Response to selection for grain yield and correlated response for grain size and earliness in cowpea based on early generation testing

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-368

  Padi, F K ^a  

^a Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Early generation selection; Parent offspring correlation; Response to selection

Indexed keywords

CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; LEGUME; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 44349101029     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2008.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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