Improved cowpea in the offing for Ghanaian smallholders

[阿克拉]加纳小农户可以在今年年底之前获得新的，抗病的牛豆品种，这些品种早期成熟并提高产量，并提高了产量。

According to researchers, cowpea is a major source of plant protein in the diet of Ghanaians but suffers up to 100 per cent yield losses from stress induced by drought, viruses andStriga gesnerioidesalso called cowpea witchweed. Examples of recipes in Ghana that include cowpeas aretubaani（蒸牛豆布丁）和waakye(rice and red or brown cowpeas cooked together).

“首先报道了西非所有已知的Striga种族的三个新开发的Cowpeas，据报道所有已知的Striga种族。”“这些新颖的牛皮机将sustain为毛豇豆行业和提供基础ther breeding and improvement of the crop.

“这些新颖的牛皮机将sustain the cowpea industry and provide foundation for further breeding and improvement of the crop.”

亚伦·阿萨尔（Aaron Asare），加纳的开普敦海岸大学。

“如果funded随后，经过认证的种子将由种子公司生产farmers从农业商店和加纳的食品和农业部购买。”beplay下载官网西西软件

这些新品种需要八周的成熟时间才能成熟，每公顷具有近四吨的产量，与现有的产量不同，每吨潜力近三吨，并且对干旱，生锈和几种攻击包括牛皮的牛皮机的病毒高度耐受，包括牛皮豆类严重的mottle mottle病毒和黄瓜马赛克，病毒。

The new cowpea varieties are subject to approval by Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture based on recommendation by the National Varietal Release and Registration Committee, adds Asare, who is head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Ghana’s University of Cape Coast.

During an inspection workshop which took place at the University of Cape Coast last month (18 September), Asare toldSciDev.Netthat theevaluationand selection of the cowpea varieties involved farmer and consumer participatory activities.

该项目始于2016年4月，于2019年4月结束，与加纳的科学与工业研究委员会以及弗吉尼亚大学的合作伙伴在内。新颖的牛皮亚是通过经典的繁殖技术开发的，涉及耐striga的父母供体的遗传杂交与接受者父母。

生物学和公众教授Michael Timko健康在弗吉尼亚大学（University of Virginia气候变化确保未来food security在撒哈拉以南非洲地区的人。

他解释说：“小农户的生活和生计取决于他们为食物，饲料和经济价值生产牛豆的能力，因此有改善的品种至关重要。”

加纳夸梅·恩克鲁玛科学技术大学作物科学和植物繁殖副教授理查德·阿克罗马（Richard Akromah）告诉SciDev.Net品种可以使无法负担灌溉的小型农民受益，因此依靠雨水beplay下载官网西西软件.

“During the trials, whereas other varieties were failing due to erratic rainfall patterns, the new varieties were performing better, which would benefit Sub-Saharan Africa due to similar ecological conditions,” explains Akromah, who is a member of Ghana’s National Varietal Release and Registration Committee.

这piece was produced by SciDev.Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa English desk.