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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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IMPROVING SOIL PROPERTIES AND PRODUCTIVITY OF COWPEA AND SUNFLOWER BY USING CERAMIC WASTE DUST AND INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS IN CALCAREOUS SOIL [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Desert Research, 2023 The objective of this study is to investigate how the use of ceramic waste dust (CWD) and the intercropping systems can impact the properties of soil, growth, yield and its characteristics of cowpea and sunflower under calcareous soil conditions in Ras ...
Salah Elcossy, Mansour Ramadan
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2022 A field study was carried out during the summer seasons of 2019 and 2020 at research farm of Agriculture University, Kota, Rajasthan, to study the effect of NP fertilization and stress mitigating chemicals on productivity and profitability of summer ...
ANJU BIJARNIA +5 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 +2 more
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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 +6 more
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Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 2023 Growing cowpea (Vigna unguiculate (L) Walp) in rotation with millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) can increase millet productivity through biological nitrogen fixation. However, in Senegal, legume crop residues are generally removed for livestock feed,
Sidy Tine +8 more
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International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, 2021 Field experiment was carried out during the 2017-18 cropping season at Kako, Bena-Ttsemay woreda, South Omo zone, Southern Ethiopia to determine the effect of intercropping of maize and cowpea on the yield, land use efficiency and profitability of both ...
G Biruk, T Awoke, T Anteneh
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Human Health Risk Evaluation of Organophosphate Insecticide Residues in Post-Harvest Cowpea in Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria [PDF]
Journal of Health and Pollution, 2020 Background. Cowpea is a leguminous crop commonly grown and eaten in Nigeria. Organophosphate insecticides are frequently used to control insect populations in cowpea crops. Objectives.
Motunrayo G. Akande +2 more
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EFFECT OF INTERCROPPING PATTERN AND COWPEA ACCESSION ON FORAGE YIELD, QUALITY AND COMPETITION RELATIONSHIPS OF SORGHUM / COWPEA MIXTURES [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2000 Two field trials were conducted at the Agricultural Research and Experiment Station of Cairo University in 1993 and 1994 seasons. The aim was to improve the quality of sorghum/cowpea mixture by intercropping five cowpea accessions (IT 84 E-1-108, IT 83 ...
A. Haggag +3 more
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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 +13 more
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