40+ scholarly publications
Journal articles and book contributions across plant breeding, quantitative genetics, crop diversity and agricultural experimentation.
Selected publications →Scholar · Teacher · Builder · Writer
Lawrence Stephen
Fayeun
Associate Professor (Reader) in Plant Breeding & Quantitative Genetics · Federal University of Technology, Akure
I work across crop improvement, agricultural experimentation, quantitative analysis, education and research technology. I also write about faith, work, learning and the things I am discovering along the way.
Research signature
More than two decades with an indigenous crop that still has much to teach us.
Fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) is a long-running thread in my research: genetic diversity, marketable leaf yield, reproductive biology, seedling variation and the quantitative questions that matter when an underutilised crop is to be improved deliberately.
Explore the fluted pumpkin research programme →Academic evidence
A research record that is easier to verify at a glance.
Selected indicators from my current curriculum vitae and academic record.
h-index 11
397 citations · i10-index 10. ORCID and Scopus identifiers are linked across the site.
Google Scholar →10 ongoing PhD candidates
5 as main supervisor and 5 as co-supervisor. Completed supervision includes 5 PhDs as co-supervisor, 20 MSc dissertations and 2 PGD projects.
Supervision →Recent scholarly work
Work across crops, methods and breeding questions.
A few recent outputs illustrate the breadth of the research programme beyond a single crop.
2023 · Book chapter
Fluted pumpkin landrace variation and correlation
Morphological trait variation and relationships among Southern Nigerian landraces.
View publisher → 2023 · Journal articleGenetic diversity of Robusta coffee using EST-SSR markers
Molecular diversity work extending the crop-improvement programme into coffee germplasm.
View DOI → 2022 · Cultivar registrationBrown blotch-tolerant, early-maturing cowpea cultivars
Contribution to the registration of cultivars developed for humid ecologies of Nigeria.
View DOI →Selected publications
Evidence behind the research themes.
The list below is deliberately curated. The complete and continuously updated publication record is available through my scholarly profiles.
2018 Phenotypic 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. ↗ 2017 Correlation and path coefficient analysis of top-cross and three-way cross hybrid maize populationsSesay, S., Ojo, D. K., Ariyo, O. J., Meseka, S., Fayeun, L. S., Omikunle, O. A. & Oyetunde, A. O. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 12(10), 780–789. ↗ 2016 Estimates of Genetic Variability for Seedling Traits in Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook. F.)Fayeun, L. S., Hammed, L. A., Oduwaye, O. A., Madike, J. U. & Ushie, E. U. Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, 4(2), 262–270. ↗ 2016 Floral Biology of Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook. F.)Fayeun, L. S., Ojo, D. K., Odiyi, A. C., Adebisi, A. M. & Hammed, L. A. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 8(4), 482–488. ↗
Teaching & building
From statistical reasoning to research infrastructure.
Teaching, software and capacity building are extensions of the same concern: helping researchers move from field observations to conclusions they can defend.
Teaching
Research question → design → analysis → biological conclusion
Biostatistics, experimental design, genetics and quantitative methods taught through agricultural problems rather than software clicks.
Supervision
Developing independent research judgement
Postgraduate supervision across crop improvement, quantitative genetics, stress biology, field experimentation and emerging machine-learning applications.
Innovation
VivaSense, FIA and digital systems
Research technology, capacity-building and digital initiatives designed to make useful systems around agricultural research and organisations.
Writing
Scholarship is only one part of what I want to leave in writing.
Books, essays, reflections and spiritual writing have a permanent home here. Some pieces are academic; others come from work, faith, service and the ordinary discipline of paying attention.
Browse the writing archive →Recent writing
Books and notes from work, faith and life.
A quieter part of the site, deliberately placed after the scholarly work rather than in front of it.