This booklet is intended as a guide to the field recognition of cowpea pests and disease for use by agricultural research and extension staff and cowpea producers.
17/07/2020 Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is a legume with edible beans, grown throughout the tropics as a green manure/cover crop. Cowpea thrives in hot climates with annual rainfall of 750 to1100 mm. Once its roots are established, it is quite drought tolerant. High rainfall, however, adversely affects cowpea...
In the report, country-by-country summaries are presented of principal constraints to production and utilization of beans/cowpeas, of present program objectives and activities, and of perceived need by the various national program leaders, to the extent that reliable information has been...