Currently, the world population is increasing, and humanity is facing food and nutritional
scarcity. Climate change and variability are a major threat to global food and nutritional …

Urdbean leaf crinkle disease (ULCD) affects mainly the urdbean or blackgram (Vigna
mungo (L.) Hepper) causing distinct symptoms that often result in serious yield losses. It has …

Abstract Changes in some growth (plant leaf number and area, plant biomass, plant height,
root length, and plant stem diameter) and physiological (photosynthetic pigments, relative …

Cowpea,(Vigna unguiculata L.(Walp)) is an annual tropical grain legume. Often referred to
as “poor man's meat”, cowpea is one of the most important subsistence legumes cultivated …

Manipulating cover crops as an integrated pest management strategy has recently gained
popularity in both traditional and organic agroecosystems. However, little information is …

Urdbean leaf crinkle virus (ULCV) is a common, wide spread, destructive and economically
important disease causing systemic infection in blackgram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) …

Natural multiple viral infections of cultivated cowpeas have been reported in Nigeria. In this
study, three Nigerian commercial cowpea cultivars (" Olo 11"," Oloyin" and" White") and two …

Urdbean leaf crinkle disease (ULCD) is an economically significant widespread and
devastating disease resulting in extreme crinkling, puckering and rugosity of leaves inflicting …

African yam bean (AYB)(Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. A. Rich.) harms) an
underutilized legume that produces nutritionally healthy seeds and tubers in some variety …

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the biochemical and anatomical
responses in eggplant infected with Alternaria solani isolate responsible for early blight …