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A New Early-mid Maturing Cowpea Variety —‘Gandie No. 3’ |
XIONG Mei-zhen1,ZENG Liang-liang1,ZHOU Qing-hong2,FAN Shu-ying2* |
1Jiangxi Ganxin Seed Co.,Ltd.,Nanchang 330009,Jiangxi,China|2College of Agronomy,Jiangxi Agricultural University,Nanchang 330045,Jiangxi,China |
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Abstract ‘Gandie No. 3’ is a new early-mid maturing variety of cowpea developed by crossing early maturing line 28-2G8 as female parent and early-mid maturing line 39B as male parent through system selection.It pods on both main vine and lateral vine.The first anthotaxy occurs at 4-6th nodes on the main vine.In spring,the duration from sowing to harvest is 55-60 days.In summer and autumn,its growing period is 40-45 days.Its pod is light green in color and 70-80 cm in length.Its yield can reach 42.0-44.3 t?hm-2.It has continuous pod bearing ability.It is suitable to be cultivated in the Yangtze river valley in spring,summer and autumn.
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Received: 23 June 2011
Published: 28 July 2011
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