Research Article

Stability of Sources of Resistance to Cowpea Aphid (Aphis craccivora Koch, Hemiptera: Aphididae) across Major Cowpea Production Zones in Ghana

Table 1

Description of the cowpea genotypes by the parentage or source.

Cultivar/genotypeDescription

ApagbaalaPrima/TVu 4552/California Blackeye No. 5/7977. Cultivar, released in 2002 in Ghana. Largely of exotic background.
SARC1-57-2Apagbaala/UCR 01-11-52 Breeding line of SARI.
SARC1-91-1Apagbaala/UCR 01-11-52 Breeding line of SARI.
IT97K-499-35 (Songotra)Breeding line from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. Cultivar, released in 2004 in Ghana as Songotra.
ZaayuraMarfo-Tuya/UCR 01-15-127-2 released in 2008 in Ghana.
BC4F3 (Zaayura//(Zaayura × SARC1-57-2)) ResistantMarfo-Tuya/UCR 01-15-127-2/SARC1-57-2.
BC4F3 (Zaayura//(Zaayura × SARC1-57-2)) SusceptibleMarfo-Tuya/UCR 01-15-127-22/SARC1-57-2.
IT99K-573-1-1Breeding line from the IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria.
IT99K-573-3-2-1Breeding line from the IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria.
PadituyaApagbaala/UCR 01-11-52 released in 2008 in Ghana.