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dc.contributor.authorCraufurd, Peter Q.
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, T.R.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:22:30Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:22:30Z
dc.identifier.citationCraufurd, P.Q. & Wheeler, T.R. (1999). Effect of drought and plant density on radiation interception, radiation-use efficiency and partitioning of dry matter to seeds in cowpea. Experimental Agriculture, 35(3), 309-325.
dc.identifier.issn0014-4797
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4020
dc.description.abstractThe effects of drought and plant density on fractional interception (f), radiation-use efficiency (RUE) and dry matter accumulation and partitioning to seeds in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) need to be quantified in order to calibrate cowpea simulation models for West Africa. Accordingly, a short duration cultivar of cowpea, IT84S-2246-4, was grown at a range of plant densities in well-watered and drought conditions in 1990–91 at two contrasting locations in Nigeria, Ibadan (7°N) and Kano (12°N). Fractional interception of radiation (f) and total above-ground dry matter accumulation (TDM) were measured throughout the growing season and TDM and seed yield (SY) were measured at maturity. At Ibadan drought had no effect on phenology while at Kano drought increased the duration of the vegetative phase (by 5–6 days), but not of the reproductive phase. Drought reduced f and radiation-use efficiency (RUE), and hence TDM, and there were significant interactions between RUE and plant density at both Kano and Ibadan. Average SY in the well-watered treatments at Kano and Ibadan were 1600 and 700 kg ha⊃−1&/sup; respectively and drought reduced SY by 50% at both sites but did not interact with plant density. Across locations, plant densities and drought treatments SY was strongly correlated (r = 0.96) with TDM production between flowering and maturity. These data suggest that partitioning of dry matter during the reproductive phase is not affected by location, drought or plant density and the SY of cowpea can be predicted from dry matter accumulation.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectDrought
dc.subjectCowpeas
dc.subjectDry Matter
dc.subjectPlant Density
dc.subjectSeed
dc.titleEffect of drought and plant density on radiation interception, radiation use efficiency and patitioning of dry matter to seeds in cowpea
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationnternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Reading
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectCowpea
cg.iitasubjectPlant Ecology
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
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