INFLUENCE OF SOWING DATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND YIELD OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (VIGNA SUBTERRANEA) LANDRACES IN A SUB-TROPICAL REGION

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. SESAY ◽  
C. N. MAGAGULA ◽  
A. B. MANSUETUS
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Sowing Date ◽  
Bambara Groundnut ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Grain Legume ◽  
Tropical Region ◽  
Vigna Subterranea ◽  
Legume Crop

SUMMARYBambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) is a grain legume crop, which is increasingly popular as food in rural areas across the African continent. However, reliable information pertaining to management of the crop is limited. Field experiments were conducted in Swaziland in the 1998/99 and 1999/2000 cropping seasons to determine the influence of sowing date and environmental factors on the growth, development and yield of bambara groundnut. In the 1998/99 season, seeds of one local landrace were sown on six dates between mid-September 1998 and mid-February 1999. In 1999/2000, seeds of two local landraces were sown on six dates between mid-October 1999 and late January 2000. The highest pod yield and total dry matter production were achieved in November sowings, with maximum pod yields of 1.3 and 0.64 t ha−1 for the 1998/99 and 1999/2000 seasons, respectively. Earlier sowing and successive delays in sowing from November caused substantial yield declines of as much as 72–75%. Sowing date influenced yields of bambara groundnut through the effect of temperature and daylength on plant development. For the landraces used in the study, while the rate of progress from sowing to flowering was influenced by temperature, the rate of progress from flowering to podding was influenced largely by daylength. The practical implications of the results for increased bambara groundnut production are discussed.

Genetic diversity of the Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) as assessed by SSR markers

Genome ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (11) ◽  
pp. 898-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Somta ◽  
S. Chankaew ◽  
O. Rungnoi ◽  
P. Srinives
Keyword(s):  
Ssr Markers ◽  
Gene Diversity ◽  
Bambara Groundnut ◽  
West African ◽  
Azuki Bean ◽  
Vigna Subterranea ◽  
East African ◽  
The West ◽  
Legume Crop ◽  
Population Structure Analysis

Bambara groundnut ( Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) is an important African legume crop. In this study, a collection consisting of 240 accessions was analyzed using 22 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. In total, 166 alleles were detected, with a mean of 7.59 alleles per locus. Allelic and gene diversities were higher in the west African and Cameroon/Nigeria regions with 6.68 and 6.18 alleles per locus, and 0.601 and 0.571, respectively. The genetic distance showed high similarity between west African and Cameroon/Nigeria accessions. Principal coordinate analyses and neighbor-joining analysis consistently revealed that the majority of west African accessions were grouped with Cameroon/Nigeria accessions, but they were differentiated from east African, central African, and southeast Asian accessions. Population structure analysis showed that two subpopulations existed, and most of the east African accessions were restricted to one subpopulation with some Cameroon/Nigeria accessions, whereas most of the west African accessions were associated with most of the Cameroon/Nigeria accessions in the other subpopulation. Comparison with SSR analysis of other Vigna cultigens, i.e., cultivated azuki bean ( Vigna angularis ) and mungbean ( Vigna radiata ), reveals that the mean gene diversity of Bambara groundnut was lower than azuki bean but higher than mungbean.

scholarly journals Temperature Response of Chickpea Cultivars to Races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris, Causal Agent of Fusarium Wilt

Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanca B. Landa ◽  
Juan A. Navas-Cortés ◽  
María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco ◽  
Jaacov Katan ◽  
Baruch Retig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fusarium Oxysporum ◽  
Fusarium Wilt ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Temperature Response ◽  
Sowing Date ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Sowing Dates ◽  
High Level ◽  
Moderately Resistant ◽  
Chickpea Cultivars

Use of resistant cultivars and adjustment of sowing dates are important measures for management of Fusarium wilt in chickpeas (Cicer arietinum). In this study, we examined the effect of temperature on resistance of chickpea cultivars to Fusarium wilt caused by various races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris. Greenhouse experiments indicated that the chickpea cultivar Ayala was moderately resistant to F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris when inoculated plants were maintained at a day/night temperature regime of 24/21°C but was highly susceptible to the pathogen at 27/25°C. Field experiments in Israel over three consecutive years indicated that the high level of resistance of Ayala to Fusarium wilt when sown in mid- to late January differed from a moderately susceptible reaction under warmer temperatures when sowing was delayed to late February or early March. Experiments in growth chambers showed that a temperature increase of 3°C from 24 to 27°C was sufficient for the resistance reaction of cultivars Ayala and PV-1 to race 1A of the pathogen to shift from moderately or highly resistant at constant 24°C to highly susceptible at 27°C. A similar but less pronounced effect was found when Ayala plants were inoculated with F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris race 6. Conversely, the reaction of cultivar JG-62 to races 1A and 6 was not influenced by temperature, but less disease developed on JG-62 plants inoculated with a variant of race 5 of F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris at 27°C compared with plants inoculated at 24°C. These results indicate the importance of appropriate adjustment of temperature in tests for characterizing the resistance reactions of chickpea cultivars to the pathogen, as well as when determining the races of isolates of F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris. Results from this study may influence choice of sowing date and use of chickpea cultivars for management of Fusarium wilt of chickpea.

