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Samuel Olumide Daramola

Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture 7600 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740
301 405 6244

Expertise

  • Agronomy
  • Weed Science
  • Precision Weed Control
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Weed Biology and Ecology

RESEARCH FOCUS

  • Agronomy and Weed Science
  • Weed Ecology and Management
  • Integrated Weed Management
  • Optimizing Herbicide Efficacy
  • Precision Weed Control
  • Teaching and Mentoring
  • Experiential Learning
     

Biography

Biography: 

Education:

  • B.S. Horticulture (2011), Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
  • M.S. Horticulture (2016), Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
  • PhD. Agronomy (Weed Science) (2024), University of Florida, USA

Professional Work

Professional Positions Held: 

2026 Jan-Date:    Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Maryland, College Park MD

2025                         Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kansas State University, West Kansas Research and Education Center, KS

2022-2024              Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant. University of Florida, West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay FL

2017-2021              Research Associate, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria

2013-2017              Graduate Research, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Nigeria

 

 

Research:

Research: 

Recent research efforts: 

  1. Implications of cover crop management on weed control and yield in field crops
  2. Efficacy of Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and ground sprayers for weed management in field crops
  3. Optimizing herbicide efficacy and strategies for reduced herbicide inputs 

 

Teaching

Teaching: Courses Taught

Course TitleCourse No.SemesterFormat
Advanced Crop ScienceAGST400Spring 

Selected Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xhNl04sAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

