@article {10.3844/ajabssp.2025.16.25,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Response of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Varieties to Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke Infestation},
author = {Bawa, Alhassan and Yakubu, Ismael and Seidu, Yussif},
volume = {20},
year = {2025},
month = {Sep},
pages = {16-25},
doi = {10.3844/ajabssp.2025.16.25},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajabssp.2025.16.25},
abstract = {Production of cowpea within the sub-Saharan Africa, and Ghana in particular, is bedeviled with many challenges, including Striga infestation, resulting in abysmal low grain and biomass yields. Thus, the study was conducted to evaluate Striga's impact on cowpea growth and yield. During the 2023 agricultural season, the study was carried out in Northern Ghana. A control (non-infested) experiment and a Striga-infested experiment were carried out concurrently. Each of the two trials had three replications and was set up using a randomized complete block design. The Gen Stat statistics software edition 12 was used to conduct statistical analyses, such as correlation analysis and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and means were separated using Least Significant Differences (LSD) at a 5% probability. The findings showed that cowpea cultivars and Striga infestation interacted significantly (P},
journal = {American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}