An outline is given of the progress made in a systematic breeding programme set up in Nigeria to develop improved cowpea cultivars with combined resistance to Striga gesnerioides and Alectra vogelii along with multiple disease and insect resistance. Several sources of resistance to both parasitic...
Brief mention of research into the infestation of cowpeas by Striga gesnerioides conducted by staff of the Botany Department of the University of Nigeria at Nsukka is followed by more extensive discussion of work on this host-parasite relationship conducted at the Institute of Agricultural Resear...
Emechebe, A.M.
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Singh, B.B.
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Leleji, O.I.
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Atokple, I.D.K
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Adu, J.K.
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[Cowpea striga problems and research in Nigeria]
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Cowpea striga problems and research in Nigeria
Two parasitic fl owering plants, Striga gesnerioides (Wild.) Vatke and Alectra vogelii (Benth.), cause substantial yield reduction in cowpea in the dry savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Alectra is more prevalent in the northern Guinea savanna and southern Sudan savanna of West Africa, as well as in...
Singh, B.B.
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[Breeding cowpea varieties with combined resistance to Striga gesnerioides and Alectra vogelii]
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Breeding cowpea varieties with combined resistance to Striga gesnerioides and Alectra vogelii