New cultivars of vegetable cowpea (&lt;i&gt;Vigna unguiculata&lt;/i&gt; (l.) walp.) developed at VIR
Journal: PROCEEDINGS ON APPLIED BOTANY GENETICS AND BREEDING
Year: 2024

Background. Cowpea is an important legume crop of great nutritional and economic value, ranking fourth in the world among leguminous crops in the area of cultivation. This crop is known to tolerate high temperatures and droughts, so new cowpea cultivars adapted to the local arid conditions of the Lower Volga are of considerable interest. Materials and methods. Mass and individual selection techniques were applied to develop new cultivars from cowpea landraces held in the VIR collection. Selectio