W766
Application of Information Systems in Collaborative Cowpea Breeding for Sub-Saharan Africa

Date: Monday, January 12, 2015
Time: 2:30 PM
Room: Royal Palm Salon 4,5,6
Bao-Lam Huynh , Department of Nematology, University of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA
Ndiaga Cissé , Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, Bambey, Senegal
Issa Drabo , Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Saria, Burkina Faso
Ousmane Boukar , International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
Batieno T. Benoît Joseph , Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Kamboinse, Burkina Faso
Rogerio Chiulele , Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
Ibrahim Atokple , CSIR - Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Tamale, Ghana
Francis Kusi , CSIR - Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Tamale, Ghana
Steve Wanamaker , University of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA
Timothy J. Close , University of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA
Philip A. Roberts , University of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) is a major food legume crop in sub-Saharan Africa, yet biotic stress and environmental constraints cause a significant yield loss in current local varieties. Collaborative breeding programs are being aimed to develop improved cowpea varieties using marker-assisted selection. The process involves concerted action of cowpea breeders, molecular geneticists, bioinformaticists and genotyping services with the aid of information technology. Lessons learned, perspectives and challenges will be discussed in the context of applying the Integrated Breeding Platform – Breeding Management System.
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