Landraces of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp., as potential sources of genes for unique characters in breeding

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 615-627

  Hegde, V S ^a   Mishra, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Cowpea landraces; Pods peduncle; Rust resistance; Seed index; Transgressive segregation; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRONOMY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; RUST DISEASE; SUBSPECIES;

ASIA; DECCAN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 70349858043     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9389-8     Document Type: Article

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