Ethiopian Ministry of Education and graduated Master of Science in Genetics during 2013. Directly he was employed by Ethiopian Ministry of Education to Bule Hora University on the position of lecturer in 1st July/2014. Since the aims of University the he employed in is teaching learning process, serving community and doing research which can answer the community’s problems,he was participating in such activities starting from the time of employment. During my stay in the University, he was participated in different committees at department level, thought high school students and teachers training summer program in the community additionally.

Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences

100%

Population Genetics

62%

Molecular Genetics

90%

Cell Biology

75%

Microbiology

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0

Chapters
0

Articles
22

Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

Alemu, I.D., A. Abriham and S. Shuma, 2021. Evaluating yield and related trait of haricot bean varieties at Dambi Dollo University research site, Ethiopia. Plant Sci. Today, 8: 669-673.
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Alemu, I.D. and M.T. Addisu, 2021. Adoption of potato varieties in West and Kellem Wollega Zones, Ethiopia. Plant Sci. Today, 8: 1086-1090.
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Degefa, I., 2017. Genetics for Concept. 1st Edn., American Academic Press, USA, ISBN: 9781631818202, Pages: 104.
Degefa, I. and B. Anbessa, 2017. Traditional Agronomic Practices of Yam (Dioscorea Species) in Abaya Woreda, Southern Ethiopia. Int. J. Chem. Nat. Sci., 5: 499-503.
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Degefa, I. and B. Anbessa, 2017. Agricultural practices and traditional preservation of taro (Colocasia spp.) in Abaya Woreda, Southern Ethiopia. Adv. Biotechnol. Microbiol., Vol. 6. 10.19080/AIBM.2017.07.555723.
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Alemu, I.D. and D.S. Boke, 2017. Morphological characterization of coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) landraces at seedling stage collected from Guji zones. Bangladesh J. Plant Breed. Genet., 30: 9-18.
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Shanko, D., I. Degefa, B. Kere and G. Hayeto, 2016. Effect of Different Salinity Levels on Maize (Zea mays L.) Genotypes during Germination. Int. J. Curr. Sci., 19: 52-61.
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Degefa, I., D. Shanko and B. Yadeta, 2016. Haricot Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) genotypes at early growth stage under the effect of allelopatic leaf extract of Lantana (Lantana Camara L.). Int. J. Curr. Sci., 19: 72-80.
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Degefa, I., 2016. General Characteristics and Genetic Improvement Status of Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) in Ethiopia: Review Article. Int. J. Agric. Innovations Res., 5: 232-237.
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Daba, T.M., B. Anbessa, B.K. Oda and I. Degefa, 2016. Status of biology laboratory and practical activities in some selected secondary and preparatory schools of Borena zone, South Ethiopia. Educ. Res. Rev., 11: 1709-1718.
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Alemu, I.D., B.Y. Tefara, T.G. Tefara and A.T. Fetene, 2016. Haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes at germination stage under the effect of allelopatic leaf extract of Lantana (Lantana camara L.). Int. J. Sci. Rep., 2: 221-226.
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Alemu, I.D. and T.M. Daba, 2016. Gloriosa, a source of colchicine፡ Review Article. Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci., 10: 1888-1893.
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Degefa, I., J. Petrous and M. Andargie, 2014. Genetic variability, Heritability and genetic advances of Mung bean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) accessions. Plant Sci. Today, 1: 94-98.
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Degefa, I., J. Petrous and M. Andargie, 2014. Correlation and path coefficient analysis of Mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) accessions in Ethiopia. Ann. Res. Rev. Biol., 4: 269-284.