CULTIVAR RELEASE – ‘BRS Guariba’: white-grain cowpea cultivar for the midnorth region of Brazil

‘BRS Guariba’: white-grain cowpea cultivar for the midnorth region of Brazil

Francisco Rodrigues Freire Filho, Maurisrael de Moura Rocha, Paulo Sérgio Torres Brioso, and Valdenir Queiroz Ribeiro

BRS Guariba is a cultivar that belongs to the white commercial class, with a early-maturing cycle and resistance to powdery mildew (Erysiphe polygoni), brown blotch (Coletrichum truncatum) and Cowpea aphid borne mosaic virus-CABMV. It attained mean grain yields of 1475 and 1508 kg ha-1 in the states of Piauí and Maranhão, respectively. It is indicated for cultivation in the Mid-North region of Brazil.

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