Breeding for resistance to Striga and Alectra in cowpea

An outline is given of the progress made in a systematic breeding programme set up in Nigeria to develop improved cowpea cultivars with combined resistance to Striga gesnerioides and Alectra vogelii along with multiple disease and insect resistance. Several sources of resistance to both parasitic we...

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Main Authors: Singh, B.B., Emechebe, A.M.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: 1991
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101701

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