Breeding drought tolerant cowpea: Constraints, accomplishments, and future prospects

Euphytica

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-370

  Agbicodo, E M ^a,b   Fatokun, C A ^a   Muranaka, S ^c   Visser, R G F ^b   Linden Van Der, C G ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Wageningen University ^*  (Nigeria)

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EID: 67349269006     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-9893-8     Document Type: Article

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