Genetic diversity of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) landraces suggests Central Mozambique as an important hotspot of variation

Cowpea is a multiple-purpose drought-tolerant leguminous pulse crop grown in several dry tropical areas. Its domestication center is thought to be East or West Africa, where a high level of genetic diversity is apparently still found. However, detailed genetic information is lacking in many African...

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Main Author: Gomes, Ana Maria Figueira (author)
Other Authors: Draper, David (author), Talhinhas, Pedro (author), Batista-Santos, Paula (author), Simões, Fernanda (author), Nhantumbo, Nascimento (author), Massinga, Rafael (author), Ramalho, José C. (author), Marques, Isabel (author), Ribeiro-Barros, Ana I. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Africa
cowpea
genetic diversity
landraces
microsatellites
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21625
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/21625

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