| Type of TE | Targeted region and forward and reverse primers/reference | Cowpea TE (GenBankAcc No) | Top BLAST hit (E value) |
| En/Spm | Transposase F: 5’GGAAAACTAATATGATT CGACATAATATTGAYITIATGC | VuEnSpm1 (FJ526201) | Glycine max william 82 clone GMWBb173L02 (3e−120) |
| R: 5’CATAGACAGATGTCCATATC TTTCAAASADRTACATCCA3’[2] | VuEnSpm2 (FJ526202) | Glycine max william 82 clone GMWBb173L02 (2e−136) | |
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| VuEnSpm3 (FJ526203) | Glycinemaxclone 77G7b (6e−85) | |
| MITEs | Transposase F: 5’ATGICKMIRRTTRAACAAYTC3’ R: 5’GGIGCHHTIGATGGHACWCA3’ [33] | VuPIF1 (GQ422756) | Lotus japonicus clone (4e−16) |
| VuPIF2 (GQ422757) | Dendrocalamus minor clone DM-1 PIF01 transposon PIF-like (3e−11) |