@article{MAKHILLAJ20072520201,
    title = {Reaction of Agronomic and Reproductive Characters of Cowpea Breeding Lines under <I>Meloidgyne inchognita</I> Inoculation},
    journal = {Agricultural Journal},
    volume = {2},
    number = {5},
    pages = {617-621},
    year = {2007},
    issn = {1816-9155},
    doi = {aj.2007.617.621},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-9155&doi=aj.2007.617.621},
    author = {Adeniji Olawale Taiwo},
    keywords = {Earliness,seed yield,fodder yield,variation,Meloidogyne inchognita cowpea},
    abstract = {The reaction of agronomic and reproductive characters of fourteen cowpea breeding lines was evaluated under <I>Meloidogyne inchognita</I> inoculation. Significant differences (p>0.05) was recorded for most characters evaluated.  The high degree of variation in seed weight was confirmed by the Coefficient of Variability (CV%) for seed yield. Conversely, the number of days to first flowering recorded a low variability (CV%), this attest a similar response among the breeding lines. The number of pods plant <SUP>1</SUP> and loculi was high in IT 568, pod length was maximum in IT 625. The study indicated that under <I>Meloidogyne inchognita</I> inoculation, earliness among the breeding lines was directly influenced by some characters. In addition the number of loculi pod <SUP>1</SUP> was influenced by the number of trifoliate, seeds pod <SUP>1</SUP>, fodder weight plant <SUP>1</SUP> and pod weight, pod wall weight and root weight. The stepwise contribution of characters to seed weight returned the fodder weight plant <SUP>1</SUP> as most important character. The number of pods plant <SUP>1</SUP> (Y) was influenced largely by the contribution of fodder weight plant <SUP>1</SUP> and pods plant <SUP>1</SUP>. The study indicated that both agronomic and reproductive are largely influence by inoculation of <I>Meloidogyne inchognita</I>. IT 568 and IT 2246-4 were identified for seed yield potential under <I>Meloidogyne inchognita</I> inoculation.}
    }