Nomenclatural standards of cowpea cultivars bred in VIR
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2025-3-o3
Abstract
Nomenclatural standards have been prepared for seven cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) cultivars, namely ‘Astraxanskaya Krasavicza’ (WIR-109254), ‘Zhemchuzhina Kaspiya’ (WIR-109255), ‘Kaspijskaya Zarya’ (WIR-109256), ‘Kigach’ (WIR-109257), ‘Lyanchixe’ (WIR-109258), ‘Pasta Grin’ (WIR-109259), and ‘Samma Nova’ (WIR-109260) bred in VIR using accessions from the collection of grain legume genetic resources and maintained in the VIR collection. The herbarium specimens were prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), registered in the VIR Herbarium database and deposited in the Type Specimens Section of the Herbarium of Cultivated Plants of the World, their Wild Relatives and Weeds (WIR) at the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources.
About the Authors
M. O. BurlyaevaRussian Federation
Marina O. Burlyaeva, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Leading Researcher, VIR
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
M V. Gurkina
Russian Federation
Maria V. Gurkina, Cand. Sci. (Agriculture), Senior Researcher, VIR, Astrakhan Experiment Station, a branch of VIR
Yaksatovo Village, Privolzhsky District, Astrakhan Province, 416462 Russia
Г. Таловина
Russian Federation
Galina V. Talovina, Cand. Sci. (Bioljgy), Senior Researcher, VIR
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya St., St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia
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Review
For citations:
Burlyaeva M.O., Gurkina M.V., Nomenclatural standards of cowpea cultivars bred in VIR. Vavilovia. https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2025-3-o3























