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Timko, M.P., Ehlers, J.D., Roberts, P.A. (2007). Cowpea. In: Kole, C. (eds) Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops. Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34516-9_3

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