As part of the European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks (ECP/GR), this working group will focus its attention on Cicer, Lens, Lupinus, Phaseolus, Pisum, Glycine, Vicia faba and Vigna. Following discussion of collecting activities, European legume databases, core collecti...
Gass, T.
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Ambrose, M.
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Le Guen, J.
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Hadjichristodoulou, A.
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Blixt, S.
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European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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[Report of a Working Group on Grain Legumes: First meeting, 14-16 July 1995, Copenhagen, Denmark]
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Report of a Working Group on Grain Legumes: First meeting, 14-16 July 1995, Copenhagen, Denmark
Abate, T.
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Alene, Arega D.
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Bergvinson, David
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Shiferaw, B.
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Silim, S.
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Orr, A.
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Asfaw, S.
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[Tropical grain legumes in Africa and South Asia: knowledge and opportunities]
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Tropical grain legumes in Africa and South Asia: knowledge and opportunities
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is more than a collection of research stations and scientific initiatives. IITA consists of dedicated people who provide technical skills and original ideas to improve the lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa. IITA works in close partner...
International Livestock Research Institute
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
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[CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals: Program participant agreement]
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CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals: Program participant agreement
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
In Italy cowpeas are grown primarily for green pod production. During 1986-88, 3 collecting missions covering the regions of Campania, Basilicata, Apulia and Calabria were mounted by the Germplasm Institute, Bari. A total of 177 seed samples were collected (147 of cowpeas and 30 of asparagus bean...
Laghetti, G.
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Padulosi, S.
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Hammer, K.
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Cifarelli, S.
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Perrino, P.
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[Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) germplasm collection in southern Italy and preliminary evaluation]
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) germplasm collection in southern Italy and preliminary evaluation
Cowpea is an important food crop with high nutritional and socio-economical values in South Sudan. However, the lack of improved varieties is one of the main production constraints. This study was undertaken to assess the yield stability performance of improved cowpea genotypes across six environ...
Ngalamu, T.
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Meseka, S.
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Galla, J.O.
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Tongun, N.J.
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Ochanda, N.W.
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Ofori, K.
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[Yield performance stability of adapted and improved cowpea in the Equatoria region of South Sudan]
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Yield performance stability of adapted and improved cowpea in the Equatoria region of South Sudan
Se discuten varios conceptos relativos al mejoramiento de leguminosas forrajeras y a su adaptacion a suelos acidos de baja fertilidad. Se observa que es raro que un ecotipo nativo selecionado ofrezca todas las caracteristicas requeridas para praderas de pastoreo. Los objetivos del mejoramiento de...
Hutton, E.M.
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[Mejoramiento de leguminosas forrajeras, especialmente para su adaptacion a suelos acidos infertiles]
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Mejoramiento de leguminosas forrajeras, especialmente para su adaptacion a suelos acidos infertiles
Chickpea is widely grown food grain legume in rotation with cereals and is an important source of food and income. The chickpea value chain comprise of different actors at different functional levels. Evidence indicates that it is characterized by weak chain coordination leading to poor productio...
Amanu, T.
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Baars, E.
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Woldemeskel, Endalkachew
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Abdulkadir, Birhan
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Ampadu-Boakye, T.
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Giller, Ken E.
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Kanampiu, F.
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[Opportunities for sustainable legume business development: an experience from the public-private partnership progresses in south Eastern Ethiopia.]
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Opportunities for sustainable legume business development: an experience from the public-private partnership progresses in south Eastern Ethiopia.