Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. is an economically important seed legume that helps combat food and nutrition insecurity in the Sahel, particularly Niger. However, its yield remains low due to insect pest attacks...
The impacts of climate change on crop yields are receiving renewed interest,with focus on cereals and staple crops at the regional and national scales.Yet,the impacts of climate change on the yields of leguminous crop...
The sources of funding included Evans Allen project TENX-07 to Tennessee State University from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture(NIFA)of United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)for M.S and Ph.D.student assistantship for XW,as well as research funds for MWB;China Scholarship Council(CSC)scholarship for funding of XW student establishment;a grant from Evolutionary Genomics(currently Thirsty Crops Inc.)sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for legume genome wide association studies.
The species Vigna unguiculata L.(Walp),commonly known as cowpea,is a multi-purpose legume that has been selected into three subspecies that are divided into grain,fodder and pod(yardlong bean)types.However,genetic bas...
A field study was conducted in Busia district of Kenya to elucidate the dynamics of ladybirds in mixed stands of maize, beans and cowpeas to determine their efficacy as sole control measures for Aphids. Maize, beans a...
Objective To compare the ileal digestibility of protein and amino acids in parental rice and rice genetically modified with sck gene. Methods Six experimental swines were surgically fixed with a simple T-cannula at th...