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Genetic Studies on the Inheritance of Storage-Induced Cooking Time in Cowpeas [ Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] by Addy, Sylvester N. T. T.; Cichy, Karen A.; Adu-Dapaah, Hans; Asante, Isaac K.; Emmanuel, Afutu; Offei, Samuel K. is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Genetic Studies on the Inheritance of Storage-Induced Cooking Time in Cowpeas [ Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] about?
Cowpeas provide food and income for many small-holder farmers in Africa. Cowpea grains contain substantial quantities of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and fiber. In areas where subsistence farming is practiced, cowpea’s protein is cheaper than that obtained from other sources such as fish, meat, poultry or dairy products and combines well with cereal grains in diets. However, long-cooking times, typical of many grain legumes, is a major limitation to the utilization of cowpeas especially among the low-income and growing middle-income population of Africa. Long periods of cooking cowpeas lead to loss of nutrients, loss of useful time and increased greenhouse gas emission through increased burning of firewood. Fast-cooking cowpeas has the potential to deliver highly nutritious food to the hungry within shorter periods, encourage less use of firewood, improve gender equity, increase the consumption of cowpeas, trigger an increase in demand for cowpeas and thus incentivize cowpea production by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, the inheritance of storage-induced cooking time in cowpeas was investigated. Two sets of bi-parental crosses were conducted involving
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It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Agricultural and Biological Sciences.
- Author
- Addy, Sylvester N. T. T.; Cichy, Karen A.; Adu-Dapaah, Hans; Asante, Isaac K.; Emmanuel, Afutu; Offei, Samuel K.
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA; Frontiers Media S.A.; Lausanne: Frontiers Media S.A., 2010- (ISSN 1664-462X)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)