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Diversity of Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] Landraces in Mozambique: New ...
Gomes, Ana Maria Figueira; Draper, David; Nhantumbo, Nascimento; Massinga, Rafael; Ramalho, José C.; Marques, Isabel; Ribeiro-Barros, Ana I.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 agricultural sustainability. Two major issues regarding cowpea research have been highlighted in recent years—the establishment of core collections and the characterization of landraces—as crucial to the implementation of environmental...
Diversity of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) landraces in Mozambique: new ...
Gomes, Ana Maria Figueira; Draper, David; Nhantumbo, Nascimento; Massinga, Rafael; Ramalho, José C.; Marques, Isabel; Ribeiro-Barros, AnaCowpea (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 agricultural sustainability. Two major issues regarding cowpea research have been highlighted in recent years—the establishment of core collections and the characterization of landraces—as crucial to the implementation of environmental...
Genetic diversity of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) landraces suggests Cent...
Gomes, Ana Maria Figueira; Draper, David; Talhinhas, Pedro; Batista-Santos, Paula; Simões, Fernanda; Nhantumbo, Nascimento; Massinga, RafaelCowpea 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 level of genetic diversity is apparently still found. However, detailed genetic information is lacking in many African countries, limiting the success of breeding programs. In this work, we assessed the genetic variation and gene flo...
Genetic Diversity among Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) Landraces Suggest...
Gomes, Ana Maria Figueira; Draper, David; Talhinhas, Pedro; Santos, Paula Batista; Simões, Fernanda; Nhantumbo, Nascimento; Massinga, RafaelCowpea 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 level of genetic diversity is apparently still found. However, detailed genetic information is lacking in many African countries, limiting the success of breeding programs. In this work, we assessed the genetic variation and gene flo...
Drought response of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) landraces at leaf phy...
Gomes, Ana M.F.; Rodrigues, Ana P.; António, Carla; Rodrigues, Ana M.; Leitão, António E.; Batista-Santos, Paula; Nhantumbo, NascimentoDrought threatens the world’s food production, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa low external input and rain fed agricultural systems, where cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is an important food crop. In the context of growing concerns regarding climate changes implications on water availability, this study aimed at 1) to evaluate the drought responses in cowpea landraces with contrasting drought toleranc...
Breeding Elite Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] Varieties for Improved Food...
Gomes, Ana Maria Figueira; Nhantumbo, Nascimento; Ferreira-Pinto, Manuela; Massinga, Rafael; Ramalho, José C.; Ribeiro-Barros, Ana I.Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp, is among the most important grain legumes in Africa. Its nutritional value and biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) potential coupled with a high plasticity to environmental conditions places this legume in a unique position in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the context of food and nutritional security. However, cowpea yield and BNF contribution to agricultural systems in this su...