Cowpea cultivation in many countries around the Mediterranean Basin depends on a
number of locally adapted populations conserved on-farm at a small scale, rather than on …

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is currently a legume crop of minor importance in
Europe but a highly relevant staple crop in Africa and the second most cultivated legume in …

BACKGROUND Cowpea fresh pods are consumed as green vegetables in many countries
in Southern Europe. Among cowpea cultivated material, a relatively large number of …

Abstract Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers were used in characterization of
113 cowpea accessions comprising of 108 from Ghana and 5 from abroad. Leaf tissues from …

Cowpea is a multiple-purpose drought-tolerant leguminous pulse crop grown in several dry
tropical areas. Its domestication center is thought to be East or West Africa, where a high …

Abstract Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is a major tropical pulse in a number of
countries and especially in sub-Saharan Africa where this species was domesticated …

BACKGROUND Genetic diversity is fundamental to breeding programs and consequently
has an important role in obtaining new varieties. To properly use the genetic diversity …

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is a neglected crop native to Africa, with an outstanding
potential to contribute to the major challenges in food and nutrition security, as well as in …

Twenty landraces of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) scattered throughout Algeria
were compared through morphological and genetic characterization. At the morphological …

Abstract Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is widely grown by subsistence farmers in
West and East Africa where its grain and leaves are sources of highly valuable food, due to …