Cowpeas were domesticated in Africa and are one of the oldest crops to be farmed. A second domestication event probably occurred in Asia, before they spread ...

26 авг. 2020 г. · During the 16th century CE, cowpea was brought from West Africa to the New World, mostly on slaving ships to colonial slave societies, including ...

It is an important crop in Africa, its probable center of origin, but is also grown in Brazil, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States. There are three ...

It has been maintained by some, for example, that it is a native of tropical America; by others, that it was brought from Africa by the negro slaves, and by ...

Abstract. Cowpea (V. unguiculata) represents the main food legume in tropical Africa. Germplasm collecting missions launched over the past 10 years have ...

Cowpea originated in Sub-Saharan Africa and spread to East and West Africa, and then Asia. In Asia, it evolved into a vegetable form known as yardlong bean. The ...

25 окт. 2024 г. · The plants are thought to be native to West Africa and are widely cultivated in warm regions around the world. In addition to their use as a ...

They spread into Asia and Europe and were grown a very long before Phaseolus beans came from America and replaced most European cultivation of Vigna beans.

21 нояб. 2024 г. · Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, is an important grain legume adapted to the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where it contributes to the nutrition, ...