Demand for livestock products has been increasing through much of the semi-arid
tropics and will likely continue to increase along with the use of purchased feedstuffs. As
smallholder livestock systems evolve and become more market oriented, the type of diets
fed to livestock may change and the i...
Grings, Elaine E.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Musa, A.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Hearne, S.
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Boukar, O.
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[Cowpea in evolving livestock systems]
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Cowpea in evolving livestock systems
Cowpea is seed propagated and when mature seeds are properly dried they could remain viable over a period of time depending on the genotype and storage conditions. Due to heat and dry conditions seeds of cultivated cowpea that remain in the fields after harvest usually do not retain viability for...
Fatokun, C.A.
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Boukar, O.
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Tamo, M.
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[Gene flow in cowpea: field viability of wild and cultivated cowpea seeds and the hybrids between them]
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Gene flow in cowpea: field viability of wild and cultivated cowpea seeds and the hybrids between them
For a mixture of reasons certain tropical crops which are important as primary or secondary food staples are relatively underresearched. The modem tools of molecular and cellular biotechnology offer the opportunity not only to make substantial gains in our knowledge of these crops, but also to ov...
The importance of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, in human and animal nutrition and sustainability of soil fertility are recognized globally especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the crop is mainly produced in the Savanna and the Sahelian agro ecologies. However, cowpea productivity is adversel...
Chamarthi, S.K.
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Belko, N.
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Togola, A.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Boukar, O.
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[Genomics-assisted breeding for drought tolerance in cowpea]
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Genomics-assisted breeding for drought tolerance in cowpea
Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, is an important grain legume adapted to the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where it contributes to the nutrition, health, and income of rural and suburban inhabitants. It is indigenous to SSA with both cultivated and wild relatives distributed across the whole subregion. The ...
Cowpea is grown mainly for its protein-rich grains, which is consumed in various forms in sub-Saharan Africa. Average grain yield in farmers' fields is generally low due to a number of biotic and abiotic stresses. The most important of the biotic stress factors causing extensive grain yield losse...
Fatokun, C.A.
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[Breeding cowpea for resistance to insect pests: attempted crosses between cowpea and Vigna vexillata]
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Breeding cowpea for resistance to insect pests: attempted crosses between cowpea and Vigna vexillata
Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, is an important grain legume adapted to the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where it contributes to the nutrition, health, and income of rural and suburban inhabitants. It is indigenous to SSA with both cultivated and wild relatives distributed across the whole subregion. The ...
Oyatomi, O.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Boukar, O.
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Abberton, M.T.
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Ilori, C.
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[Screening wild vigna species and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) landraces for sources of resistance to striga gesnerioides]
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Screening wild vigna species and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) landraces for sources of resistance to striga gesnerioides
Diseases caused by viral, fungal and bacterial pathogens pose great threat to food security in Africa. Use of disease resistant cultivars is among the most preferred tactic for disease control by smallholder farmers in Africa, who cannot afford cost intensive chemical inputs or labor intensive cr...