Diversity of the Neglected and Underutilized Crop Species of Importance in Benin

Table 8

Research needs on the priority neglected and underutilised crop species of Benin.

Species

Research topics

ET

PC

DO

AG

IA

PD

AE

SQ

BC

PH

VC

GC

Bidens pilosa

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Blighia sapida

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Cajanus cajan

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Ceratotheca sesamoides

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Citrullus lanatus

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Cleome gynandra

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Corchorus olitorius

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Crassocephalum crepidioides

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Crassocephalum rubens

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Cucumeropsis mannii

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Cyperus esculentus

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Dioscorea dumetorum

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Ipomea batatas

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Launaea taraxacifolia

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Macrotyloma geocarpum

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Pennisetum glaucum

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Sesamum indicum

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Sphenostylis stenocarpa

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Vigna subterranea

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

ET: ethnobotanical investigation and documentation of the indigenous knowledge; PC: identification and prioritisation of the production constraints; DO: domestication; AG: agromorphological characterisation and genetic diversity analysis; IA: improvement of the agricultural practices; PD: documentation of the pests and diseases; AE: agronomic (yield, biotic and abiotic stresses) evaluation; SQ: assessment of the seeds quality and conservation; BC: analysis of the biochemical composition and assessment of the nutritional values; PH: improvement of postharvest conservation and processing technologies; VC: study of the value chains and assessment of the contribution to household income; GC: germplasm collection and conservation.