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Item Factors Constraining the Production and Marketing of Pawpaw (Carica papaya) in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria.(Continental J. Agricultural Economics, 2012) Agbowuro, G.O.The objective of this work is to identify and examine marketing in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria. Questionnaire schedule and personal interviews were used to collect data from ten Local Government Areas in the state. A total of 76 pawpaw farmers were rand interviewed for this study. The study identified poor patronage in the market, poor marketing system, inadequate capital, poor price, inadequate extension services, poor transportation, exploitative role of middle men, insufficient marketing informat facilities as the major constraining factors of pawpaw production and marketing in th recommended more effective extension services, formation of production and marketing cooperatives among the pawpaw farmers, maintenance of feeder roads, credit from government and financial institutions and organising enlightenment programmes about the nutritional and medicinal value of pawpaw fruit by Non Governmental Organisation, Extension agents and food nutritionist to increase pawpaw production and marketing in the area.Item Genetic and heritability studies of grain yield and other agronomic traits in low-N maize(Thai Journal of Agricultural Science, 2021) Agbowuro, G.O.; Salami, A.E.A research was conducted at the Biological Garden of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria to investigate gene actions and heritability estimates for grain yield and other agronomic traits in low-N maize using North Carolina Mating Design III. Two maize inbred lines were crossed to get F1 and proceed to F2. Four randomly selected F2 segregants that serve as male were backcrossed with each of the two parents inbred lines (P1 and P2) that serve as female. The crosses generated were evaluated using a randomized complete block design with three replications in the late cropping seasons in 2019 and early cropping season in 2020 under two environments (low and high nitrogen conditions). General combining ability of females was significant for all study traits at P < 0.05 while general combining ability of males was significant for all study traits at different probability levels. Specific combining ability was significant for the traits studied (P < 0.05) except leaf blight. The environment was also significant for all traits at P < 0.05 excepted ear rot that was significant at P < 0.01. There was a preponderance of dominance genetic variance for ear height, days to 50% silking, and grain yield while additive genetic variance prevailed over other traits. However, the average dominance ratio was lesser than unity in most of the traits studied. The narrow-sense heritability estimates for study traits ranged from 1.25–79.08%. The results revealed that the additive and dominant gene actions were both important for agronomic traits in low-N maize. Hence, the adoption of reciprocal recurrent selection becomes necessary in incorporating low-N traits into selected elite maize cultivarsItem POST HARVEST HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION OF PAWPAW (Carica papaya) IN EKITI STATE, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA.(Advances in Agriculture, Sciences and Engineering Research, 2012-10) Agbowuro, G.O.The method of post harvest handling and transportation of pawpaw was conducted in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria. Questionnaires schedule and personal interviews were used to collect data from ten Local Government Areas in the state. Seventy seven structured questionnaires were administered to both whole sellers and retailers within the state. The study identified quite a number of lapses in the post harvest handling and transportation of pawpaw in Ekiti State where the handlers single out storage, loading, transportation system and marketing as the most important factors that contribute to the high post harvest loss of pawpaw fruits in Ekiti State. Recommendations on how to improve the handling, transportation system, storage as well as marketability to reduce the high post harvest loss are made.