Phenotyping cowpea for seedling root architecture reveals root phenes important for breeding phosphorus efficient varieties

Agriculture & Biology

• cowpeas 100%
• phosphorus 71%
• tap roots 65%
• phenotype 63%
• root hairs 60%
• seedlings 59%
• breeding 58%
• genotype 25%
• lateral roots 23%
• heritability 18%
• grain yield 16%
• forage 16%
• Vigna unguiculata 12%
• Sub-Saharan Africa 12%
• mature plants 11%
• food security 10%
• trichomes 10%
• branching 9%
• principal component analysis 9%
• water stress 8%
• legumes 8%
• climate 8%
• drought 8%
• seeds 5%