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| A New Cowpea Variety of Early Maturity —‘Huanghuawang’ |
| REN Ling-bing |
| Anyang City Institute of Agricultural Sciences， Anyang 455000， Henan， China |
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Abstract ‘Huanghuawang’ is a new cowpea variety developed by crossing protospecies generation of‘ fengjiang’ as female parent and‘ Huangziwang’ as male parent．The pod is mainly setting on the main vine．It has yellow flower．The first flower usually sets on 2nd-3rd node，and each inflorescence could bear 2-6 pads．Below the 5th knots of the root，the average effective branch number is 2．The commercial pad is green and white in color．Its pad is 80-85 cm in length and the longest one could be 120 cm．The single pod weight is about 30 g．The pod length is symmetry．The fruit tastes crispy and tender with good commodity．Its seeds are reniform with colored coat．The 1 000 kernel weight is about 130 g．Its whole growing period is 90-120 d．In prior period，it can yield 24.0-30.0 t·hm-2，accounting for over 40% of the total output. Its total yield is 52.5-60.0 t·hm-2．It can be planted all over the country.
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Received: 12 March 2013
Published: 16 April 2013
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