SURVEY AND MOLECULAR DETECTION OF BANANA (MUSA ACCUMINATA COLLA) VIRUSES IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
SURVEY AND MOLECULAR DETECTION OF BANANA (MUSA ACCUMINATA COLLA) VIRUSES IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2014
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ZONGOMA, AISHA MUHAMMED
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My sincere gratitude goes to my supervisors Dr D. B. Dangora and Prof S. P. Bako
for their immense support and contributions throughout the period of the research.
Special thanks go Dr. Lava Kumar, Head of Virology Department International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan for providing bench space in his
laboratory. I also thank staff of Virology laboratory especially Mr. Ayodeji Owati,
Mrs. Patricia Ogunsanya, Mr. Damola, Mr. Samuel (I.T student), Mr. Tosin (I.T
student), Mr. Dapo (Ph.D student) for technical assistance and the entire staffs and I.T
students of Virology Department, IITA that contributed to my work.
My appreciation goes to some staff of Department of Biological Sciencea, Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria: Prof. A.K. Adamu, Prof. M. L. Balarabe, Dr. Bashir, Mal.
Dalhatu, Mrs. Adama Yahaya, Mrs. Murshida Ramadan, Fati Lawal, Jemila Ahmed,
Mal. Saidu Abdullahi, Mal. Suleiman Dauda, Mal. Yunusa Wada, Mal. Abdullateef
Yusuf, Mal. Abdul Alhassan and Esther Yashim for their support.
My warmest regards goes to my parents, Late Mal Muhammed Zongoma and Hajia
Dada Umar Suleiman who are the building block of my success, May Almighty Allah
reward you abundantly, Amin.
My unending appreciation goes to my siblings, Aliyu, Fatima, Umar, Abdurrahman,
Aminu and Hauwa who supported and encouragement throughout my work.
Finally and above all, I thank Almighty Allah for the success of the work.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.Sc.) DEGREE IN BOTANY.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
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SURVEY, MOLECULAR DETECTION, BANANA, VIRUSES, SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA