Journal of
Plant Breeding and Crop Science

  • Abbreviation: J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9758
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 450

Full Length Research Paper

Agro-morphological characterization of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millspaugh) landraces grown in Benin: Implications for breeding and conservation

Géofroy Kinhoégbè
  • Géofroy Kinhoégbè
  • Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technique, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01BP526, Benin.
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Gustave Djèdatin
  • Gustave Djèdatin
  • BIOGENOM Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Dassa (FAST-Dassa), National University of Sciences Technologies Engineering and Mathematics of Abomey (UNSTIM), BP 14 Dassa-Zoumé, Benin.
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Laura Estelle Yêyinou Loko
  • Laura Estelle Yêyinou Loko
  • Laboratory of Applied Entomology, FAST-Dassa), National University of Sciences Technologies Engineering and Mathematics of Abomey (UNSTIM), BP 14 Dassa-Zoumé, Benin.
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Relique Ignace Agbo
  • Relique Ignace Agbo
  • Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Molecular genetic and genomes analysis, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01BP526, Benin
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Rachit Kumar Saxena
  • Rachit Kumar Saxena
  • International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India.
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Rajeev Kumar Varshney
  • Rajeev Kumar Varshney
  • International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India.
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Clément Agbangla
  • Clément Agbangla
  • Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Molecular genetic and genomes analysis, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01BP526, Benin
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Alexandre Dansi
  • Alexandre Dansi
  • Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Dassa (FAST-Dassa), National University of Sciences Technologies Engineering and Mathematics of Abomey (UNSTIM), BP 14 Dassa-Zoumé, Benin.
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  •  Received: 19 August 2019
  •  Accepted: 07 January 2020
  •  Published: 29 February 2020

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