2 grants to UC Riverside boost scientists' efforts in developing improved cowpea varieties ( University of California - Riverside ) Scientists at the University of California, Riverside received substantial funding -- nearly $7 million -- by way of two grants from the US Agency for International Development to continue their work on developing better yielding varieties of cowpea through new genomic resources and marker-assisted breeding -- research by which UC Riverside directly ...
Oct. 30, 2013 - EurekAlert!
Cary Fowler in East African So called 'orphan' crops such as cowpea and groundnuts are not minor or insignificant crops,said Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust. "They are of great importance to regional food security. In addition, they...
Bill Payne in Science Daily (press release) The cowpea has worldwide importance as a crop for both human and animal nutrition,said Payne of Texas AgriLife Research, assistant director for research at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture. "Introducing improved...