Assessment of Amniotic Fluid Volume in Sudanese Pregnant Women in Second and Third Trimester by Ultrasound Imaging

Table of Content

Abstract. .......................................................................................... .IV

Table of content. .................................................................................. V-VII

List of figures ....................................................................................... VIII

List of tables ........................................................................................... VIII

List of Abbreviations ............................................................................ VIII-IX

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 Introduction and Literature Review ............................................................. 1-2

1.1 Origin, domestication and distribution of Vigna unguiculata ... .............................. 3-4

I. I. I Medicinal and Nutrition value of cowpea ................................................ 4-5

1.1.2 Cowpea Production ...•...................................................................... 5

I .1.3 Environmental requirements ............................................................... 5-6

1.1.4 Cowpea pest and disease ...................................................... 6-7

1.1.5 Genetic diversity ............................................................................ 7-8