Origin, taxonomy and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp

Cowpea (V. unguiculata) represents the main food legume in tropical Africa. Germplasm collecting missions launched over the past 10 years have provided genebanks with a wide array of variability within the cultivated and wild taxa of the species. Based on detailed studies on morphological diversity...

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Autores principales: Padulosi, S., Ng, N.Q.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95988
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Ng, N.Q.
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description Cowpea (V. unguiculata) represents the main food legume in tropical Africa. Germplasm collecting missions launched over the past 10 years have provided genebanks with a wide array of variability within the cultivated and wild taxa of the species. Based on detailed studies on morphological diversity of live materials along with extensive survey of materials in major Vigna herbaria and ecogeographical information, a new intra specific classification recognizing 13 varieties of wild cowpea has been proposed and described. The study points out that the southernmost region of Africa is most probably the center of origin for the species V. unguiculata,while its domestication might have taken place in West Africa.
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spelling CGSpace959882023-06-08T21:27:50Z Origin, taxonomy and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp Padulosi, S. Ng, N.Q. cowpeas germplasm ecogeographic taxonomy gene banks Cowpea (V. unguiculata) represents the main food legume in tropical Africa. Germplasm collecting missions launched over the past 10 years have provided genebanks with a wide array of variability within the cultivated and wild taxa of the species. Based on detailed studies on morphological diversity of live materials along with extensive survey of materials in major Vigna herbaria and ecogeographical information, a new intra specific classification recognizing 13 varieties of wild cowpea has been proposed and described. The study points out that the southernmost region of Africa is most probably the center of origin for the species V. unguiculata,while its domestication might have taken place in West Africa. 1997 2018-07-05T06:30:23Z 2018-07-05T06:30:23Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95988 en Open Access Padulosi, S. & Ng, N. Q. (1997). Origin, taxonomy, and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. In B.B. Singh, D.R. Mohan Raji and K.E. Dashiel, Advances in cowpea research. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA, (p. 1-12).
spellingShingle cowpeas
germplasm
ecogeographic
taxonomy
gene banks
Padulosi, S.
Ng, N.Q.
Origin, taxonomy and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp
title Origin, taxonomy and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp
title_full Origin, taxonomy and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp
title_fullStr Origin, taxonomy and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp
title_full_unstemmed Origin, taxonomy and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp
title_short Origin, taxonomy and morphology of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp
title_sort origin taxonomy and morphology of vigna unguiculata l walp
topic cowpeas
germplasm
ecogeographic
taxonomy
gene banks
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