Production constraints and breeding approaches for cowpea improvement for drought prone agro-ecologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Horn, Lydia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-03T10:21:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-03T10:21:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cowpea [Vignaunguiculata (L.) Walp.] is an important grain legume which is widely grown in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for food and feed. Its grain contains high levels of protein, energy, micro- and macro-nutrients. In SSA cowpea productivity is considerably low due to a wide array of abiotic and biotic stresses, and socio-economic constraints. This review summarizes challenges and constraints to cowpea production, breeding methods and progress, genetic variation and analysis of cowpea. Therefore, this review could serve as baseline information | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11070/3024 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
| dc.subject | Breeding | en_US |
| dc.subject | Genetic variation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Macro-nuetrients | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cowpea productivity | en_US |
| dc.title | Production constraints and breeding approaches for cowpea improvement for drought prone agro-ecologies in Sub-Saharan Africa | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |