Abstract:
Underutilised species such as bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) have the
potential to contribute significantly to meeting food and nutritional needs worldwide. We evaluated
phenotypic traits in twelve bambara groundnut genotypes from East, West and Southern Africa and
Southeast Asia and two F2 bi-parental segregating populations derived from IITA-686 ×Tiga Nicuru
and S19-3 ×DodR to determine phenotypic trait variation and their potential contribution to the
development of improved crop varieties