Recent progress in cowpea breeding

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dc.creatorSingh, B.B.
dc.creatorEhlers, J.D.
dc.creatorSharma, B.
dc.creatorFreire Filho, F.R.
dc.date2002
dc.date2019-03-03T05:54:36Z
dc.date2019-03-03T05:54:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:51:43Z
dc.descriptionConsiderable progress has been made in breeding improved cowpea varieties in the last five years. The major breeding objectives were to develop high yielding cowpea varieties for sole cropping as well as intercropping with acceptable seed types and resistance to major diseases, insect pests, nematodes, and the parasitic plants Striga and Alectra and tolerance to heat and drought. Good progress was also made in breeding early maturing grain type, dual pupose, and fast growing fodder type cowpea varieties. The informal network of world cowpea researchers catalyzed by IITA and the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program has been very effective in evaluating and selecting improved cowpea varieties for a wide range of environments. As a consequence, total world has substantially increased.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/100000
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/115664
dc.languageen
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceSingh, B.B., Ehlers, J.D., Sharma, B. & Freire Filho, F.R. (2002). Recent progress in cowpea breeding. In C.A. Fatokun, S.A. Tarawali, B.B. Singh, P.M. Kormawa and M. Tamo, Challenges and opportunities for enhancing sustainable cowpea production. Proceedings of the World Cowpea Conference III held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, 4–8 September 2000. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA. (p. 22-40).
dc.subjectnitrogen
dc.subjectcassava
dc.subjectyams
dc.subjectplantains
dc.subjectbananas
dc.subjectmillets
dc.subjectsorghum
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectlegumes
dc.subjectcowpeas
dc.subjectcropping systems
dc.titleRecent progress in cowpea breeding
dc.typeConference Paper

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