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 [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is a major tropical legume crop grown in warm to hot areas throughout the world and especially important to the people of sub-Saharan Africa where the crop was domesticated. To date, relatively little is understood about its domestication origins and patterns...
Huynh, B.
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Close, T.J.
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Roberts, P. A.
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Hu, Z.
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Wanamaker, S.
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Lucas, M. R.
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Chiulele, R.
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Cisse, N.
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David, A.
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Hearne, S.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Diop, N.N.
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Ehlers, J.D.
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[Gene pools and the genetic architecture of domesticated cowpea]
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Gene pools and the genetic architecture of domesticated cowpea
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.