ArticleThe Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology2019
The genome of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.).
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- Unveiling Dynamic Defense Pathways: Transcriptome Analysis of Phenylpropanoids and (Iso)flavonoids in Cowpea Leaves Post-CABMV Inoculation.Biochemical genetics · 2026Article
- Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of the bHLH transcription factor family under salt stress and hormonal treatments in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata).Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Host-Botrytis co-transcriptomics reveals finely tuned interactions with closely related legumes.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Article
- Cowpea production systems and determinants of adopting improved cultivars by farmers across western highlands and Sudano Sahelian zones of Cameroon.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Genetic dissection of protein content in cowpea using custom-made NIRS equations and GWAS as a model for nutritional breeding and undergraduate research training.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Article
- Pan-genome analysis uncovers extensive structural variations in Africa's indigenous legume crop cowpea.Nature communications · 2026Article
- BAT: an integrated pipeline for gene tree construction, annotation, and functional inference.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Identification of Genetic Variation Associated With Heat Tolerance in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.).Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Complete telomere-to-telomere genomes of cowpea reveal insights into centromere evolution in Phaseoleae.Horticulture research · 2026Article
- Genetic and genomic resources of Vigna species for their utility in advanced breeding.Biologia futura · 2026Review
- Scaling up orphan crop research: genebank genetics highlight geographic structure in cultivated cowpea from 10 617 global accessions.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026Article
- Chromosome-level haplotype-resolved genome assemblies and annotations of Apios americana and Apios priceana.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Comprehensive volatile profiling and metabolomics analysis of cowpea.Food chemistry: X · 2026Article
- Molecular marker development for salt tolerance in cowpea: insights from genome-wide association analysis at the early vegetative stage.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2026Article
- Cytogenomic and phylogenomic evidence for new infrageneric relationships in Macroptilium (Benth.) beans.Annals of botany · 2026Article
- Genetic architecture of cowpea domestication: QTL mapping and comparison shed new light on the dual domestication events.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Article
- From assemblies to ancestry: Genomic advances illuminates legume evolution.Genetics and molecular biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) is a major crop for worldwide food and nutritional security, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, that is resilient to hot and drought-prone environments. An assembly of the single-haplotype inbred genome of cowpea IT97K-499-35 was developed by exploiting the synergies between single-molecule real-time sequencing, optical and genetic mapping, and an assembly reconciliation algorithm. A total of 519 Mb is included in the assembled sequences. Nearly half of the assembled sequence is composed of repetitive elements, which are enriched within recombination-poor pericentromeric regions. A comparative analysis of these elements suggests that genome size differences between Vigna species are mainly attributable to changes in the amount of Gypsy retrotransposons. Conversely, genes are more abundant in more distal, high-recombination regions of the chromosomes; there appears to be more duplication of genes within the NBS-LRR and the SAUR-like auxin superfamilies compared with other warm-season legumes that have been sequenced. A surprising outcome is the identification of an inversion of 4.2 Mb among landraces and cultivars, which includes a gene that has been associated in other plants with interactions with the parasitic weed Striga gesnerioides. The genome sequence facilitated the identification of a putative syntelog for multiple organ gigantism in legumes. A revised numbering system has been adopted for cowpea chromosomes based on synteny with common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). An estimate of nuclear genome size of 640.6 Mbp based on cytometry is presented.
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