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Development of reference transcriptomes for the major field insect pests of cowpea: a toolbox for insect pest management approaches in west Africa.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Agunbiade Tolulope A, Sun Weilin, Coates Brad S, Djouaka Rousseau, Tamò Manuele, Ba Malick N, Binso-Dabire Clementine, Baoua Ibrahim, Olds Brett P, Pittendrigh Barry R
Abstract excerpt
Cowpea is a widely cultivated and major nutritional source of protein for many people that live in West Africa. Annual yields and longevity of grain storage is greatly reduced by feeding damage caused by a complex of insect pests that include the pod sucking bugs, Anoplocnemis curvipes Fabricius (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and Clavigralla tomentosicollis Stål (Hemiptera: Coreidae); as well as phloem-feeding cowpea...
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