FOUR DECADES OF CROPS RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY

The department of plant science became an academic and administrative entity within the University in the 1966/67 session. Since then, the department has been putting human and material resources in place for teaching of, and research into, crop production, improvement and protection. During the 40...

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Autore principale: FAKOREDE, M. A. B.
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Pubblicazione: The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2020
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description The department of plant science became an academic and administrative entity within the University in the 1966/67 session. Since then, the department has been putting human and material resources in place for teaching of, and research into, crop production, improvement and protection. During the 40 years under review in this report, the department produced many undergraduate and graduate students in the different subject-matter areas; including plant breeding and genetics, agronomy, agroclimatology and crop physiology, seed production and physiology, entomology, plant pathology (Mycology and Bacteriology), Nematology, virology and weed science. The department made major breakthrough in research in these areas and developed several high-yielding varieties of cowpea, maize and tomato that were released its capacity in research and teaching in the more contemporary areas of Seed Science and Biotechnology.
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spelling oai:ojs2.ija.oauife.edu.ng:article-5572020-10-07T12:36:38Z FOUR DECADES OF CROPS RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY FAKOREDE, M. A. B. academic, department, plant science, review The department of plant science became an academic and administrative entity within the University in the 1966/67 session. Since then, the department has been putting human and material resources in place for teaching of, and research into, crop production, improvement and protection. During the 40 years under review in this report, the department produced many undergraduate and graduate students in the different subject-matter areas; including plant breeding and genetics, agronomy, agroclimatology and crop physiology, seed production and physiology, entomology, plant pathology (Mycology and Bacteriology), Nematology, virology and weed science. The department made major breakthrough in research in these areas and developed several high-yielding varieties of cowpea, maize and tomato that were released its capacity in research and teaching in the more contemporary areas of Seed Science and Biotechnology. The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2020-10-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/557 Ife Journal of Agriculture; Vol. 21 No. 1 (2005): Ife Journal of Agriculture; 33-87 0331-6351 eng https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/557/439 Copyright (c) 2020 Ife Journal of Agriculture
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FAKOREDE, M. A. B.
FOUR DECADES OF CROPS RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
title FOUR DECADES OF CROPS RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
title_full FOUR DECADES OF CROPS RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
title_fullStr FOUR DECADES OF CROPS RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
title_full_unstemmed FOUR DECADES OF CROPS RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
title_short FOUR DECADES OF CROPS RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
title_sort four decades of crops research and teaching at obafemi awolowo university
topic academic, department, plant science, review
topic_facet academic, department, plant science, review
url https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/557
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