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PI:
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Remy
Pasquet
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Contact details
P.
O. Box 30772
, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone:
+254 (2) 861680-4
Fax:
254 2 860110
Email
direct from site:
rspasquet@a2i-micro.fr
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Grantee:
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ICIPE
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Amount:
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US $250,000
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Duration:
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Three
Years
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Project
Outputs
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Despite floral morphology
favoring out breeding, natural Kenyan wild cowpea population, genetic
parameters are closer to those of inbred plants with low level of gene
flow.
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The
low level of pollen flow is a direct consequence of pollinator
behavior. Pollinators are mainly looking for nectar and they are
guided to flower stands by aroma.
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Pollinator
behavior and floral biology data indicate that pollen flow could be
efficiently controlled.
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Fitness studies show that progenies from wild x
cultivated crosses are less fit than wild plants despite higher
initial vigor. However protection from insect (through conventional
insecticide spraying) increases the fitness of the hybrid plants.
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