The use of cowpea haulms as fodder is attractive in mixed crop/livestock systems where both grain and fodder can be obtained from the same crop. Traditional farming systems which use the haulms as fodder in Asia, Australia, Africa, and other regions are reviewed. ILRI and I1TA have undertaken joi...
Factors affecting cowpea growth in millet/cowpea intercropping were investigated in northern Nigeria. Ecological studies showed that cowpea received from < 30% to > 75% of incident light inside the intercropped canopy. In these light-limited conditions, cowpea varieties with a spreading growth ha...
Terao, T.
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Watanabe, I.
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Matsunaga, R.
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Hakoyama, S.
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Singh, B.
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[Agrophysiological constarints in intercropped cowpea: an analysis]
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Agrophysiological constarints in intercropped cowpea: an analysis
The genus Vigna comprises seven subgenera and sixteen sections. Cowpea, Vigna tingnicnlatti (L.) Walp.. is an important grain legume crop in sub-Saharan Africa and belongs to the subgenus Vigna. section Ctitiang. Morphologically, cowpea genotypes appear very variable. However, a high level of gen...
The production of cowpea in Africa and America is reviewed briefly. In traditional cropping systems in West Africa, a diversity of both systems and varieties is observed. The contribution of cowpea to overall productivity is small (on average about a tenth of grain yields, averaging 1.5 l/ha), an...
Cowpea crops are susceptible low more than 20 viral diseases. Some of the most destructive viral pathogens are transmitted from one plant generation to the next through the seed, and thus are generally disseminated to most cowpea-producing regions of the world. Seedborne cowpea viruses, after est...
Hampton, R.
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Thottappilly, G.
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Rossel, H.
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[Viral diseases of cowpea and their control by resistance conferring genes]
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Viral diseases of cowpea and their control by resistance conferring genes
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
Emechebe, A.
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Singh, B.
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Leleji, O.I.
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Atokple, I.
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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
The history of the Genetic Resources Unit at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) was highlighted. By 1980, the unit engaged in characterization and evaluation of germplasm information. In order to strengthen the units activity and provide a better knowledge of Vigna, the go...
Ng, N.Q.
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[Recents developments in cowpea germplasm collection, conservation, evaluation and research at the Genetic Resources Unit]
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Recents developments in cowpea germplasm collection, conservation, evaluation and research at the Genetic Resources Unit
Singh, B.
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Tarawali, S.
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[Cowpea: An integral component of sustainable mixed crop/livestock farming systems in West Africa and strategies to improve its productivity]
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Cowpea: An integral component of sustainable mixed crop/livestock farming systems in West Africa and strategies to improve its productivity