Dr. Atnafua Bekele
Senior Researcher -Horticulture/Root and Tuber CropsSouth Agricultural Institute
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Genetics from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
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Biography
Dr. Atnafua bekele gets her BSC, MSC and PhD degrees from Haremaya, Acharya (India) and Addis Ababa universities respectively. Currently, she is working at South Agricultural Research Institute as researcher in horticultural crops research improvement activities. She undergone different researches in this aspect and have more than ten scientific research papers published in reputed international journals concerning Quality Protein Maize (QPM) genetic improvement and improving production and, nutritional contents of crops. She wrote many budget seeking projects for national crops research capacity building programs and national research strategic documents to improve crops production and productivity. She is also one of the researchers awarded a Gold medal by the 8th National Ministry of Science and Technology Innovation Prize for her being a research team and contributing her outstanding problem solving research outputs.
Area of Interest:
Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Agriculture
62%
Breeding
90%
Genetics
75%
Crop Research
55%
Research Publications in Numbers
Books
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0
Chapters
2
2
Articles
12
12
Abstracts
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Selected Publications
- Bekele, A. and T.N. Rao, 2021. Determination of Grain Yield, Protein and Oil Improvement in Selected Genotypes of Maize (Zea mays L.). In: Recent Progress in Plant and Soil Research Vol. 3, Sosa, F.C. (Ed.), BP International, India, ISBN: 978-93-5547-176-5, pp: 88-101.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Bekele, A. and E. Bekele, 2021. Genetic diversity analysis of Ethiopian Yam (Dioscorea spp.) from different geographic origin using simple sequence repeat. J. Plant Sci., 9: 96-106.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Atnafua, B., 2021. Yam (Dioscorea spp) Genetic Variability Enhancement Using Its’ True Botanical Seeds. In: Current Topics in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2, Ayeni, L.S. (Ed.), BP International, India, ISBN: 978-93-5547-184-0, pp: 94-99.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Bekele, A. and E. Bekele, 2020. Identification of Ethiopian Yam (Dioscorea spp.) collections and their phenotypic diversity study. Agric. Sci., 11: 1116-1132.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Tadesse, T., A. Bekele, A. Kifle, F. Gurmu and M. Seyoum, 2018. New cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) varieties for MID and low land agroclimatic condition of Ethiopia. J. Biol. Agric. Healthcare, 8: 1-7.
Direct Link | - Tadesse, T., A. Bekele, E. Tsegaye, G.W. Michael, T. Mulualem, W. Beshir and G. Mesele, 2017. Performance of cassava (Manihot esculanta. Cratz)clones in potential and low moisture stressed areas of Ethiopia. Afr. J. Agric. Res., 12: 1738-1746.
Direct Link | - Tadesse, T., A. Bekele, E. Tsegaye, G.W. Michael, T. Mulualem, W. Beshir and G. Mesele, 2017. Performance of cassava (Manihot esculanta. Cratz) clones in potential and low moisture stressed areas of Ethiopia. Afr. J. Agric. Res., 12: 1738-1746.
Direct Link | - Bekele, A. and E. Bekele, 2017. Proximate and mineral composition variability in Ethiopian yam (Dioscorea spp). J. Food Nutr. Sci., 6: 12-17.
Direct Link | - Bekele, A. and T.N. Rao, 2014. Estimates of heritability, genetic advance and correlationstudy for yield and it’s attributes in maize (Zea mays L.). J. Plant Sci., 2: 1-4.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Bekele, A. and E. Bekele, 2014. Overview: morphological and molecular markers role in crop improvement programs. Int. J. Curr. Res. Life Sci., 3: 35-42.
Direct Link | - Bekele, A., M. Diro and M. Yeshitla, 2013. The diversity and associated yield components of enset (Ensete ventricosum) based on its agro-morphological traits from southern Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiopian J. Sci., 36: 49-54.
Direct Link | - Bekele, A. and T.N. Rao, 2013. Heterosis study for grain yield, protein and oil improvement in selected genotypes of maize (Zea mays L). J. Plant Sci., 1: 57-63.
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