Assessment of field performance and bruchid resistance during seed storage of a genetically modified cowpea expressing the alpha-amylase inhibitor 1 protein from common bean
Jerry A. Nboyine, Muhammad L. Umar, Gloria A. Adazebra, Iliyasu M. Utono, Philip Agrengsore, Frederick J. Awuku, Mohammed F. Ishiyaku, Jose M. Barrero, Thomas J. V. Higgins, Donald J. MacKenzie · 2024
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Jerry Nboyine and co-authors field-test a pest-proof cowpea in a 2024 study from West Africa. The cowpea weevil can wipe out a whole stored harvest within six months. A modified cowpea line, event CSI-32, makes a bean protein in its seeds that stalls weevil growth, and regulators needed proof it farms like the original.
Trials in Ghana and Nigeria during 2023 set the new line against its parent and three released varieties. Growth, pest damage, and yield in the field came out much the same as the parent line. Harvested grain then faced lab-reared weevils in storage jars. Egg laying, adult emergence, and grain damage were logged, with development timing and a susceptibility index computed per line. The storage arm tests whether the built-in shield holds after harvest.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jerry A. Nboyine, Muhammad L. Umar, Gloria A. Adazebra, Iliyasu M. Utono, Philip Agrengsore, Frederick J. Awuku, Mohammed F. Ishiyaku, Jose M. Barrero, Thomas J. V. Higgins, Donald J. MacKenzie |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |