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    Phosphorus response efficiency in cowpea genotypes

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    Date
    2012-01
    Author
    Olaleye, O.
    Fagbola, O.
    Abaidoo, R.C.
    Ikeorah, N.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    Phosphorus is important for cowpea production and is inherently low in many tropical soils. Selection of cowpea genotypes that produce good yield under low soil P or those with high P response efficiency can be a low input approach in solving this problem. Therefore, the effect of root architecture and P application on the yield of cowpea and its P uptake were investigated. A screen house experiment was conducted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Nigeria. Three hundred cowpea genotypes obtained from the germplasm collection Unit of IITA were screened for number of root whorls and total number of roots using a completely randomized design with 12 replicates. Ten cowpea genotypes were further selected from the initial screening to determine the effect of three levels of P (0, 20 and 40 mg P kg-1 soil) application on their growth and nutrient uptake. The experiment was replicated three times. Phosphorus application significantly (p0.05) enhanced shoot and root dry weight, total biomass, number of nodules, nodules dry weight, N and P uptake of the cowpea genotypes investigated. Six cowpea genotypes exhibited increases in nodules dry weight with P application. There was no significant relationship between root architecture and P uptake (r = -0.13). The N and P uptake were enhanced by the application of P in the cowpea genotypes studied. In low P soil, IT97K-414-5 was efficient in P uptake and IT92KD-267-2 was efficient in N uptake. The two genotypes may produce cowpea lines suitable in low P soils when used as breeder lines.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jas.v4n1p81
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1806
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jas.v4n1p81
    IITA Subjects
    Cowpea; Grain Legumes; Genetic Improvement; Plant Genetic Resources
    Agrovoc Terms
    Cowpeas; Genotypes; Phosphorus; Efficiency; Root; Architecture
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Journals
    Journal of Agricultural Science
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