Considerable progress has been made in breeding improved cowpea varieties in the last five years. The major breeding objectives were to develop high yielding cowpea varieties for sole cropping as well as intercropping with acceptable seed types and resistance to major diseases, insect pests, nema...
This pilot action research would not have been possible without the unstinting support of many people who, like us, felt that a big gap exists in the understanding of the geohydrology of the Himalayan midhills and its influence on the livelihoods of the millions who depend upon it. ICIMOD express...
Sharma, B.
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Nepal, S.
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Gyawali, D.
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Pokharel, G. S.
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Wahid, S.
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Mukherji, A.
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Acharya, S.
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Shrestha, A. B.
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[Springs, Storage Towers, and Water Conservation in the Midhills of Nepal]
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Springs, Storage Towers, and Water Conservation in the Midhills of Nepal
Cowpea is an important grain legume throughout the tropics and subtropics, covering Asia, Africa, and Central and South America, as well as parts of southern Europe and the United States of America. The use patterns, seed preferences, and cropping systems vary from region to region. Insect pests,...
The cowpea breeding programmes are reviewed and achievements at two major centres of cowpea research, i.e. IITA (Nigeria) and IARI (India), are summarized. Earlyand extra early genotypes are always photoperiod-insensitive, medium maturity varieties could be sensitive or neutral today length, whil...