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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| author | Singh, B.B. Ehlers, J.D. Sharma, B. Freire Filho, F.R. |
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| description | 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, nematodes, and the parasitic plants Striga and Alectra and tolerance to heat and drought. Good progress was also made in breeding early maturing grain type, dual pupose, and fast growing fodder type cowpea varieties. The informal network of world cowpea researchers catalyzed by IITA and the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program has been very effective in evaluating and selecting improved cowpea varieties for a wide range of environments. As a consequence, total world has substantially increased. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1000002025-12-08T09:54:28Z Recent progress in cowpea breeding Singh, B.B. Ehlers, J.D. Sharma, B. Freire Filho, F.R. nitrogen cassava yams plantains bananas millets sorghum maize legumes cowpeas cropping systems 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, nematodes, and the parasitic plants Striga and Alectra and tolerance to heat and drought. Good progress was also made in breeding early maturing grain type, dual pupose, and fast growing fodder type cowpea varieties. The informal network of world cowpea researchers catalyzed by IITA and the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program has been very effective in evaluating and selecting improved cowpea varieties for a wide range of environments. As a consequence, total world has substantially increased. 2002 2019-03-03T05:54:36Z 2019-03-03T05:54:36Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100000 en Limited Access Singh, B.B., Ehlers, J.D., Sharma, B. & Freire Filho, F.R. (2002). Recent progress in cowpea breeding. In C.A. Fatokun, S.A. Tarawali, B.B. Singh, P.M. Kormawa and M. Tamo, Challenges and opportunities for enhancing sustainable cowpea production. Proceedings of the World Cowpea Conference III held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, 4–8 September 2000. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA. (p. 22-40). |
| spellingShingle | nitrogen cassava yams plantains bananas millets sorghum maize legumes cowpeas cropping systems Singh, B.B. Ehlers, J.D. Sharma, B. Freire Filho, F.R. Recent progress in cowpea breeding |
| title | Recent progress in cowpea breeding |
| title_full | Recent progress in cowpea breeding |
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| title_short | Recent progress in cowpea breeding |
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| topic | nitrogen cassava yams plantains bananas millets sorghum maize legumes cowpeas cropping systems |
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