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THE INFLUENCE OF COWPEA CHARACTERISTICS ON COWPEA PRICES IN SENEGAL [PDF]

Agrekon, 2004
In examining demand for a product it is useful to think of consumers not as purchasing the product, but as purchasing its characteristics that provide utility. Consequently, it is important to measure the specific characteristics that consumers perceive as providing them with utility.
Faye, Mbene Dieye, Jooste, Andre, Lowenberg-DeBoer, James, Fulton, Joan R.   +3 more
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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, Fatimah S. Sanni, Ndidi G. Enefe   +2 more
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Integrated Management of Aphis craccivora in Cowpea Using Intercropping and Entomopathogenic Fungi under Field Conditions

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Cowpea aphid, Aphis craccivora, is a major cowpea pest. Cowpea–cereal intercrop alone does not effectively manage the pest. Use of pesticides in intercrop leads to health and environmental risks.
Allan Mweke, Komivi Senyo Akutse, Christian Ulrichs, Komi Kouma Mokpokpo Fiaboe, Nguya Kalemba Maniania, Sunday Ekesi   +5 more
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Screening of cowpea accessions for cowpea aphid resistance [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2020
ABSTRACT Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) genotypes may preserve important characteristics of potential use for the genetic breeding of this species. This study aimed to characterize sources of genetic resistance to the cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora), among accessions maintained at the cowpea germplasm bank of the Universidade Federal do Ceará (Brazil), in ...
Antonia Débora Camila de Lima Ferreira, Daniel Rodrigues Nere, Leandro Carvalho da Silva, Ervino Bleicher, Cândida Hermínia Campos de Magalhães Bertini   +4 more
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Consumption of cowpea‐based dishes in Benin: Main motives and barriers, and spatial and temporal changes

Legume Science, 2022
In Benin, cowpea products are commonly consumed traditional dishes. Urbanization and income changes contribute to eating habit modifications in low‐ and middle‐income countries.
Lorène Akissoé, Christèle Icard‐Vernière, Yann E. Madodé, Youna M. Hemery, Claudia E. Kpossilande, Claire Mouquet‐Rivier, D. Joseph Hounhouigan   +6 more
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Farmers’ Preferred Genotype Traits and Socio-Economic Factors Influencing the Adoption of Improved Cowpea Varieties in South-Central Niger

Agronomy, 2022
Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) (Walpers, 1842), is an important legume for food and nutrition security, and income generation. Despite decade-long efforts to disseminate improved varieties, cowpea productivity remains low in Niger.
Mahamane Moctar Rabé, Ibrahim B. Baoua, Dieudonne Baributsa   +2 more
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Breeding drought tolerant cowpea: constraints, accomplishments, and future prospects [PDF]

, 2009
This review presents an overview of accomplishments on different aspects of cowpea breeding for drought tolerance. Furthermore it provides options to enhance the genetic potential of the crop by minimizing yield loss due to drought stress. Recent efforts
Visser, R.G.F., Muranaka, S., Agbicodo, A.C.M.E., Linden, C.G., van der, Fatokun, C.A.   +4 more
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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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Physicochemical, thermal, and functional properties of gari (fermented‐cassava product) enriched with cowpea hull at different stages of production

Food Bioengineering, 2023
Gari was produced using the traditional method and enriched with freshly produced cowpea hull in wet form to improve the nutritional composition. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of stages of inclusion of cowpea hull on some quality ...
Gbemileke M. Olapade, Olayinka R. Karim, Ibukunoluwa F. Olawuyi   +2 more
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Identification of markers associated with bacterial blight resistance loci in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) [PDF]

, 2010
Cowpea bacterial blight (CoBB), caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vignicola (Xav), is a worldwide major disease of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.].
Roberts, P.A., K. Wydra, Fatokun, C. A., J. D. Ehlers, R. G. F. Visser, C. G. van der Linden, P. A. Roberts, Ehlers, J.D., Agbicodo, A.C.M.E., Visser, R.G.F., R. Bandyopadhyay, Diop, N.N., Close, T. J., Wydra, K., Muchero, W., van der Linden, C.G., N. N. Diop, T. J. Close, W. Muchero, Visser, R. G. F., C. A. Fatokun, Linden, C. G., Agbicodo, E. M., Ehlers, J. D., Close, T.J., Roberts, P. A., Diop, N. N., E. M. Agbicodo, Bandyopadhyay, R., Linden, C.G., van der, Fatokun, C.A.   +30 more
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