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Influence du décalage du semis du niébé (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) par rapport au maïs (Zea mays L.) sur la croissance et le rendement du niébé [PDF]

Tropicultura, 2002
Effect of Time of Planting Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) Relative to Maize (Zea mays L.) on Growth and Yield of Cowpea. Field investigations were carried out for three seasons in two locations of Uganda to examine yield benefits when cowpea and ...
Osiru, DSO., Ocaya, CP., Adipala, E.
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Efforts in breeding cowpea for aphid resistance: a review

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2021
Cowpea is an important food and nutritional security grain legume crop in the semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Its production is limited by biotic factors including pre-harvest insect pests such as aphids.
Maletsema Alina Mofokeng, Abe Shegro Gerrano   +1 more
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Genomic regions, cellular components and gene regulatory basis underlying pod length variations in cowpea (V. unguiculata L. Walp). [PDF]

, 2016
Cowpea (V. unguiculata L. Walp) is a climate resilient legume crop important for food security. Cultivated cowpea (V. unguiculata L) generally comprises the bushy, short-podded grain cowpea dominant in Africa and the climbing, long-podded ...
Close, Timothy J, Hu, Yaowen, Huynh, Bao-Lam, Li, Guojing, Lu, Zhongfu, Muñoz-Amatriaín, María, Roberts, Philip A, Wang, Baogen, Wu, Xiaohua, Wu, Xinyi, Xu, Pei, Zhou, Wen   +11 more
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Ethnobotanical study of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Senegal

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) plays a key role in family farming systems in Senegal. It makes an essential contribution to economic, nutritional and food security.
Awa Sarr, Amy Bodian, Mame Codou Gueye, Badara Gueye, Ghislain Kanfany, Cyril Diatta, Lardia Ali Bougma, Elisabeth A. M. C. Diop, Ndiaga Cissé, Diaga Diouf, Christian Leclerc   +10 more
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Assessment of the response of fifteen cowpea [Vigna unguiculata L. (Walp.)] genotypes to infestation by Callosobruchus maculatus Fab. (Coloeptera: Bruchidae)

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2022
Storage of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata L. (Walp)] is constrained by the cowpea seed bruchid pest, Callosobruchus maculatus. However, in Ghana, little is known of the responses of cowpea genotypes to infestation by C. maculatus.
Jackson Nyarko, Aaron T. Asare, Benjamin A. Mensah, Francis Adjei   +3 more
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Association Studies and Legume Synteny Reveal Haplotypes Determining Seed Size in Vigna unguiculata. [PDF]

, 2013
Highly specific seed market classes for cowpea and other grain legumes exist because grain is most commonly cooked and consumed whole. Size, shape, color, and texture are critical features of these market classes and breeders target development of ...
Cisse, Ndiaga, Close, Timothy J, da Silva Vinholes, Patricia, Drabo, Issa, Ehlers, Jeffrey D, Huynh, Bao-Lam, Lucas, Mitchell R, Roberts, Philip A   +7 more
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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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Development of a core set of single nucleotide polymorphism markers for genetic diversity analysis and cultivar fingerprinting in cowpea

Legume Science, 2021
Cowpea is an important legume crop worldwide. However, the diversity and relationship of current accessions remain unclear due to a lack of robust genetic information.
Xinyi Wu, Baogen Wang, Suqi Wu, Sujuan Li, Yan Zhang, Ying Wang, Yanwei Li, Jian Wang, Xiaohua Wu, Zhongfu Lu, Guojing Li   +10 more
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Odour-mediated orientation of beetles is influenced by age, sex and morph [PDF]

, 2012
The behaviour of insects is dictated by a combination of factors and may vary considerably between individuals, but small insects are often considered en masse and thus these differences can be overlooked.
A Salisbury, AJ Mossi, C Kestenholz, CW Fox, DA Ukeh, DT Nguyen, EA Elhag, ET Zannou, FJ Messina, FJ Messina, FJ Messina, FJ Messina, Frederic Marion-Poll, GH Caswell, HCF Su, HT Al-Lawati, I Sano-Fujii, I Sano-Fujii, J Hardie, J Jaba, J Kamanula, J Pickett, J Zhu, JC Dickens, JM van der Meer, JO Gendo, LK Miller, LPJJ Noldus, LR Hallsson, LR Hallsson, LS Nerio, MS Nahdy, P Lextrait, P Trematerra, PA Mackay, Philip C. Stevenson, RG Harrison, S Belmain, S Ignacimuthu, S Utida, S Williamson, SA Budick, Sarah E. J. Arnold, SJ Boeke, SJ Boeke, SJ Torr, Steven R. Belmain, T Bashir, TK Jayasekara, TK Jayasekara, Y-J Du   +50 more
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Market participation, household food security, and income: The case of cowpea producers in northern Nigeria

Food and Energy Security, 2020
This article evaluates the impact of cowpea market participation on household food security and income in northern Nigeria. Using household survey data from a representative sample of over 1,500 farm households and applying a combination of instrumental ...
Julius Manda, Arega D. Alene, Adane Hirpa Tufa, Shiferaw Feleke, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Lucky O. Omoigui, Victor Manyong   +6 more
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