Yams (Dioscorea spp.) are important crops in some West African locations. The West African yam collections held at the IITA were characterized using the standard descriptor list for this crop (IPGRI/IITA. 1997. Descriptors for yam (Dioscorea spp.). International Institute of Tropical Agriculture,...
Mahalakshmi, V.
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Ng, Q.
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Atalobhor, J.
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Ogunsola, D.
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Lawson, M.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Development of a West African yam Dioscorea spp. core collection]
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Development of a West African yam Dioscorea spp. core collection
Cowpea is a self-pollinated crop and this is encouraged by the arrangement of floral parts. However, outcrossing has been reported and frequency of occurrence could vary depending on the genotypes involved and the environment where grown. Insects have been implicated in the movement of pollen in ...
Ng, Q.
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Hughes, Jacqueline d'Arros
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[Theoretical and practical considerations in the regeneration of cowpea germplasm at IITA]
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Theoretical and practical considerations in the regeneration of cowpea germplasm at IITA
A large number of accessions belonging to selected wild Vigna species namely V. unguiculata subspecies dekindtiana, V. oblongifolia, and V. vexillata were evaluated using choice (DCAT) and no-choice (NCFT) laboratory feeding bioassays to determine their resistance to the pod borer, Maruca vitrata...
Jackai, L.E.N.
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Padulosi, S.
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Ng, Q.
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[Resistance to the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata Fabricius and the probable modalities involve in wild Vigna]
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Resistance to the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata Fabricius and the probable modalities involve in wild Vigna