Senior Lecturer & Research Scientist at the Department of Agriculture, Murang‘a University of Technology, Murang‘a, Kenya
Education
PhD in Plant Sciences at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zürich), Switzerland.
Master of Science in Crop Protection at the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, at the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Publications
Orek C, (2023): A review of the functions of transcription factors and related genes involved in cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) response to drought stress. Tropical Plants 2:14 https://doi.org/10.48130/TP-2023-0014
Orek C, Mulupi K, Koima I (2023): A Review of the Roles of Non- Coding RNAs Associated with Drought Stress Response in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 26(7): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.9734/jabb/2023/v26i7642
Orek C, Kyallo M, Yao N (2023): Analysis of local cassava landraces and improved genotypes in response to infections by cassava mosaic begomoviruses under field conditions in Kenya. Tropical Plant pathology, 48: 182–198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40858-023-00558-9
Koima IN, Kilalo DC, Orek CO, Wagacha JM, Nyaboga EN (2023): Identification and Characterization of Colletotrichum Species Causing Sorghum Anthracnose in Kenya and Screening of Sorghum Germplasm for Resistance to Anthracnose. Journal of Fungi, 9(1):100. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9010100
