Abstract：‘Zhijiang 618’is a new cowpea cultivar developed by crossing‘Mazijiangdou’introduced from Sichuan Province as female parent with‘ZH’introduced from Liaoning Province a superior selective strain as male parent．It is a new cowpea variety of medium maturity bred by systematic selection combined with marker assisted wilt resistance identification．As a sprawled plant，‘Zhijiang 618’has purple flowers．The pods can be set both in the main and side vines．The average single plant can set 14.4 pods．The commocial pods are oil green in color．The pod holder is straight with green beak and little rat tail．The average pod length is 63.7 cm and single pod weight is 26.6 g．The pod has thick peel with low fiber content．It tastes glutinous and slight sweet．Its soluble suger content is 24.0 mg · g-1．It is not sensitive to day length and shows middle resistance to furisum wilt and virus disease．Its yield at early stage is equal to that of‘Zhijiang 106’．The total yield is about 30 t · hm-2．It is suitable to be planted in every part of China（except alpine regions）．
