Application of unmanned aerial systems for high throughput phenoty** of large wheat breeding nurseries

A Haghighattalab, L González Pérez, S Mondal… - Plant Methods, 2016‏ - Springer
Background Low cost unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have great potential for rapid
proximal measurements of plants in agriculture. In the context of plant breeding and …

Variance components and heritabilities of yield and agronomic traits among cowpea genotypes

H Shimelis, R Shiringani - Euphytica, 2010‏ - Springer
The phenotypic expression and heritability of quantitative traits vary due to genotypic
differences, environmental influences and genotype by environment interactions. The …

Inheritance of Early Maturity in Some Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) Genotypes under Rain Fed Conditions in Northern Ghana

EY Owusu, R Akromah, NN Denwar… - Advances in …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
A field experiment was conducted at Savanna Agricultural Research Institute in 2015
crop** season to examine the inheritance of early maturity among an extra‐early maturing …

Similar traits, different genes? Examining convergent evolution in related weedy rice populations

CS Thurber, MH Jia, Y Jia, AL Caicedo - Molecular Ecology, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Convergent phenotypic evolution may or may not be associated with convergent genotypic
evolution. Agricultural weeds have repeatedly been selected for weed‐adaptive traits such …

[PDF][PDF] Yield response and stability among cowpea genotypes at three planting dates and test environments

RP Shiringani, HA Shimelis - African Journal of Agricultural …, 2011‏ - academicjournals.org
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is one of the important food legumes and a valuable
component of the traditional crop** systems in the semiarid tropics. Its productivity is …

Genetic variability and heritability estimates of nutritional composition in the leaves of selected cowpea genotypes [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]

AS Gerrano, PO Adebola, WSJ van Rensburg… - …, 2015‏ - journals.ashs.org
Cowpea is indigenous to the African continent and is grown for its leaves and grain in
different countries of the world. The objective of this study was to determine the variability …

Genetic diversity of farmer-preferred cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) landraces in Turkey and evaluation of their relationships based on agromorphological traits

MK Bozokalfa, AT Kaygisiz, D Eşiyok - Genetika, 2017‏ - doiserbia.nb.rs
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is one of the important vegetable, grain, and fodder
legume species grown in the tropics and subtropics. Cowpea is grown on small farms, and …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic variability and heritability of yield and related characters in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.)

D Shanko, M Andargie, H Zelleke - Research in Plant Biology, 2014‏ - researchgate.net
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is a grain legume commonly grown and consumed
in many parts of the tropics and subtropics. The general grain yield of cowpea especially in …

Genome-wide association map** of seedling biomass and root traits under different water conditions in wheat

I Fatima, Y Gao, X Xu, J **, S Duan, W Zhen… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Drought is a major threat to global wheat production. In this study, an association panel
containing 200 Chinese wheat germplasms was used for genome-wide association studies …

[HTML][HTML] Plot based heritability estimates and categorization of cassava genotype response to cassava brown streak disease

AO Valentor, M Ochwo-Ssemakula, T Kaweesi… - Crop Protection, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) caused by Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and
Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV) is a threat to food security in sub-Saharan …