Research Article

High-Density DArT Markers and Phenotypic Characterization of Cowpea Accessions (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp)

Table 2

Traits of cowpea assessed during the study based on the IBPGR cowpea descriptor.

QuantitativeQualitative

Days to 50% flowering (X50.Flo)Leaf colour (LVCOL)
Days to 50% maturity (X50.MAT)Plant pigmentation (PPIG)
Leaf length (LVLNG)Flower colour
Leaf width (LVWID)Pod attachment to peduncle (PAP)
Leaves per plant (LVNESS)Raceme position (RPOS)
Plant height (PH)Seed colour (SDCOL)
Pod number per plant (PNP)Seed shape (SDSH)
Pod length (PDL)Terminal leaf shape (TLSH)
Hundred pod weight (HPDWT)Growth habit (GH)
Peduncle length (PedL)Twining tendency (TTEN)
Pods per peduncle (PDPP)Pod curvature (PDCUR)
Seeds per pod (SPPD)Immature pod pigmentation (IPP)
Seed weight per plant (SWTP)Dry pod colour (DPDCOL)
Hundred seed weight (HSWT)Seed eye colour (ECOL)
Seed length (SDLNG)Growth pattern
Seed width (SDWID)ā€‰