Last year, the Federal Government approved the registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea (beans) variety for commercialisation. The cowpea variety, SAMPEA 20-T, developed by ...

Scientists have developed a high-density "consensus genetic map" of cowpea, a protein-rich legume crop, that accelerates conventional breeding severalfold and facilitates the production of new ...

A long neglected crop with the potential to halt hunger for millions in Africa, sustain the livestock revolution underway in developing countries, rejuvenate nutrient-sapped soils, and even feed ...

The College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences at the University of Cape Coast has developed seven new cowpea varieties. The seven new varieties, according to the researchers have improved genetic ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Cowpea is a protein-rich legume crop that plays a key role in sustaining food security for people and their livestock. Immensely important in many parts of the world, particularly ...

The Crop Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed two varieties of cowpea for public use. The varieties, which are on the market, were based ...

Sub Saharan African farmers will soon have access to improved cowpea varieties that will lead to increase in yield. This follows the development of Maruca Resistant Cowpeas by a public-private ...

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RIVERSIDE, Calif.-- A team of University of California, Riverside scientists has received a nearly $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to sequence the genome of the cowpea and ...

The National Varietal Release and Registration Centre has recommended for approval four (4) new high yielding and nutritious cowpea varieties developed by the University of Cape Coast. The four new ...

The green gram (Vigna radiata), commonly known as Mungbean and Choroko, is cultivated mainly in the eastern and northern parts of Uganda. However, while there are few local varieties of the crop, ...

Accra, Feb. 4, GNA - The Crop Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed two varieties of cowpea for public use. The varieties, which are on ...