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    Breeding cowpea varieties with combined resistance to Striga gesnerioides and Alectra vogelii

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    Date
    2000
    Author
    Singh, B.B.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    Two parasitic fl owering plants, Striga gesnerioides (Wild.) Vatke and Alectra vogelii (Benth.), cause substantial yield reduction in cowpea in the dry savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Alectra is more prevalent in the northern Guinea savanna and southern Sudan savanna of West Africa, as well as in East and southern Africa whereas Striga is mostly found in West and Central Africa. However, both are fast spreading beyond these limits. Collaborative studies with national and regional programs have revealed the presence of fi ve strains of S. gesnerioides of which strain 1 is presently found in Burkina Faso, strain 2 in Mali, strain 3 in Nigeria and Niger, strain 4 in Benin Republic, and strain 5 in Cameroon. A local landrace, B 301 from Botswana, confers complete resistance to Striga and Alectra in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. However, it has moderate levels of resistance to the strain from Benin Republic. Other lines such as IT81D-994, IT89KD-288, 58-57, and Gorom local confer complete resistance to strains from Benin Republic and Burkina Faso. Therefore, crosses were made among the selected complementary parents and a number of new varieties have been developed with combined resistance to Alectra as well as all the fi ve strains of Striga. Most of these lines also serve as a false host for S. hermonthica reducing its seed bank in the soil when grown as an intercrop or in rotation with cereals.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5343
    IITA Subjects
    Grain Legumes; Cowpea; Plant Breeding; Plant Diseases; Plant Production
    Agrovoc Terms
    Cowpeas; Breeding; Striga Gesnerioides; Yields
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
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