Table 12 Agronomic and culinary characteristics of pigeonpea landraces grown across Benin’s ecological zone
Landraces/local names | GZ | SGZ | SZ |
|---|---|---|---|
CBSL Klouékoun wéwé nounkoun wiwi (Mahi and Fon sociolinguistic groups) | NA | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; Resistant to diseases and pests; Susceptible to storage insects | NA |
CRISL Klouékoun wéwé noukoun vôvô (Mahi and Fon sociolinguistic groups) | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; susceptible to storage insects | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; susceptible to storage insects | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; susceptible to storage insects |
CSL Klouékoun wéwé tété (Mahi sociolinguistic group) | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | NA |
CHMSL Wlétchivé kloui (Adja sociolinguistic group) | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | NA |
CMSL Klouékoun wlanwlan (Fon sociolinguistic group) | NA | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; susceptible to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects |
BWSL Colo kpikpa (Idaasha sociolinguistic group) | NA | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | NA |
RSL Klouékoun vôvô (Fon and Mahi sociolinguistic groups) | High productivity; short cooking time; short vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | High productivity; short cooking time; short vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | Low productivity; short cooking time; short vegetative cycle; Susceptible to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects |
LRSL Otili kpoukpa (Nago sociolinguistic group) | High productivity; short cooking time; short vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | High productivity; short cooking time; short vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | NA |
BKSL Otini kpoukpa (Holly sociolinguistic group) | NA | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | NA |
CRSSL Otili founfoun kékélé (Idaasha sociolinguistic group) | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; susceptible to storage insects | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; susceptible to storage insects | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; susceptible to storage insects |
CRHSL Otili founfoun lakoun (Idaasha sociolinguistic group) | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; susceptible to storage insects | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; susceptible to storage insects | NA |
CMHSL Carder ekloui (Adja sociolinguistic group) | High productivity; short cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | NA | NA |
BMSL Ekloui djou (Adja sociolinguistic group) | High productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; resistant to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects | NA | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; susceptible to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects |
RMSL Wotiri souan (Bariba sociolinguistic group) | NA | NA | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; susceptible to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects |
PMSL Wotiri wonka (Bariba sociolinguistic group) | NA | NA | Low productivity; long cooking time; long vegetative cycle; susceptible to diseases and pests; resistant to storage insects |