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Table 5 Contribution of IITA’s genebank to the ancestry of the adopted improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria

From: IITA’s genebank, cowpea diversity on farms, and farmers’ welfare in Nigeria

Cowpea variety

Does the cowpea variety have a genebank ancestor?

How many genebank ancestors are in the pedigree respective of number of appearances?

How many genebank ancestors are in the pedigree relative to unique counts?

Year of release

IT90K-277-2 (Sasakawa)

Yes

14

7

2005

IT89KD-288/Sampea-11

Yes

13

7

2009

IT99K-216-24-2 (Kwankwaso)

Yes

22

7

Not yet released

IT89KD-391/Sampea12

Yes

16

8

2009

IT97K-499-35/Sampea-10

Yes

55

8

2008

IT93K-452-1/Sampea8

Yes

29

13

2005

IT99K-573-1-1/Sampea-14

Yes

43

12

2011

IT99K-573-2-1/Sampea-15

Yes

43

12

2011

IT98K-131-2

Yes

33

7

Not yet released

UAM09-1046-6-1

Yes

56

8

Not yet released

UAM09-1055-6

Yes

56

8

2016

IT98K-205-8

Yes

55

9

Not yet released

IAR48 /Sampea 7

Not available

Not available

Not available

Not available

IT98K-491-4

Yes

Not available

Not available

Not Available

IT07K-318-33/Sampea 17

Yes

50

13

2015

IT07K-292-10/Sampea 16

Yes

67

14

2015

  1. Information retrieved from the database of the cowpea program of IITA. “Unique count” refers to the number of IITA ancestors appearing in the pedigree and “number of appearances” refers to the number of times the IITA ancestors have been used in the breeding line