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  1. Rapid Population Flux in Bacterial Spot Xanthomonads During a Transition in Dominance Between Two Genotypes in Consecutive Tomato Production Seasons and Identification of a New Species, Xanthomonas oklahomensis ...

    Article • Plant Disease, April 2026, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  2. First Report of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex Associated with Bacterial Leaf Scorch on American Elderberry ( Sambucus canadensis<...

    Article • Plant Disease, October 2025, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  3. Status and Distribution of Diseases Caused by Phytoplasmas in Africa

    Article • Microorganisms, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin, Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  4. Potential of the Small Molecules Piperidine and Pyrrolidine Against Copper-Resistant Xanthomonas perforans, Causal Agent of Bacterial Spot of Tomato

    Article • Plant Disease, April 2025, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  5. Effectiveness of Hexanoic Acid for the Management of Bacterial Spot on Tomato Caused by Xanthomonas perforans

    Article • Agriculture, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  6. Status and Distribution of Diseases Caused by Phytoplasmas in Africa

    Article • March 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin, Dr Inusa Jacob Ajene

  7. First Report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’-Related Strains (Subgroup 16SrI-A) Associated With Aster Yellows on Chrysanthemums in Oklahoma

    Article • Plant Disease, October 2024, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  8. Phylodynamic Insights into Global Emergence and Diversification of the Tomato Pathogen Xanthomonas hortorum pv. gardneri

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, September 2024, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  9. Potential and Metabolic Pathways of Eugenol in the Management of Xanthomonas perforans, a Pathogen of Bacterial Spot of Tomato

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  10. Evaluating nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide for its effects on halo blight of snap bean

    Article • Plant Disease, July 2022, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  11. Lasiodiplodia iraniensis, a new causal agent of tuber rot on yam (Dioscorea species) imported into the United States and implications for quarantine decisions

    Article • Plant Disease, June 2022, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  12. Bacterial Spot of Tomato and Pepper in Africa: Diversity, Emergence of T5 Race, and Management

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  13. Metabolomics Insights into Chemical Convergence in Xanthomonas perforans and Metabolic Changes Following Treatment with the Small Molecule Carvacrol

    Article • Metabolites, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  14. Nematode pests of some major cereals in Nigeria: Need for integration of morphological/morphometrical, biochemical, and molecular diagnostic approaches for accurate identification

    Article • Plant Pathology, July 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  15. Surfactants in plant disease management: A brief review and case studies

    Article • Plant Pathology, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  16. Independent Evolution with the Gene Flux Originating from Multiple Xanthomonas Species Explains Genomic Heterogeneity in Xanthomonas perforans

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  17. Genomic Inference of Recombination-Mediated Evolution in Xanthomonas euvesicatoria and X. perforans

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  18. First Report of Atypical Xanthomonas euvesicatoria Strains Causing Bacterial Spot of Tomato in Nigeria

    Article • Plant Disease, March 2015, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  19. Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Xanthomonads Causing Bacterial Spot of Tomato and Pepper Plants Reveals Strains Generated by Recombination among Species and Recent Global Spread of Xanthomonas gardneri

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Sujan Timilsina, Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  20. First Report of Xanthomonas euvesicatoria Causing Bacterial Spot Disease in Pepper in Northwestern Nigeria

    Article • Plant Disease, October 2014, Scientific Societies

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin

  21. Influence of cover crops and tillage systems on nematode populations in a maize-cover crop intercrop

    Article • Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Mustafa Ojonuba Jibrin