Biography:
Alina Mofokeng (Ph.D.) is a researcher at the Agricultural Research Council-Grain Crops in Potchefstroom, South Africa working on cowpea and soybean breeding and germplasm conservation. She has a PhD in Plant Breeding with her research on diversity analysis of sorghum using agronomic, SSR, and protein content and amino acid composition. Her MSc degree was on Plant Protection with her thesis entitled Host status of Cucumis myriocarpus to Meloidogyne incognita and her major subject was Plant Production during her BSc degree study. She was a Post-Doc at the Agricultural Research Council-Grain Crops breeding sorghum for improved yield and perenniality.
Title : Cowpea potential, production constraints and utilization in South Africa Maletsema Alina Mofokeng