  1. Daramola O.S., Gregory E. MacDonald, Ramdas G. Kanissery H. Singh OA. Ajani and Pratap Devkota (2025). Implications of cereal rye cover crop termination timing and residue management on Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) and sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia) control in peanut. https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2025.10049
  2. Daramola O.S., Gregory E. MacDonald, Ramdas G. Kanissery H. Singh OA. Ajani and Pratap Devkota (2025). Evaluation of Preemergence and Postemergence Herbicide Programs Used in Peanut(Arachis hypogaea) for Benghal Dayflower (Commelina benghalensis) Control. Peanut science 52 (1), 121-128 https://doi.org/10.3146/0095-3679-52.1-PS1646
  3. Daramola O.S, KB Kouame, T Lambert, M Vredenburg, AA Akom (2025). Residual Herbicide Programs With Multiple Sites-of-action Improved Weed Control in Grain Sorghum. Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 11 (4), 15
  4. Daramola O.S, KB Kouame, T Lambert, M Vredenburg, AA Akom. Overlapping and Mixing Residual Herbicide Programs for Weed Control in Grain Sorghum (2025). Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 11 (4), 17
  5. Ajani, A S Mathew, H Singh, YR Upadhyaya, OS Daramola, NJ Nwosu..(2025) Response of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) to preemergence herbicides and weed control under different nitrogen fertilization Journal of Crop Improvement 39 (5), 425-447 https://doi.org/10.1080/15427528.2025.2557902
  6. Daramola O.S., Gregory E. MacDonald, Ramdas G. Kanissery and Pratap Devkota (2024). Influence of planting pattern and herbicide programs on sicklepod control in peanut Weed Technology 38(e53), https://doi.org/10.1017/wet2024.64 2
  7. Daramola, O.S., MacDonald, G.E., Kanissery, R.G., Tillman, B.L., Singh, H., Oluseyi Ajani., Devkota, P., (2024). Implications of planting date on sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia L.) and Benghal dayflower (Commelina Benghalensis L.) management in peanut. Weed Technology 38(e66), https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2024.50
  8. Singh, N., Daramola, O. S., Iboyi, J. E., Devkota, P. (2024). Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) response to low‐rate applications of selected herbicides at vegetative and reproductive growth stages. Agronomy Journal, 116(2), 478-488. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21540
  9. Daramola, O.S., MacDonald, G.E., Kanissery, R.G., Tillman, B.L., Singh, H. and Devkota, P., (2023). Influence of carrier water pH and hardness on imazapic efficacy for sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia L.) control in peanut. Weed Technology, 1-23 https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2023.96
  10. Daramola, O.S., Iboyi, J.E., MacDonald, G.E., Kanissery, R.G., Tillman, B.L., Singh, H. and Devkota, P., (2023). A Systematic Review of Chemical Weed Management in Peanut (Arachis hypogea) in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities. Weed Science, pp.1-74. https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2023.71.
  11. Daramola, O.S., Singh, N., Iboyi, J.E. and Devkota, P., (2023). Growth and Yield Response of Peanut to Simulated Drift of Glufosinate at Vegetative and Reproductive Growth Stages. Weed Technology, pp.1-24. https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2023.81.
  12. Daramola, O.S., MacDonald, G.E., Kanissery, R.G. and Devkota, P., (2023). Effects of co-applied agrochemicals on herbicide performance: A review. Crop Protection, 174: 106396.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106396.
  13. Daramola, O.S., Joseph E. Iboyi, Gregory E. MacDonald, Ramdas G. Kanissery, Hardeep Singh, Barry L. Tilman, Pratap Devkota. (2023). Competing with the Competitors in an Endless Competition: A Systematic Review of Non-chemical Weed Management Research in Peanut (Arachis hypogea) in the US. Weed Science 71(4): 284-300. https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2023.32.
  14. Daramola, O. S., P Kharel, Joseph E. Iboyi, P. Devkota (2023). Response of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) to Sublethal Rates of Dicamba plus Glyphosate at Different Growth Stages Agronomy Journal 115: 1694-1704. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21372.
  15. Daramola, O.S., Prasanna Kharel, Joseph E. Iboyi, Pratap Devkota. (2023). Peanut Response to 2,4-D plus Glyphosate. Weed Technology 37(1): 46-52 https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2023.3
  16. Adigun, J.A., Olowe, V.I., Adeyemi, O.R., Pitan, O.R., Adeosun, I.R., Popoola, A.R., Daramola, O.S., and Ajani, O.A., (2023). Influence of insecticide spray regime and weed management methods on growth and yield of cowpea. Journal of Crop Improvement 37(3): 417-430. 
  17. Daramola, O.S., Johnson, W.G., Jordan, D.L., Chahal, G.S., Devkota, P. (2022). Spray Water Quality and Herbicide Performance–A Review. Weed Technology 36(6): 758-767. https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2022.97.
  18. Daramola, O.S., Adeyemi, O.R., Adigun, J.A. and Adejuyigbe, C.O. (2022). Influence of Row Spacing and Weed Control Methods on Weed Population Dynamics in Soybean. International Journal of Pest Management 68(1):43-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2020.1795300.
  19. Daramola, O.S., Shaibu, A.A. and Semwal, V.K., (2022). Iron Toxicity Tolerance in Rice: Roles of Auxins and Gibberellins. Auxins, Cytokinins and Gibberellins Signaling in Plants, pp.337-351. Springer, Singapore https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05427-3_15
  20. Daramola, O.S., (2021). Weed interference and management in cucumber book chapter in: Cucumber Economic Values and Its Cultivation and Breeding, pp.109-125 http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99564
  21. Daramola, O.S., Adigun, J.A., Adeyemi, O.R., and Olorunmaiye P.M (2020). Efficacy and Economic Comparison of Weed Management in Tomato. International Journal of Vegetable Science 27(4):352-363. 10.1080/19315260.2020.
  22. Daramola, O.S., Adigun, J.A., and Adeyemi, O.R. (2021). Efficacy and Economics of Integrated Weed Management in Chilli Pepper. Journal of Crop Improvement 35(1):38-50. 10.1080/15427528.2020.1795770.
  23. Taiwo, A.F. Daramola, O.S., Sow, M. and Semwal, V.K. (2020). Ecophysiology and responses of plants under drought. In Plant Ecophysiology and Adaptation under Climate Change: Mechanisms and Perspectives I (pp. 231-268). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2156-0_8