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Professor I.O. Obisesan

QUALIFICATIONS

 

Ph. D. (Plant Science-Plant Breeding and Genetics),

B.Sc. (Agriculture),
O.N.D, H.N.D. Agriculture

 

 

 

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION / RESEARCH INTEREST

Plant Breeding and Genetics; Genetic improvement of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata( L.) Walp) and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)  for  yield and other quality traits relating to adaptation to hostile cultivation environments; Yield systems analyses; Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources; Biotechnology- tissue culture, cryoconservtion of crops with recalcitrant seeds.

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Obisesan I.O. and Tunde Fatunla 1981. Relationship between age, fruit and bunch quality character in the oil palm  (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) Nig. J. Sci.  5:333-341.
Obisesan I.O. and Tunde Fatunla (1983) Genotype X environment interaction for bunch yield and its components in the oil palm (Elaeis  guineensis, Jacq.)  Theor. Appl. Genet. 64: 133-136

Obisesan, I.O. and R.D. Parimoo (1985) Stability and adaptation responses of dumpy deli palms (Elaesis  guineensis, Jacq.) to different environments. Malay. Appl. Biol. (14) 2:84-88.

Obisesan, I.O. and Tunde Fatunla (1987) Effect of Climatic factors on fresh fruit bunch yield and its components in the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) Tropical Agric. (Trinidad) Vol 64. No. 3:244-248

Obisesan, I.O. (1987) Effectiveness of visual selection during successive generations of inbreeding on grain yield of cowpea  (Vigna  unguiculata L. Walp) Genetica Agraria  41:329-336.

Emebiri, L.C. and I.O. Obisesan (1991) Duration of specific developmental stages in cowpea (Vigna  unguiculata L. Walp): Heritability and relationship to yield. J. Genet. and Breeding 45:81-86.

Obisesan, I.O. (1992) Evaluation of pedigree and single seed descent selection methods for cultivar development in cowpea (Vigna  unguiculata L. Walp) J. Plant Breed. 108/2: 162-168

Amujoyegbe, B.J. and I.O. Obisesan (1997) Determining alternative pathways towards grain yield in 32 varieties of cowpea (Vigna  unguiculata (L.) Walp) Ife J. Agic. Vol. 19:79-91.

Ladipo, J.L., Obisesan I.O.and Acha A.I. (2004) .Inheritance of resistance to cowpea mosaic virus in cowpea I. Nigerian Journal of Plant Protection Vol. 21: 1-6

     

Ladipo,J.L., Obisesan, I.O. and Acha A.I.(2004). Inheritance of resistance to cowpea mosaic virus in cowpea II. Nigerian Journal of Plant Protection Vol. 21: 15-23.

Obisesan, I.O., Veiga, R.F.A., Barbosa, W., Meletti, L.M.M., Lago, A.A., Medina, P.F. and Razera, L.F. 2005. Seed cryopreservation of  passion fruit, papaya and guava germplasm. Postal presentation at Symposio de Recursos Geneticos Para Americana Latina Y El Carribe. 23-25, Nov.  2005.

 

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