June 2018

Influence of seed size on the germination of four cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp) varieties

A study was conducted to investigate how seed size affects germination and vigor of cowpea seeds. Four cowpea varieties, (Asontem, Nhyira, Soronko and Tona), were obtained from Crops Research Institute of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CRI). The seeds were grouped in two sizes (large and small), by manually sorting by length, width and thousand seeds weight. Laboratory experiments were carried...

Author(s): Nataline S. Baysah, Nana S. Olympio and James Y. Asibuo