Food-security and sustainability is a serious global concern in the recent times. Many
indigenous food crops of Africa which promises to ameliorate nutritional food insecurities are …

African yam bean, AYB (Sphenostylis stenocarpa), is an underutilized legume of tropical
Africa. AYB can boost food and nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa through its nutrient …

Maintaining yield stability in the African yam bean (AYB)(Sphenostylis stenocarpa) under
year-to-year variability is crucial to its sustained productivity. Exploring yield stability in crops …

African yam bean (AYB)(Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst Ex. A. Rich) Harms is a neglected
and underutilised legume in tropical Africa. Its utilisation has been hampered by the …

This study evaluated genetic variability and heritability in vegetative and floral characters
among two minor legumes (Sphenotylis stenocarpa Ex. A. Rich. Harms and [Cajanus cajan …

African yam bean is a diploid species of the genus Sphenostylis with variation in
chromosome number (aneuploidy). Despite the reported variations, there's need to screen …

In response to the paucity of information challenge on the neglected and underutilized
legumes, this paper explored pods and seeds morphological data of the twenty-four …

The Yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) is one of the legume root crops. Yam bean crop was
introduced into India during the period between 1880 and 1890 (Anonymous 1889a; Tiwari …

Food security and malnutrition are great concerns in developing and under-developed
nations. Climate change, political unrest, and all sorts of crises within these nations and their …

Twelve species of twenty four accessions miscellaneous legumes were obtained from
germplasm unit of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State …