Anniye Endalkachew Wolde-meskel

Area of Expertise

Genetic Diversity and Phylogeny of Rhizobia; Biological Nitrogen Fixation (Rhizobia and cyanobacteria); Soil Microbiology

Current Research

Legumes and rhizobia in Southern Ethiopia: evaluation, management and utilization of biodiversity of the microsymbiont for sustainable agriculture;

Exploring the potential for cyanobacterial nitrogen fertilizer to improve soil fertility in Ethiopia

Research Countries

Ethiopia

Professional Experience

Metabolic and molecular biological characterization of Bacteria;

Teaching courses and supervising graduate students (advised over 30 M.Sc. thesis research titles and several Ph.D. students);

Providing consultancy services

Current FSC Status

Alumnus

Year of FSC Scholarship

2011

Institute during FSC Scholarship

Institute of Plant Production and Agro-Ecology in the Tropics and Sub-Tropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Home Institute

College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Doctoral Institute

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Dissertation

Rhizobia nodulating agroforestry legume species in Southern Ethiopia: phenotypic characteristics, metabolic fingerprinting, genetic diversity and phylogeny

Degrees

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Agroforestry (Biological Nitrogen Fixation), School of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, United Kingdom;

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Molecular Microbial Ecology, Department of Chemistry, Food Sciences and Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
 

Important Publications

Degefu, T., Wolde-meskel, E., Frostegård, Å., 2012. Phylogenetic analyses of multilocus sequences identify seven novel Ensifer genospecies isolated from less explored biogeographical region in East Africa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 62(Pt 9):2286-95.

Abera, G., Wolde-meskel, E., Bakken, L.R., 2011. Carbon and nitrogen mineralization dynamics in different soils of the tropics amended with legume residues and contrasting soil moisture contents. Biology and Fertility of Soils, in press.

Degefu, T., Wolde-meskel, E., Frostegård, Å., 2010. Multilocus sequence analyses reveal several unnamed Mesorhizobium genospecies nodulating Acacia species and Sesbania sesban trees in southern regions of Ethiopia. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34(3):216-226.

Wolde-meskel, E., 2007. Genetic diversity of rhizobia indigenous to Ethiopian soils: potentials and perspectives to enhance rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences 61(1):77-95.

Wolde-meskel, E., Terefework, Z., Frostegård, Å and Lindström, K., 2005. Genetic diversity and phylogeny of rhizobia isolated from woody legume species in southern Ethiopia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55:1439-1452.