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Production Systems and Prospects of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in the United States

Agronomy, 2021
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is an important legume crop with enormous nutritional, agronomic and economic value. Cowpea constitutes a large portion of the daily diet among many people in Africa, Asia, Central America, and Southern America.
O. Adewale Osipitan, Jeneen S. Fields, Sassoum Lo, Ivan Cuvaca   +3 more
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Production constraints and breeding approaches for cowpea improvement for drought prone agro-ecologies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is an important grain legume which is widely grown in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for food and feed. Its grain contains high levels of protein, energy, micro- and macro-nutrients.
Lydia N. Horn, H. Shimelis
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Expounding the production and importance of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Ethiopia

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2020
Cowpea is an important legume crop growing across the world mainly in tropical and subtropical regions including Ethiopia. Besides its noticeable production, little is known about its yield, productivity, importance, and distribution in Ethiopia.
Erana Kebede, Zelalem Bekeko
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A Salt-Tolerant Strain of Trichoderma longibrachiatum HL167 Is Effective in Alleviating Salt Stress, Promoting Plant Growth, and Managing Fusarium Wilt Disease in Cowpea

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Salt stress is a constraint factor in agricultural production and restricts crops yield and quality. In this study, a salt-tolerant strain of Trichoderma longibrachiatum HL167 was obtained from 64 isolates showing significant salt tolerance and ...
Zhen Liu, Ning Xu, Qiuying Pang, R. Khan, Qiu-Xuan Xu, Cuidan Wu, Tong Liu   +6 more
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Breeding of Vegetable Cowpea for Nutrition and Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges

Plants, 2022
Currently, the world population is increasing, and humanity is facing food and nutritional scarcity. Climate change and variability are a major threat to global food and nutritional security, reducing crop productivity in the tropical and subtropical ...
Tesfaye Walle Mekonnen, A. Gerrano, N. Mbuma, M. Labuschagne   +3 more
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Constraints and Prospects of Improving Cowpea Productivity to Ensure Food, Nutritional Security and Environmental Sustainability

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Providing safe and secure food for an increasing number of people globally is challenging. Coping with such a human population by merely applying the conventional agricultural production system has not proved to be agro-ecologically friendly; nor is it ...
O. I. Omomowo, O. Babalola
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Effect of Salt Stress and Foliar Application of Salicylic Acid on Morphological, Biochemical, Anatomical, and Productivity Characteristics of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) Plants

Plants, 2021
The present study aimed to investigate the impact of salinity on vegetative growth, chemical constituents, and yields of cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) and the possible benefits of salicylic acid (SA) on these plants after damage from salinity.
A. El-Taher, Hany S. Abd El-Raouf, Nahid A Osman, Samah N. Azoz, Magdy A Omar, Amr A. Elkelish, M. Abd El-Hady   +6 more
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Cowpea Production Challenges and Contribution to Livelihood in Sub-Saharan Region

Agricultural Science, 2022
Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is an important grain legume mainly grown in tropical and subtropical regions for vegetables, grains, and fodder. The crop is grown predominantly in the dry savannahs to the Sahel in the fringes of the Sahara Desert ...
L. N. Horn, Selma N. Nghituwamata, Ueitele Isabella   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Developing a rapid and highly efficient cowpea regeneration, transformation and genome editing system using embryonic axis explants

The Plant Journal, 2021
SUMMARY Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is one of the most important legume crops planted worldwide, but despite decades of effort, cowpea transformation is still challenging due to inefficient Agrobacterium‐mediated transfer DNA delivery ...
Ping Che, Shujun Chang, Marissa K. Simon, Zhifen Zhang, A. Shaharyar, Jesse Ourada, Dennis O’Neill, Mijael Torres-Mendoza, Yinping Guo, K. Marasigan, Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada, P. Ozias‐Akins, M. Albertsen, T. Jones   +13 more
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Production Constraints and Improvement Strategies of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Genotypes for Drought Tolerance

International Journal of Agronomy, 2021
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. L) is an important leguminous crop largely grown by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa for food security and animal feed.
G. Nkomo, M. Sedibe, M. Mofokeng
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