{"id":943,"date":"2022-03-23T08:55:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T08:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/?p=943"},"modified":"2022-03-23T08:55:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T08:55:42","slug":"finding-easy-to-measure-traits-for-improving-cowpea-new-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/2022\/03\/23\/finding-easy-to-measure-traits-for-improving-cowpea-new-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding easy-to-measure traits for improving cowpea [new paper]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"945\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/2022\/03\/23\/finding-easy-to-measure-traits-for-improving-cowpea-new-paper\/cowpea-leaf-web-2-637834780457936802-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/03\/cowpea-leaf-web-2-637834780457936802-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"874,289\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cowpea-leaf-web-2-637834780457936802\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/03\/cowpea-leaf-web-2-637834780457936802-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-945\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/03\/cowpea-leaf-web-2-637834780457936802-1-300x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/03\/cowpea-leaf-web-2-637834780457936802-1-300x99.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/03\/cowpea-leaf-web-2-637834780457936802-1-768x254.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/03\/cowpea-leaf-web-2-637834780457936802-1-676x224.jpg 676w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/03\/cowpea-leaf-web-2-637834780457936802-1.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congrats to a team of people involving UK (Lancaster), US (Illinois), and Nigerian (Amhadu Bello &amp; IITA) based researchers who<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lec\/about-us\/news\/helping-to-breed-better-cowpea-crops?fbclid=IwAR3N3RP7Mcj3-jjNZXYzZE5g5_sWGIHc6E_5WdO-cMN7WQPIekc5EHb-q-8\"> just published a study<\/a> on field and glasshouse grown cowpea <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/leg3.144\">in <em>Legume Science<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0 This was a great team effort with fieldwork in Illinois by Anthony, glasshouse experiments in Lancaster led by undergrad dissertation student Nicole supported by Rhiannon and Emmanuel, and important input from collaborators in Nigeria with direct ties to breeders.<\/p>\n<p>Well done everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Paper (Open Access): <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/leg3.144\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/leg3.144<\/a><br \/>\nNews article:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/26m96287\">Helping to breed better cowpea crops<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"920\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/2022\/01\/20\/new-paper-on-cowpea-rubisco-activation-and-light-fluctuations-now-out-in-nature-plants\/ripe-logo-rgb\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/01\/RIPE-logo-RGB.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1707,354\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;RIPE-logo-RGB&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RIPE-logo-RGB\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/01\/RIPE-logo-RGB-1024x212.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-920\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/01\/RIPE-logo-RGB-300x62.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/01\/RIPE-logo-RGB-300x62.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/01\/RIPE-logo-RGB-1024x212.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/01\/RIPE-logo-RGB-768x159.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/01\/RIPE-logo-RGB-1536x319.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/01\/RIPE-logo-RGB-676x140.jpg 676w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/files\/2022\/01\/RIPE-logo-RGB.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to a team of people involving UK (Lancaster), US (Illinois), and Nigerian (Amhadu Bello &amp; IITA) based researchers who just published a study on field and glasshouse grown cowpea in Legume Science.\u00a0 \u00a0 This was a great team effort with fieldwork in Illinois by Anthony, glasshouse experiments in Lancaster led by undergrad dissertation student Nicole supported by Rhiannon and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":884,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9L9PV-fd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/884"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lancsphotosynthesis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}