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A New Cowpea Variety —‘ Mianzijiang No.1’ |
LI Jia-hui,XU Dong-mei,HUANG Hai-tao,NIU Yi-song,ZHANG Jie |
Mianyang Institute of Agricultural Sciences,Mianyang 621023,Sichuan,China |
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Abstract ‘Mianzijiang No.1’ is a new purple cowpea variety developed by crossing breeding material
‘403-2’ as female parent and‘ 2441’ as male parent through system selective breeding.It is of medium
maturity. Its growth period is about 71 days.The first inflorescence occurs at the 5-6th node.Its flower is light
purple in color,and seed is reddish-brown and of kidney shape.The cowpea pod is 45-55 cm in length.The
single pod weight is about 15 g.The pod has even thickness,less fibre and tail.Its comprehensive characteristics
are superior.The anthocyanins content is 0.97 mg·g-1.The yield in spring cultivation is 27.0-31.5 t·hm-2.It
is suitable for planting in cowpea production areas of Sichuan Province.
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Received: 31 August 2017
Published: 03 December 2017
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