40+ publications and book contributions
A body of work spanning crop improvement, quantitative genetics, diversity, stability analysis and agricultural experimentation.
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Crop improvement grounded in careful experimentation.
My research programme connects plant breeding and quantitative genetics with experimental design, multi-environment analysis and the practical problem of turning agricultural data into defensible decisions.
ORCID 0000-0001-6772-0406
Google Scholar snapshot (August 2026): 397 citations, h-index 11.
Open ORCID ↗20+ years of fluted pumpkin research
From genetic variability and marketable leaf yield to stability, floral biology, apomixis and current molecular/machine-learning questions.
Read the fluted pumpkin programme →Theme 01
Plant breeding & quantitative genetics
Genetic variability, selection, heritability, trait relationships and crop improvement across tropical crop species.
Theme 02
Experimental design & agricultural biostatistics
Designing studies so that the analysis follows the experimental structure and supports biologically meaningful inference.
Theme 03
G×E, stability & multi-environment trials
Understanding performance across environments using approaches including AMMI, GGE and stability statistics.
Long-running programme
Fluted pumpkin: from diversity to deliberate improvement.
For more than two decades, fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) has been a central research interest. The work has addressed genetic diversity, marketable leaf yield, reproductive biology, seedling traits, adaptation and the implications of observed variation for breeding an important indigenous crop.
Read the fluted pumpkin research story →Research programmes
Questions that continue beyond individual papers.
Current and longer-running lines include fluted pumpkin improvement, extra-early hybrid maize, sweet sorghum, crop diversity, multi-environment testing and research technology.
Crop improvement
Fluted pumpkin genetics and breeding
Variation, marketable leaf yield, seedling traits, floral biology, apomixis and landrace diversity.
Read the fluted pumpkin programme →Funded and continuing crop workMaize, sweet sorghum and underutilised crops
Multi-location testing, climate resilience, ethanol-oriented sorghum development and diversity research.
View crop research programmes →Research technologyDesign-aware agricultural analytics
How software and bounded AI can support correct analysis while preserving researcher judgement.
View research-technology programme →Selected publications
A curated view of the publication record.
This page highlights selected work. The Publications page explains the scope and update date of the website selection, while Google Scholar, ORCID, Scopus and ResearchGate provide the broader scholarly record.
2023Genetic diversity of Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre Ex. A. Froehner) using EST-SSR markersNitsa, M. B., Odiyi, A. C., Akinyele, B. O., Aiyelari, O. P. & Fayeun, L. S. Journal of Plant Molecular Breeding, 11(1), 17–27.↗2023Morphological Trait Variation and Correlation Analysis in Landraces of Southern Nigerian Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook. F.)Aworunse, O. S., Popoola, J. O., Fayeun, L. S., Ahuekwe, E. F. & Obembe, O. O. In Biotechnological Approaches to Sustainable Development Goals, Springer Nature.↗2022Registration of ARTPEA/BBT/72/B and ARTPEA/BBT/22/W, brown blotch-tolerant and early-maturing cowpea cultivars for humid ecologies of NigeriaAdetumbi, J. A. et al., including Fayeun, L. S. Journal of Plant Registrations.↗2021Parametric and Non-parametric Procedures for Identifying Stable and Adapted Tropical Maize Genotypes in NLB Disease Infested EnvironmentsOhunakin, A. O., Odiyi, A. C., Akinyele, B. O., Fayeun, L. S. & Alake, G. C. American Journal of BioScience, 9(6), 199–209.↗2020Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis for Yield and Yield Components in Late Maturing Pro-vitamin A Synthetic Maize Breeding LinesOlawamide, D. O. & Fayeun, L. S. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 42(1), 64–72.↗2018Phenotypic Traits Diversity in Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook. F.)Fayeun, L. S., Omikunle, A. O., Famogbiele, A. A. & Oyetunde, A. O. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 24(2), 1–7.↗