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Wild Legume Species in Africa: A Synthesis of Vigna Potential for Nutrition and Food Security

Legume Science
Legumes are staple foods and essential sources of nutrients for populations facing food insecurity in Africa. Within this group, the genus Vigna—including cowpea (Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata)—is among the most widely cultivated and consumed. Yet,
Miguel Brilhante, Margarida Moldão, Salomão Bandeira, Maria M. Romeiras   +3 more
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Identification of type III effectors modulating the symbiotic properties of Bradyrhizobium vignae strain ORS3257 with various Vigna species

Scientific Reports, 2021
The Bradyrhizobium vignae strain ORS3257 is an elite strain recommended for cowpea inoculation in Senegal. This strain was recently shown to establish symbioses on some Aeschynomene species using a cocktail of Type III effectors (T3Es) secreted by the ...
Pongpan Songwattana, Clémence Chaintreuil, Jenjira Wongdee, Albin Teulet, Mamadou Mbaye, Pongdet Piromyou, Djamel Gully, Joel Fardoux, Alexandre Mahougnon Aurel Zoumman, Alicia Camuel, Panlada Tittabutr, Neung Teaumroong, Eric Giraud   +12 more
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Monitoring African Megafauna in an Anthropogenic Landscape: A 15‐Year Case Study of the Vulnerable West African Giraffe

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We used pattern recognition software to correct misidentifications in a 15‐year photographic database of the last, vulnerable West African giraffe population in Niger. After revealing substantial methodological errors that had inflated population estimates by nearly 19%, we corrected individual encounter histories and applied capture‐mark‐recapture ...
Mara Vukelić, Ella W. White, Julian Fennessy, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou, Kateřina Gašparová, Simon Valle, Michael B. Brown, Thomas Rabeil, Karolína Brandlová   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergência e vigor de plântulas de genótipos de feijão-caupi sob estresse salino Emergence and seedling vigor of cowpea genotypes under salt stress

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2012
Objetivou-se, com este trabalho, avaliar o efeito da salinidade da água de irrigação no feijão-caupi e identificar genótipos tolerantes ao estresse salino nos estádios iniciais do seu desenvolvimento. Os níveis de condutividade elétrica da água foram: 0;
Wener S. de Almeida, Francisco R. B. Fernandes, Cândida H. C. de M. Bertini, Marcelo de S. Pinheiro, Elizita M. Teófilo   +4 more
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Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Over 80% of the population in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa relies on biomass cooking fuel, a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We use a field experiment in Zambia to investigate the impact of solar stoves on biomass fuel use and cooking habits.
Laura E. McCann, Jeffrey D. Michler, Maybin Mwangala, Osaretin Olurotimi, Natalia Estrada Carmona   +4 more
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Drivers of strigolactone diversity: P450s in strigolactone biosynthesis

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the discovery and functional identification of cytochrome P450 in strigolactone biosynthesis, classifies and summarizes the members discovered so far, clarifies their biological significance, discusses the technology of strigolactone synthesis research, and finally describes some problems in strigolactone research and potential ...
Changbin Niu, Harro J. Bouwmeester, Changsheng Li   +2 more
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CRISPR/Cas‐Mediated Gene Editing in Plant Immunity and Its Potential for the Future Development of Fungal, Oomycete, and Bacterial Pathogen‐Resistant Pulse Crops

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pulses provide myriad health benefits and are advantageous in an environmental context as a result of their leguminous nature. However, phytopathogenic fungi, oomycetes and bacteria pose a substantial threat to pulse production, at times leading to crop failure.
Stacy D. Singer, Mohammed M. Mukthar, Udaya Subedi, Hari Poudel, Guanqun Chen, Nora Foroud, Syama Chatterton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assembled genomic and tissue-specific transcriptomic data resources for two genetically distinct lines of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) [version 1; referees: 3 approved]

Gates Open Research, 2018
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) is an important legume crop for food security in areas of low-input and smallholder farming throughout Africa and Asia.
Andrew Spriggs, Steven T. Henderson, Melanie L. Hand, Susan D. Johnson, Jennifer M. Taylor, Anna Koltunow   +5 more
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Tripartite Symbiosis Between Legumes, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Nitrogen Fixing Rhizobia: Interactions and Regulation

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Legume plants can interact with nitrogen‐fixing rhizobia bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) simultaneously, forming a tripartite symbiotic association. Co‐inoculation studies performed on a variety of legumes have shown that rhizobia and AMF influence each other when they co‐occur in tripartite association and affect host plant ...
Polyxeni Gorgia, Daniela Tsikou
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New Integrative Vectors Increase Agrobacterium rhizogenes Transformation and Help Characterise Roles for Soybean GmTML Gene Family Members

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hairy‐root transformation is widely used to generate transgenic plant roots for genetic functional characterisation studies. However, transformation efficiency can be limited, largely due to the use of binary vectors. Here, we report on the development of novel integrative vectors that significantly increase the transformation efficiency of ...
Huanan Su, Mengbai Zhang, Estelle B. Grundy, Brett J. Ferguson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source