Flower bud thrips, Megalurothrips sjostedti is the most severe field pest of cowpea that causes massive flower abortion which eventually results to substantial yield reduction in Africa. There is paucity of information on the mode of gene actions controlling inheritance of resistance to flower bu...
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
Multi‐parent advanced generation inter‐cross (MAGIC) populations are an emerging type of resource for dissecting the genetic structure of traits and improving breeding populations. We developed a MAGIC population for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) from eight founder parents. These founders w...
Huynh, B.L.
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Ehlers, J.D.
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Huang, B.E.
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Muñoz Amatriarin, M.
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Lonardi, S.
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Santos, J.R.P.
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Ndeve, A.
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Batieno, B.J.
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Boukar, O.
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Cisse, N.
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Drabo, I.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Kusi, F.
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Agyare, R.Y.
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Guo, Y.N.
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Herniter, I.
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Lo, S.
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Wanamaker, S.I.
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Xu, S.
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Close, T.J.
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Roberts, P.A.
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[A multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population for genetic analysis and improvement of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.)]
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A multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population for genetic analysis and improvement of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.)
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
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.), is an important grain legume grown in the tropics where it constitutes a valuable source of protein in the diets of millions of people. Some abiotic and biotic stresses adversely affect its productivity. A review of the genetics, genomics and breeding of cowpea is ...
Boukar, O.
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Belko, N.
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Chamarthi, S.
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Togola, A.
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Batieno, J.
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Owusu, E.
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Haruna, M.
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Diallo, S.
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Umar, M.L.
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Olufajo, O.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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[Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata): Genetics, genomics and breeding]
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata): Genetics, genomics and breeding
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, 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 ...
Dumet, D.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Pasquet, R.
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Ehlers, J.
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Kumar, L.
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Hearne, S.
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Sonder, Kai
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Aladele, S.
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Boukar, O.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Garino, L.
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[Sharing of responsibilities of cowpea and wild relative long term conservation]
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Sharing of responsibilities of cowpea and wild relative long term conservation
Parasitic weed, Striga gesnerioides is a major constraint to cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] productivity in West and Central Africa. Efforts are being made to identify major genes that determine the race specific resistances to S. gesnerioides in cowpea and to develop resistant varieties w...
Muranaka S
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Boukar, O.
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[Stability of Striga gesnerioides resistance mechanism in cowpea under high- infestation level, low soil fertility and drought stresses]
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Stability of Striga gesnerioides resistance mechanism in cowpea under high- infestation level, low soil fertility and drought stresses