TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reaction of Agronomic and Reproductive Characters of Cowpea Breeding Lines under <I>Meloidgyne inchognita</I> Inoculation
AU - , Adeniji Olawale Taiwo 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 2
IS  - 5
SP  - 617
EP  - 621
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2007.617.621
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2007.617.621
KW  - Earliness
KW  -seed yield
KW  -fodder yield
KW  -variation
KW  -Meloidogyne inchognita cowpea
AB  - 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.
ER  -