Enhancing Cowpea Tolerance to Elevated Temperature: Achievements, Challenges and Future Directions
Despite its ability to thrive in high-temperature environments, cowpea productivity can be hampered by heat stress, particularly when night air temperatures exceed 17 °C. The crop’s germplasm pool potentially possesses significant genetic variability that can be harnessed to breed for heat-tolerant...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-03-01
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Series: | Agronomy |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/14/3/513 |