Akande, Motunrayo G. Sanni, Fatimah S. Enefe, Ndidi G.
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Journal of Health & Pollution
Background. Cowpea is a leguminous crop commonly grown and eaten in Nigeria. Organophosphate insecticides are frequently used to control insect populations in cowpea crops. Objectives. The present study was conducted to investigate the concentrations of organophosphate insecticide residues in cowpea varieties in Gwagwalada, Nigeria, and assess heal...
Ibaba, Jacques Davy Gubba, Augustine
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Plants
High-throughput sequencing (HTS) application in the field of plant virology started in 2009 and has proven very successful for virus discovery and detection of viruses already known. Plant virology is still a developing science in most of Africa; the number of HTS-related studies published in the scientific literature has been increasing over the y...
Boukar, Ousmane Abberton, Michael Oyatomi, Olaniyi Togola, Abou Tripathi, Leena Fatokun, Christian
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Frontiers in Plant Science
The narrow base of genetic diversity characteristic of cowpea can be attributed to it being self-pollinating, evolving from narrow wild germplasm and exhibiting very limited gene flow between wild and cultivated types. Backcrossing to introduce simply inherited desirable traits and utilization of improved breeding lines and varieties as parents in ...
Seo, Eunju Kim, Kipoong Jun, Tae-Hwan Choi, Jinsil Kim, Seong-Hoon Muñoz-Amatriaín, María Sun, Hokeun Ha, Bo-Keun
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Plants
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 structure of global and Korean cowpea germplasms. A total of 384 cowpea accessions from 21 countries were genotyped with the Cowpea iSelect Consortium Array containing 51,...
Ciurescu, G. Dumitru, M. Gheorghe, A. Untea, A.E. Drăghici, R.
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Poultry Science
The objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of Bacillus subtilis ( BS ), ATCC 6051a strain, as a probiotic bacterium in broiler diets based of 2 protein sources (soybean meal [ SBM ] and cowpea seeds [ CWP ]), on growth performance ( GP ), carcass traits, bone mineralization, and microflora population (0 to 42 d age). The SBM and CWP...
Takahashi, Yu Kongjaimun, Alisa Muto, Chiaki Kobayashi, Yuki Kumagai, Masahiko Sakai, Hiroaki Satou, Kazuhito Teruya, Kuniko Shiroma, Akino Shimoji, Makiko
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Frontiers in Genetics
Loss of pod shattering is one of the most important domestication-related traits in legume crops. The non-shattering phenotypes have been achieved either by disturbed formation of abscission layer between the valves, or by loss of helical tension in sclerenchyma of endocarp, that split open the pods to disperse the seeds. During domestication, azuk...
Teixeira-Guedes, Catarina Sánchez-Moya, Tereza Pereira-Wilson, Cristina Ros-Berruezo, Gaspar López-Nicolás, Rubén
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Foods
Legumes are a rich source of a wide range of compounds that may represent an important tool to overcome gut dysbiosis. In this work, the prebiotic potential of two cooked legumes (cowpea and black bean) was investigated in comparison with potato:beef mixture, as substrates in batch faecal culture fermentation. Prior to the fermentation, all the sam...
Garcia-Oliveira, Ana Luísa Zate, Zewdneh Zana Olasanmi, Bunmi Boukar, Ousmane Gedil, Melaku Fatokun, Christian
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Journal of Genetics
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 map the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for yield associated traits and derive new lines that may combine the attributes of both types, we developed a F2:3 mapping population d...
Adigun, Joseph Aremu Adeyemi, Olusegun Raphael Daramola, Olumide Samuel Olorunmaiye, Patience Mojibade
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Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica
Weed infestation is one of the major factors attributed for the poor yield of cowpea in Nigeria and other parts of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). Field trials were therefore conducted to evaluate the effect of row spacing and different weeding levels on weed control, growth and yield of cowpea during the early and late wet seasons of 2009. In both season...
Addy, Sylvester N T T Cichy, Karen A Adu-Dapaah, Hans Asante, Isaac K Emmanuel, Afutu Offei, Samuel K
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Frontiers in plant science
Cowpeas provide food and income for many small-holder farmers in Africa. Cowpea grains contain substantial quantities of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and fiber. In areas where subsistence farming is practiced, cowpea's protein is cheaper than that obtained from other sources such as fish, meat, poultry or dairy products and combines well with ...
