Introgression of a Rare Haplotype from Southeastern Africa to Breed California Blackeyes with Larger Seeds

Seed size distinguishes most crops from their wild relatives and is an important quality trait for the grain legume cowpea. In order to breed cowpea varieties with larger seeds we introgressed a rare haplotype associated with large seeds at the Css-1 locus from an African buff seed type cultivar, I...

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Main Authors: Mitchell R Lucas, Bao Lam eHuynh, Philip A Roberts, Timothy J Close
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00126/full