M. S. Afolabi

Combnining Ability of Sweetpotato Yield in Endemic and Non-endemic Sweetpotato Weevil (Cylas formicarius) Environments in South West Nigeria

M. S. Afolabi & M. O. Akoroda · Asian Research Journal of Agriculture · 2019

Introduction: Combining ability studies in sweetpotato marketable root yield were carried out using ten sweetpotato varieties and their F1 hybrids in Cylas formicarius endemic (Omu Aran) and free (Ibadan) environments during 2012 cropping season. Study Design: The genetic materia...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arja/2019/v11i430067

Diallel Analysis of Sweet Potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] Genotypes for Combined Beta Carotene and Dry Matter Content in Southern Guinea Savanna, Nigeria

M. S. Afolabi, O. B. Bello, G. O. Agbowuro, C. O. Aremu & M. O. Akoroda · Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International · 2019

Roots of orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties currently available in Nigeria contain high quantities of β-carotene or pro-vitamin A but have high moisture content. These varieties have been found to be a cheap and crucially important remedy for vitamin A deficiency. The cream or...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jaeri/2019/v19i230079