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Mecanismos de defensa y respuestas de las plantas en la interacción micorrícica: una revisión by Ramírez Gómez, Margarita, Rodríguez, Alia

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Ensaios preliminares em laboratório para o controle do manhoso, Chalcodermus bimaculatus Fiedler, em feijão-de-corda, Vigna sinensis Endl., com inseticidas orgânicos sintéticos by Magalhães Bastos, Josè Alberto

“…The preventive action of Endrín, Diazinon, Toxaphene, Chlordane and Malthion was studied for the control of Chalcodermus bimaculatus Fiedler, in cowpeas, Vigna sinensis Endl. The Endrin and Diazinon had good lethal and repellent action. …”
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The farmer?s view by WRENmedia

“…Mama Ndelifose Nanyaro explains how growing and eating indigenous African vegetables, such as okra, eggplant, cowpeas and pumpkins, has made her life better. She looks and feels young and strong, despite being 60 years old, and she is proud that she can afford to pay school and hospital fees when she needs to.…”
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Influência das embalagens no controle do gorgulho Callosobruchus analis em feijão de corda, Vigna sinensis by Magalhaes, J.A.

“…Different containers were used for the control of Callosobruchus analis Fabr., in cowpeas (Vigna sinensis Endl). The following deposits were used: cup closed with cloth; cloth bag; closed cans sealed or not with bee wax; bottle closed with cork and polyethylene bag with different thicknesses. …”
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Multifunctional coreid bug pheromones for efficient bioprotection against legume pests and enhanced food productivity by Kpongbe, H., Khamis, F., Cheseto, X., Kirwa, H., Tamò, Manuele, Torto, B.

“…In Africa, food legumes such as cowpeas and beans constitute important sources of proteins for millions of rural and urban populations. …”
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Enhancing climate smart agriculture access and adoption: 1,100+ farmers trained in Makindu sub-county, Kenya. by Ogutu, Liz, Nderi, Alex Nduah, Nzuki, Esther, Waswa, Boaz

“…For the first time in seven years, farmers saw stable bean yields and improved harvests of maize, green grams, and cowpeas in 2023-2024, increasing food security and climate resilience.…”
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Upgrading Human Nutrition through the Improvement of Food Legumes by United Nations Protein Advisory Group

“…Eight legume crops are identified as having the highest potential contributions to the diets and nutrition of populations living in the ecological zones where they are produced: chickpeas, broad beans, peas, cowpeas, pigeon peas, soy beans, dry beans, and groundnuts. …”
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Biofortified beans by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The common bean—Phaseolus vulgaris—is the world’s most important food legume, far more so than chickpeas, faba beans, lentils, and cowpeas. Given the widespread consumption of beans throughout the world, efforts to improve their micronutrient content could potentially benefit a great many people. …”
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Nutritious underutilized species - Bambara groundnut by Alercia, A., Bioversity International

“…It is traditionally grown by women, giving it less value and less priority in land allocation, despite being regarded as the third most important legume in much of Africa after peanuts and cowpeas. Bambara groundnut is a neglected and underutilized species (NUS): a category of non-commodity cultivated and wild species, which are part of a large agricultural biodiversity portfolio today falling into disuse for a variety of agronomic, genetic, economic, social and cultural factors. …”
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Does Gender Matter While Enhancing Soil Health? by Gondwe, T., Diabate, F., Huyer, S.

“…Through the implementation of AICCRA, women have been involved in technologies that enhance soil health, such as bundling of capacity building activities with technologies, such as promoting the cultivation of legumes such as cowpeas in Ghana and promoting ‘Smart Valleys’ in Mali, involving both men and women for developing inland valleys for rice production. …”
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Grain legumes of the lowland tropics by Rachie, K.O., Roberts, L.M.

“…This chapter discusses four species of grain legumes of the lowland tropics—that is, peanuts, pigeon peas, cowpeas, and mung beans. Various aspects of these species, such as plant improvement, plant protection, growth processes, and management are described. …”
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Estudio comparativo de Phaseolus vulgaris con ocho leguminosas de grano diferentes by Kretchmer, PJ, Laing, Douglas R., Jones, Peter G.

“…The most efficient spp. in yield production/day were soybeans, cowpeas and beans whereas the pigeon pea had the highest absolute yield. …”
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Relative roles of wind, crop seeds, and cattle in the dispersal of Striga species by Berner, D.K., Cardwell, K., Faturoti, B., Ikie, F., Williams, O.

“…Samples of local market supplies of cowpeas, maize, millets and sorghum from 6 areas of Nigeria were found to contain Striga spp. seeds. …”
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Plant breeding successes in African rural development. by Ortíz, R.

“…In addition to cassava and maize, Ortiz discusses several IITA-led improvements in yams, cooking bananas and plantains, cowpeas, and soybeans.…”
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Micronutrient (provitamin A and iron/zinc) retention in biofortified crops by Bechoff, A., Taleon, Victor, Carvalho, Lucia M. J., Carvalho, José L. V., Boy, Erick

“…Iron and zinc retention were high for common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata), indicating that iron and zinc were mostly preserved during cooking (with/without soaking in water).…”
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Price transmission in Nigerian food security crop markets by Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L., Abbott, Philip C., Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…This paper comprehensively examines price transmission from world, neighbour country, and internal commercial hub markets to Nigerian urban markets, as well as from urban to rural markets within the country, for seven key food security crops (maize, millet, sorghum, rice, cassava, yams and cowpeas). There are three key findings: (i) tradability matters for price transmission, but tradability varies across crops and regions. …”
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Sorghum Kenya: Climate risk assessment by Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Duku, Confidence, Groot, Annemarie, Muhwanga, Joseph, Nzoka, Oscar, Recha, John W.M., Osumba, Joab J.L.

“…Many farmers grow sorghum with other crops such as maize, cowpeas, beans and pigeon peas.…”
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Burkina Faso [In West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis] by Somé, Léopold, Jalloh, Abdulai, Zougmoré, Robert B., Nelson, Gerald C., Thomas, Timothy S.

“…The major cash crops are cotton, groundnuts, cowpeas, and sesame.…”
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El cultivo de la yuca en La Colorada, Media Luna by Díaz Duque, R.O.

“…Cassava is usually planted in association with maize, cowpeas or sesame, according to the time of year; when planted alone, a ground cover (Citrullus vulgaris) is usually used. …”
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El efecto de la inoculacion con micorrizas sobre la nutricion fosforica de la yuca by Howeler, Reinhardt H.

“…In the flowing culture solution inoculation significantly increased DM production of 8 cassava cv. with the intermediate concn of 1 microM P, whereas there was no effect on maize, rice, common beans and cowpeas. These crops produced max yields at 1 microM P, while cassava required at least 10 microM P. …”
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