Article
Resistance to cowpea mottle carmovirus in Vigna vexillata
2002-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Cowpea mottle carmovirus (CPMoV) causes grain yield losses of up to 75% in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.). There is no resistance to this virus among cultivated cowpea lines, but a high level of resistance exists in Vigna vexillata, a wild Vigna species. Fifty-four accessions of V. vexillata germplasm collection at IITA were tested for resistance to CPMoV. Seedlings were mechanically inoculated with the vir...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4ddeb43a-6493-5606-8869-6de0801a6e38
- DOI
- 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2002.00769.x
