Inheritance of cowpea resistance to flower thrips in Uganda germplasm

Symphorien Agbahoungba; Jeninah Karungi; Arfang Badji; Kassim Sadik; Paul Gibson; Richard Edema; Achille E. Assogbadjo; Patrick R. Rubaihayo

doi:10.5897/JPBCS2017.0698

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Plant Breeding and Crop Science

Abbreviation: J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci.
Language: English
ISSN: 2006-9758
DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS
Start Year: 2009
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Inheritance of cowpea resistance to flower thrips in Uganda germplasm

Symphorien Agbahoungba

Symphorien Agbahoungba
Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
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Jeninah Karungi

Jeninah Karungi
Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
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Arfang Badji

Arfang Badji
Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
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Kassim Sadik

Kassim Sadik
Abi-Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute, National Agricultural Research Organization, P. O. Box 219, Arua, Uganda.
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Paul Gibson

Paul Gibson
Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
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Richard Edema

Richard Edema
Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
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Achille E. Assogbadjo

Achille E. Assogbadjo
Laboratory of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 P. O. Box 526, Cotonou, Benin.
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Patrick R. Rubaihayo

Patrick R. Rubaihayo
Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
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Article Number - 190D8FE55336
Vol.10(1), pp. 21-32 , January 2018
https://doi.org/10.5897/JPBCS2017.0698

Received: 17 October 2017
Accepted: 07 December 2017
Published: 31 January 2018

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