Cowpea, an indigenous crop to sub-Saharan Africa, is found mainly in the dry savanna regions along with cereals such as millets and sorghum. Cowpea is grown primarily for human consumption of the grains, which are rich in protein, carbohydrates and contain some minerals. The development and deplo...
Boukar, O.
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Massawe, F.
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Muranaka, S.
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Franco, J.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Singh, B.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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[Evaluation of cowpea germplasm lines for protein and mineral concentrations in grains]
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Evaluation of cowpea germplasm lines for protein and mineral concentrations in grains
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) is an important cash, food and nutritional security grain legume crop in the semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa. However, its productivity is hampered by several biotic stress factors including numerous insect pests that infest and damage the crop at all i...
Togola, A.
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Boukar, O.
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Belko, N.
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Chamarthi, S.K.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Tamo, M.
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Oigiangbe, N.
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[Host plant resistance to insect pests of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.): achievements and future prospects]
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Host plant resistance to insect pests of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.): achievements and future prospects
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture maintains the world’s largest collection of cowpea germplasm of over 15,000 accessions. A sub-set of 298 lines from the loosely composed mini core collection of 370 landraces were genotyped based on genotyping by sequencing (GBS). Ward’s minimum...
Fatokun, C.
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Girma, G.
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Abberton, M.T.
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Gedil, M.
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Unachukwu, N.N.
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Oyatomi, O.
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Yusuf, M.
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Rabbi, Ismail Y.
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Boukar, O.
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[Genetic diversity and population structure of a mini-core subset from the world cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) germplasm collection]
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Genetic diversity and population structure of a mini-core subset from the world cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) germplasm collection
Cowpea is traditionally important as an affordable source of protein and minerals and of cash income in sub-Saharan Africa, especially for small-scale farmers who have limited options for food and cash crops. The development and deployment of cowpea varieties with improved nutrition and quality t...
Muranaka, S.
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Shono, M
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Myoda, T.
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Takeuchi, J.
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Franco, J.
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Nakazawa, Y.
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Boukar, O.
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Takagi, H.
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[Genetic diversity of physical, nutritional and functional properties of cowpea grain and relationships among the traits]
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Genetic diversity of physical, nutritional and functional properties of cowpea grain and relationships among the traits
Cowpea is one of the most important grain legumes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It provides strong support to the livelihood of small-scale farmers through its contributions to their nutritional security, income generation and soil fertility enhancement. Worldwide about 6.5 million metric tons of ...
Boukar, O.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Huynh, B.
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Roberts, P.A.
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Close, T.J.
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[Genomic tools in cowpea breeding programs: status and perspectives.]
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Genomic tools in cowpea breeding programs: status and perspectives.