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF FAO-AQUACROP MODEL FOR IRRIGATED AND WATER DEFICIENT BAMBARA GROUNDNUT

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. KARUNARATNE ◽  
S. N. AZAM-ALI ◽  
G. IZZI ◽  
P. STEDUTO
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Bambara Groundnut ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Grain Legume ◽  
Aquacrop Model

SUMMARYSimulation of yield response to water plays an increasingly important role in optimization of crop water productivity (WP) especially in prevalent drought in Africa. The present study is focused on a representative crop: bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea), an ancient grain legume grown, cooked, processed and traded mainly by subsistence women farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Over four years (2002, 2006–2008), glasshouse experiments were conducted at the Tropical Crops Research Unit, University of Nottingham, UK under controlled environments with different landraces, temperatures (23 ± 5 °C, 28 ± 5 °C, 33 ± 5 °C) and soil moisture regimes (irrigated, early drought, late drought). Parallel to this, field experiments were conducted in Swaziland (2002/2003) and Botswana (2007/2008). Crop measurements of canopy cover (CC), biomass (B) and pod yield (Y) of selected experiments from glasshouse (2006 and 2007) and field (Botswana) were used to calibrate the FAO AquaCrop model. Subsequently, the model was validated against independent data sets from glasshouse (2002 and 2008) and field (Swaziland) for different landraces. AquaCrop simulations for CC, B and Y of different bambara groundnut landraces are in good agreement with observed data with R2 (CC-0.88; B-0.78; Y-0.72), but with significant underestimation for some landraces.

Novel Centromeric and Subtelomeric Repetitive DNA Sequences for Karyotyping the Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc.)

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ahmet L. Tek ◽  
Sevim D. Kara Öztürk ◽  
Hümeyra Yıldız ◽  
Didem Karalar
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Bambara Groundnut ◽  
Single Pair ◽  
Vigna Subterranea ◽  
Telomeric Dna ◽  
Legume Crop ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Subtelomeric Repeat ◽  
Rna Genes ◽  
Potential Use

Bambara groundnut (<i>Vigna subterranea</i> L. Verdc.) is an un­derutilized minor legume crop with climate resilience and great potential use in world agriculture. This study aimed to cytogenetically characterize the genome and chromosome properties of Bambara groundnut. We cloned, sequenced, and mapped a 50-bp centromere-specific tandem repeat on all chromosomes. In addition, a 400-bp subtelomeric repeat was discovered and mapped on a single pair of chromosomes. A Bambara groundnut karyotype was constructed using these novel repeats along with ribosomal RNA genes (45S and 5S) and telomeric DNA sequences. This study provides the first analysis of the genome and chromosome properties of Bambara groundnut. We discuss our findings in relation to genetic improvement of Bambara groundnut and centromere evolution in legume species.

scholarly journals Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea [L.] Verdc.) Production, Utilisation and Genetic Improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1345
Author(s):  
Nomathemba Gloria Majola ◽  
Abe Shegro Gerrano ◽  
Hussein Shimelis
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Crop Management ◽  
Bambara Groundnut ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Grain Legume ◽  
Vigna Subterranea ◽  
Sub Saharan

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea [L.] Verdc.) is a nutritionally rich grain legume crop indigenous to Africa. It is tolerant to drought stress and has become adapted to grow under low input and marginal agricultural production systems in Africa and Asia. Bambara groundnut is an orphan crop, and represents a neglected and under researched plant genetic resource. Modern crop management, production technologies, and value chains are yet to be developed in Africa to achieve the potential economic gains from Bambara groundnut production and marketing. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) the production and productivity of Bambara groundnut is low and stagnant because of diverse abiotic and biotic stresses and socio-economic constraints. Improved crop management and post handling technologies, modern varieties with high yield and nutritional quality, value addition, and market access are among the key considerations in current and future Bambara groundnut research and development programs. This paper presents progress on Bambara groundnut production, utilization, and genetic improvement in SSA. It presents the key production constraints, genetic resources and analysis, breeding methods and genetic gains on yield, and nutritional quality and outlook. The information presented will guide the sustainable production and effective breeding of the crop in order to pursue food and nutrition security, and improve livelihoods through Bambara groundnut enterprises.

