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dc.contributor.authorSingh, B.
dc.contributor.authorChambliss, O.
dc.contributor.authorSharma, B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:22:18Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:22:18Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationSingh, B., Chambliss, O. & Sharma, B. (1997). Recent advances in cowpea breeding. In B.B. Singh, D.R. Mohan Raji and K.E. Dashiel, Advances in cowpea research. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA, (p. 30-49).
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3982
dc.description.abstractCowpea is an important grain legume throughout the tropics and subtropics, covering Asia, Africa, and Central and South America, as well as parts of southern Europe and the United States of America. The use patterns, seed preferences, and cropping systems vary from region to region. Insect pests, diseases, nematodes, parasitic weeds, and drought are major production constraints. Early maturity is preferred everywhere so that cowpeas can be grown in the niches of cereal-based cropping systems, but medium- and late-maturing varieties, with and without photosensitivity, are also required in some regions, to suit the prevalent cropping systems and meet grain and fodder needs. Considerable progress has been made during the past decade in cowpea breeding, and a range of varieties has been developed, combining diverse plant type and maturity with resistance to several diseases, insect pests, and parasitic weeds. Improved varieties have also been developed for grain and fodder and for intercropping with maize, cassava, yam, millet, and sorghum for the benefit of smallholder farmers who practice intercropping and use little or no inputs.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCropping Systems
dc.subjectParasitic Weed
dc.subjectPests
dc.subjectDrought-Tolerant
dc.subjectFood Legumes
dc.titleRecent advances in cowpea breeding
dc.typeBook Chapter
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationAuburn University
cg.contributor.affiliationIndian Agricultural Research Institute
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAcp
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.regionNorth America
cg.coverage.regionSouth Asia
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryUnited States
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectCrop Husbandry
cg.iitasubjectCrop Systems
cg.iitasubjectDisease Control
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Ecology
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Diseases
cg.iitasubjectWeeds
cg.iitasubjectFarm Management
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
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