Inheritance of hairiness and pod shattering, heritability and correlation studies in crosses between cultivated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) and its wild (var. pubescens) relative

Euphytica

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-407

  Mohammed, M S ^a,b   Russom, Z ^a   Abdul, S D ^a  

^a Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University   (Niger)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Niger)

Author keywords

Broadsense heritability; Correlation; Cowpea; F1; Hairiness; Pod shattering

Indexed keywords

SPERMATOPHYTA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 76149091151     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-0058-6     Document Type: Article

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