scholarly journals Management of the pests in the conventional and biological systems for pea growing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (29) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Vinelina Yankova ◽  
◽  
Dima Markova ◽  
Slavka Kalapchieva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Thuringiensis ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Plant Protection Products ◽  
Grain Legume ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Legume Crop ◽  
Pest Infestation ◽  
Growing Conditions

Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is a valuable grain legume crop, the seeds of which are used for human food and fodder. The seeds are consumed in a mature or green state. The priorities of the peas as a crop are the following: it is a legume, which enriches the soil with nitrogen; peas are the best possible precursor - clears the areas early; non-particular to soil and growing conditions; high protein content crop. However, the growing process of this crop could be worse by various pests that lead to product quality decay or they could even destroy the pea production. Economically important pests in field cultivation of peas are: pea aphid (Acyrthosyphon pisum Harris), pea weevil (Bruchus pisi L.) and pea moths (Laspeyresia nigricana Step. and Laspeyresia dorsana L.). Field experiments on pea variety Paldin were conducted at the Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Plovdiv to determine the effectiveness of different plant protection products against a natural background of pest infestation. The biological activity of the insecticides Deca EC 50 ml/da (a. i. deltamethrin), Oasis 5 EC 25 ml/da (a. i. esfenvalerate), Piretro Natura 75 ml/da (a. i. pyrethrins), Neem Azal T/C 0.3% (a. i. azadirachtin), Naturalis 100 ml/da (a. i. Beauveria bassiana), Dipel 2 X 100 g/da (a. i. Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki strain ABTS) and Rapax 100 ml/da (a. i. Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki, strain EG 2348) against the main pests of peas in conventional and biological production systems was established.

Effect of temperature and moisture potential on germination and emergence in Lotus sp

1996 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Blumenthal ◽  
SC Aston ◽  
CJ Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Condensed Tannin ◽  
Sowing Date ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Base Temperature ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Sowing Dates ◽  
Field Emergence ◽  
Autumn And Winter ◽  
Moisture Potential

Two controlled cabinet experiments compared the germination of 6 Lotus genotypes over a range of temperature (0-40�C) and moisture potentials (0 to -1.2 MPa). A field experiment compared the emergence of 5 Lotus genotypes over 18 sowing dates. Lotus cornzculatus cv. Grasslands Goldie. L. uliginosus, Grasslands Maku, G4703, G4704. and cv. Sharnae were included in both the controlled cabinet and field experiments. Lotus suaveolens CPI 35903 was included in the controlled cabinet experiments only and Trifolium repens cv. Haifa was included as a control in the field study. Of the commercially available Lotus cultivars, Grasslands Goldie provides the greatest flexibility in terms of sowing date in coastal New South Wales and could be successfully sown even in late autumn and winter as it had the lowest base temperature for germination and field emergence. G4703, Sharnae, and G4704 had a lower base moisture potential for germination than the other 3 Lotus genotypes but this was not translated to better field emergence. Lotus suaveolens had an extremely low base temperature for germination (l�C) compared with L. uliginosus cv. Grasslands Maku (6.4�C). Hybridisation of this species with both L. corniculatus and L. uliginosus could result in germplasm capable of germinating better at low temperature but still able to maintain the perenniality, rhizomatous habit, and presence of condensed tannin of L. uliginosus.

Nitrogen and phosphorus management for Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) production-A review 

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmudul Hasan ◽  
Md Kamal Uddin ◽  
Mahmud Tengku Muda Mohamed ◽  
Ali Tan Kee Zuan
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Bambara Groundnut ◽  
N Fixation ◽  
Vigna Subterranea ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Biotic Stresses ◽  
Legume Crop ◽  
Biological N Fixation ◽  
Calcium Iron ◽  
Phosphorus Application

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) has characteristics to grow in the marginal soil and also tolerant into the drought condition and also have potential of nitrogen fixation. Nitrogen is the key plant nutrient that stimulates root and shoot growth. Phosphorus application significantly improves many aspects of plant physiology including photosynthesis, flowering, fruiting and maturation which ultimately result in better yield. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation is a complex process, in which Rhizobium bacteria form a beneficial interaction with a legume crop to fix atmospheric nitrogen and convert it to ammonium for plant uptake. Biological N fixation (BNF) is the natural means to enhance soil fertility status and productivity. Application of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer exerted significant effect on root development, photosynthesis, yield contributing character and pod yield of the crop. Bambara Groundnut yields are low due to abiotic and biotic stresses. But with application of nitrogen and phosphorus increase the yield of this crop. It’s seeds contain 63 percent carbohydrate, 19 percent protein and 6.5 percent oil and good source of fibre, calcium, iron and potassium.

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