Journal
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Volume 97, Issue 13, Pages 4273-4284Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8250
Keywords
cowpea; genetic diversity; morphological traits; molecular markers; drought stress; gene expression
Funding
- European Investment Funds by FEDER/COMPETE/POCI - Operacional Competitiveness and Internacionalization Programme [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006958]
- FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [UID/AGR/04033/2013]
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Cowpea is a grain legume native from Africa and is a primary source of protein for millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the developing world. The main important characteristics of this crop include a good protein quality with a high nutritional value, its nitrogen-fixing ability, and an ability to be more drought-and heat-tolerant than most of its legume relatives. In a research perspective, studies of cowpea are relatively scarce, despite its relevance to agriculture in the developing world and its resilience to stress. The present review provides an overview of different aspects of cowpea, with a special emphasis on the molecular markers for assessing genetic diversity, as well as on biochemical and transcriptomic data with respect to evaluating cowpea drought stress tolerance. The integration of both datasets will be useful for the improvement of cowpea because research on drought stress tolerance is of major interest for this crop in a challenging environment. (C) 2017 Society of Chemical Industry
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