Research Article

Effect of alectra vogelii (benth) infestations on the growth of some genotypes of cowpea (vigna unguiculata (l.) walp)

*¹Kutama AS, ²Hayatu M, and ³Umar S

¹Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa state, Nigeria

²Department of Plant Biology, Bayero University, PMB 3011, Kano Nigeria

³Department of Biological Sciences, College Of Arts and Sciences, Kano

*Corresponding author E- mail: kutamasak@yahoo.com; Tel: +2347067371893

Accepted 15 March 2013

Abstract

An experiment was conducted in the screen house of International Institute for Tropical Agriculture Kano state, Nigeria in 2012. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of Alectra infestations on the growth of some cowpea genotypes. The experiment comprised of three treatment regimes of Alectra infestations (0g, 0.05g and 1g) which are arranged in complete randomized block design with three replications. The results showed that plant height at different

Keywords: Alectra vogelii, cowpea infestation