Production Constraints and Improvement Strategies of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Genotypes for Drought Tolerance

GV Nkomo, MM Sedibe… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. L) is an important leguminous crop largely grown by
smallholder farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa for food security and animal feed. The objective …

Cowpea constraints and breeding in Europe

E Lazaridi, PJ Bebeli - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is a legume with a constant rate of cultivation in
Southern European countries. Consumer demand for cowpea worldwide is rising due to its …

A genome-wide association and meta-analysis reveal regions associated with seed size in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp]

S Lo, M Muñoz-Amatriaín, SA Hokin, N Cisse… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Key message This paper combined GWAS, meta-analysis and sequence homology
comparison with common bean to identify regions associated with seed size variation in …

Developments and prospects in imperative underexploited vegetable legumes breeding: a review

SK Dhaliwal, A Talukdar, A Gautam, P Sharma… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vegetable legumes are an essential source of carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, along
with health-promoting bioactive chemicals. The demand for the use of either fresh or …

Crop landraces and indigenous varieties: A valuable source of genes for plant breeding

E Lazaridi, A Kapazoglou, M Gerakari, K Kleftogianni… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Landraces and indigenous varieties comprise valuable sources of crop species diversity.
Their utilization in plant breeding may lead to increased yield and enhanced quality traits, as …

QTL mapping for drought-responsive agronomic traits associated with physiology, phenology, and yield in an Andean intra-gene pool common bean population

A Sedlar, M Zupin, M Maras, J Razinger… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Understanding the genetic background of drought tolerance in common bean (Phaseolus
vulgaris L.) can aid its resilience improvement. However, drought response studies in large …

Population structure and genetic diversity in Korean cowpea germplasm based on SNP markers

E Seo, K Kim, TH Jun, J Choi, SH Kim… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cowpea is one of the most essential legume crops providing inexpensive dietary protein
and nutrients. The aim of this study was to understand the genetic diversity and population …

The genome assembly of asparagus bean, Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedialis

Q Xia, L Pan, R Zhang, X Ni, Y Wang, X Dong, Y Gao… - Scientific Data, 2019 - nature.com
Asparagus bean (Vigna. unguiculata ssp. sesquipedialis), known for its very long and tender
green pods, is an important vegetable crop broadly grown in the developing Asian countries …

Genotyping analysis by RAD-seq reads is useful to assess the genetic identity and relationships of breeding lines in Lavender species aimed at managing plant …

F Scariolo, F Palumbo, A Vannozzi, GB Sacilotto… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lavender species are widely distributed in their wild forms around the Mediterranean Basin
and they are also cultivated worldwide as improved and registered clonal varieties. The …

Genetic dissection of yield associated traits in a cross between cowpea and yard-long bean (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) based on DArT markers

AL Garcia-Oliveira, ZZ Zate, B Olasanmi, O Boukar… - Journal of Genetics, 2020 - Springer
Both cowpea and yard-long bean belong to Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata but have
diverged through human induced evolution in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, respectively. To …