Sorghum is a versatile crop used for energy production, human and animal feedings, raw material industry. The grain sorghum the fifth most important cereal worldwide, Brazil one of top 10 producers. In last 40 years, yield in has increased to 32.70 kg ha-1 year -1. Although this clear evolution, much remains be done, breeders still face several challenges. This review discusses main characteris...

A screenhouse experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of seedling age at inoculation and cultivar on pathogenicity of the virus causing yellow mosaic disease of Commelina benghalensis L, a broad leaf weed, on cowpea. Three cowpea varieties namely Vita 5, IT84S2246D and Ife Brown were grown in pots and inoculated with sap extracted from leaves of C. benghalensis infected with yellow m...

a complete diet (total mixed ration) with sorghum stover (40%) as sole roughage source was prepared and offered to animals under two forms: as mash or as expanded-extruded pellets (eep). these two complete diets were compared with a conventional diet (ad libitum chopped sorghum stover fed separately with concentrate mixture to meet 80% of protein requirements). these three diets were randomly a...

Abstract Growing cowpea ( Vigna unguiculate (L) Walp) in rotation with millet Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) can increase productivity through biological nitrogen fixation. However, Senegal, legume crop residues are generally removed for livestock feed, and little information exists on how burying the residue instead of removal affects subsequent yield. This study assessed varieties evaluated ...

Corresponding Author: Sarah Adjei-Fremah Department of Energy and Environmental Systems, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 E Market Street, 27411, Greensboro, NC., USA Email: [email protected] Abstract: Cowpea is an important grain legume with a dual purpose function as a food and feed resource. Cowpea contains phenolic compounds that are beneficial to huma...

to investigate the effects of intercropping of basil (ocimum basiilicum l.) and cowpea (vigna unguiculata l.), different levels of nitrogen fertilizers on basil and cowpea yield, an experiment was carried out during 2010 and 2011. experimental factor were included weed treatment (weeding and unweeding), three levels of nitrogen fertilizer (0, 50 and 100 kg ha-1), different planting ratio, (p1: ...

Twenty-two cover crops were evaluated for their ability to reduce damage by root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne javanica, to taro, Colocastia esculenta, in a tropical cropping system. Cover crops were grown and incorporated into the soil before taro was planted. Barley, greenpanic, glycine, marigold, sesame, sunn hemp, and sorghum x sudangrass DeKalb ST6E were poor or nonhosts to the nematode as me...

The inhibitory potential of purified α amylase inhibitors of sorghum on the digestive enzyme of Tribolium Castaneum, a devastating insect pest of economic importance have been studied. Qualitative and quantitative differences in α amylase of Tribolium Castaneum upon feeding on natural and artificial diets were evident. Natural diets were legumes like Black gram, Pigeon Pea, Red lentil, Cowpea a...

In greenhouse trials, 21 strains of slow-growing rhizobia were tested for symbiotic effectiveness and ability to nodulate three varieties of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. in two Ultisol subsoil samples, each adjusted to pH 4.6 and pH 6.0-6.2. The results confirmed that cowpea rhizobia contain a large and perhaps continuous variation in symbiotic tolerance of soil acidity. Some strains comb...

A study to evaluate the fungitoxic and phytotoxic effects of extracts of V. amaygdalina, B. pinnatus, O. gratissimum and E. globules on the fungal pathogens inducing wilting on cowpea grown in Ago-Iwoye, South Western Nigeria. The extracts of all the botanicals used reduced Disease Infection Rate (DIR) in treated plants. Sclerotium rolfsii sacc induced wilting of between 4 and 12% on cowpea see...