Recent progress in cowpea breeding
Considerable progress has been made in breeding improved cowpea varieties in the last five years. The major breeding objectives were to develop high yielding cowpea varieties for sole cropping as well as intercropping with acceptable seed types and resistance to major diseases, insect pests, nematod...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2002
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100000 |
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