Article
Genetic diversity and structure of Iberian Peninsula cowpeas compared to world-wide cowpea accessions using high density SNP markers.
BMC genomics - 21 Nov 2017
Carvalho Márcia, Muñoz-Amatriaín María, Castro Isaura, Lino-Neto Teresa, Matos Manuela, Egea-Cortines Marcos, Rosa Eduardo, Close Timothy, Carnide Valdemar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is an important legume crop due to its high protein content, adaptation to heat and drought and capacity to fix nitrogen. Europe has a deficit of cowpea production. Knowledge of genetic diversity among cowpea landraces is important for the preservation of local varieties and is the basis to obtain improved varieties. The aims of this study were to explore diversity...
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