- Full Name: Yilkal Bezie Ayele
- Academic Rank: Assistant Professor in plant Biotechnology
- Institutional email: yilkal_bezie@dmu.edu.et
- Google scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS:
GoogleScholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=26DCz6UAAAAJ
ORCID ID. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0037-6310
- Specialization: Agricultural Biotechnology (Plant Biotechnology)
- Courses taught:
- Under graduate courses: Introduction to Biotechnology ; Molecular Biology; Biochemistry, Genetics, plant tissue culture, Molecular laboratory techniques, Genetic engineering Plant biotechnology, Cell Biology; Bioinformatics. Molecular marker and its application
- Post graduate MS.c. courses: Molecular Plant breeding, Plant Tissue culture and Transgenic; plant microbe interaction
- Research interest: Morphological and molecular study of crops towards stress tolerant identification; Bio fertilizer development, Medicinal plant study, Biofuel production from plant residues using fermentative microbes, Biocontrol of plant disease for sustainable crop disease management
- List of Publications:
Bezie, Yilkal; Atnaf, Mulugeta; Taye, Mengistie.2024. Genetic variability for growth and yield traits of Ethiopian highland barley landraces on acid soils, in the choke water shade, Ethiopia. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology.28(2): 205-225
Mekonnen, Ambelu Meselu Sendekie, Zenamarkos Bantie Ebissa, Dawit Tessema
Bezie, Yilkal.2025. Optimizing Rumen Fluid Inoculation for Enhanced Biogas Production Using Organic Waste Codigestion. International Journal of Chemical Engineering.2025(1)
Tilahun, T., Bezie, Y., Kerisew, B., and Taye, M. (2021). The application of antisense technology for crop improvement: A review. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 7(1), 1910157.
Bezie, Y., Tilahun, T., Atnaf, M., and Taye, M. (2020). The potential applications of site-directed mutagenesis for crop improvement: A review: a review. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology, 1-16.
Kumar, Amit, Bharti, Amit Kumar, Bezie, Yilkal.2022.Schizophyllum commune: A Fungal Cell-factory for Production of Valuable Metabolites and Enzymes. BioResources.17(3): 5420-5436
Amsalu,N., Bezie, Y., Fentahun, M., Alemayehu, A., andAmsalu, G. (2018). Use and conservation of medicinal plants by indigenous people of Gozamin Wereda, East Gojjam Zone of Amhara region, Ethiopia: an ethnobotanical approach. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018.
Amit, K., Nakachew, M., Yilkal, B., and Mukesh, Y. (2018). A Review of Factors affecting Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass. Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 22(7), 62- 67
Fentahun M1 , Ayele Yilkal B2 *, Amsalu N1 , Alemayehu A3 and Amsalu G1(2017) Antibacterial Evaluation and Phytochemical Analysis of Selected Medicinal Plants against Some Pathogenic Enteric Bacteria in Gozamin District, Ethiopia Journal of Pharmacovigilance.5(5),:1-6
Asmare TW1 *, Yilkal BA2 , Mekuannint T3 and Yibeltal AT.(2018).Traditional medicinal plants used to treat maternal and child health illnesses in Ethiopia: An Ethno-botanical approach. Journal of Traditional Medicine & Clinical Naturopathy
Yilkal Bezie Ayele, Wondyifraw Tefera, Kassahun Bantte.(2017). Enhanced Protocol Development for in vitro Multiplication and Rooting of Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia Andr.) Clone (Van. 2/05). Biotechnology Journal International.18(3):1-11
- Research and project information (completed and ongoing):
As co author for Mega research grant on going from Bahir Dar University on the title Screening and molecular characterization of barley germplasms for their major fungal (scald and Net Blotch) diseases resistance and soil acidity tolerance