The study reports the laboratory and field investigations on cowpea Vigna unguiculata L. Walp root rot infection due to Pythium species in east senatoria district Kogi State Nigeria. Laboratory studies were carried out to isolate identify and control the fungus a... Lees meer.

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Callosobruchus maculatus is the most important cowpea storage pest in Ghana. Total loss can occur if the grain is stored without adequate protection for about six months. Even when resistant varieties are developed ecotypes of C. maculatus easily evolve to overcome the... Lees meer.

The present work investigated the effect of gamma irradiation of different developmental stages of the cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus on the fertility of adults in order to determine the sterilizing dose for each stage. The effects of various doses of gamma rays... Lees meer.

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Nine vegetable cowpea varieties were evaluated during the year 2011 Kharif to identify suitable vegetable type cowpea varieties for commercial production in coastal Andhra Pradesh based on growth and yield characters. The study revealed that the variety Vellayani Local... Lees meer.

Cowpea Vigna unguiculata L. Walpers is known for its versatility and adaptability to warm and dry conditions because of proven drought tolerance and thereby could be a more appropriate crop in current environmental changing scenario of global warming. The larvae of... Lees meer.

The Nigerian cowpea accessions differ in phenolgy with respect to flowering and other quantitative traits. Field experiments were carried out to investigate the inheritance patterns of flowering time and quantitative traits in cowpea. The distribution of the progenies w... Lees meer.

An experiment was carried out at two diferent locations Yola and Mubi Nigeria to screen twelve 12 cowpea varieties for their reaction to infection by cercospora leaf spot Cercospora canescens Ellis and Martin disease on the field during the 2011 cropping season.... Lees meer.

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Weeds constitute a major constraint to maize and cowpea production Planting maize in mixture with cowpea varieties crop arrangement and use of selective herbicides could reduce weed pressure. This called for a wet season field trials at Samaru in the northern Guinea s... Lees meer.

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