Screening cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] varieties by inducing water deficit and RAPD analyses

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-178

  Badiane, François Abaye ^a,b   Diouf, Diaga ^a   Sané, Djibril ^a   Diouf, Omar ^b   Goudiaby, Venceslas ^c   Diallo, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b Centre d'Etude Regionale Pour l'Amelioration de l'Adaptation a la Secheresse (CERAAS)   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; PEG; RAPD; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; MACROGOL 6000;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DROUGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEFICIT;

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 19744375608     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2004.000-2030     Document Type: Article

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