CSK HPKV

1. Production
Technology in Cowpea
Submitted to-
Dr. Parveen
Sharma

2. Cowpea/ Lobia
 Both summer and rainy season crop
 Grown for green pods, dry seeds and fodder
 Seeds rich in protein (23-28%)
 Called as vegetable meat
 When cultivated for dry seeds, it is called as
Black eye pea
Kaffir pea
Southern pea
 Green pods are called
Catjang bean
Asparagus bean
Yard long bean

3. Cultivation in India
 Long thick podded and trailing types
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal
 For Dry seeds
Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh
 For short and thin pods (Pusa-Do-Fasali)
Punjab, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

4. Five species of Vigna
 Three cultivated types
 V. unguiculata (Southern pea)
 Commonly grown, Vine like straight growing stem, small seeds
 V. unguiculata ssp. cylinderica (Catjang Bean)
 Small poods (7-13cm), generally straight 5-6mm long kidney
shaped seeds
 V. unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis (Asparagus or yard long bean)
 Vine like or climbing in habit, pods drooping, very long (30-90 cm)
 Two wild types
• V. unguiculata ssp. dekindtiana
• V. unguiculata ssp. mensensis

5. Varieties
IIHR, Bangalore
 Sel-61-B
 Sel-1552
 Arka Garima
IARI New Delhi
 Pusa Do Fasali
 Pusa Phalguni
 Pusa Barsati
 Pusa Komal
NDUTA, Faizabad
 Narendra Lobia-1
 Selection-2-1,
 Yard long bean,
 Philippines Early,

6. Conti.
NBPGR, New Delhi
 Pusa Rituraj,
PAU, Ludhiana
 Cowpea-263,
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya,
Mohanpur, Nadia, (W.B.)
 Bidhan barbati-1,
 Bidhan barbati-2

7. State-wise popular varieties of cowpea
state varieties
Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Bihar C152, Sf-68
Himachal Pradesh C152, Pusa-1, Sel-27
Haryana SF-68, Pusa Komal
Rajasthan JC-5, Jc-10
Uttar Pradesh Type-2, Pusa Barsati, Pusa Do Fasali
West Bengal 5269
Madhya Pradesh C-152, K-11, K-14
Maharashtra C-152, No.-2, 19-141
Orissa C-152, SF-68, SFB-2
Karnataka C-152, Sel-61-B-1, S-488, S-203
Tamil Nadu C-152, Co-1, Co-2, Pusa-3, Pusa Do
Fasali

8. Climate and Soil
 Warm season crop
 Thrives best between 21-35 °C
 Cannot tolerate cold weather and heavy rainfall
 Well drained, humus rich sandy loam soils
 pH 5.5-6.5
 One deep ploughing followed by 2-3 light ploughing
followed by planking to obtain fine tilth

9. Manure and Fertilizers
 25-30 t/ha FYM or compost at the time of field
preparation
 Complete dose before sowing into the soil
N: 20-25 Kg/ha
P: 50-60 Kg/ha
K: 50-60 Kg/ha
 Zinc sulphate: 15-20 Kg/ha (in deficient soils) is beneficial

10. Sowing time
 In Plains
June July
February- March
 Southern Plains
December- January
 Tropical climate (Summer and winters not severe)
Throughout the year
 In hills
April May

11. Seed rate and Sowing
 Rainy season : 12-15 Kg/ha
 Spring season: 20-25 Kg/ha
 Sowing should be done two days after irrigation
 Drill the seed
 2-3cm deep
 45-60 cm Row to Row ( rainy season)
 25-30 cm Row to Row (summer season)
 10-15 cm Plant to Plant
 Don’t irrigate the field till seed germinate

12. Irrigation
 Shallow rooted crop
 Require light and frequent irrigation
 Irrigate at 4-5 days interval in summers
 Avoid excess watering
 No need to irrigate in rainy season (except long dry
spell)
 Maintain enough moisture
 At flowering
 Pod formation

13. Inter-culture and Weed control
 Keep field free from weeds for first 45 days
 Two hoeings (after sowing)
 At 25 days
 At 45 days
 Chemical control
 Pre-emergence application
 Oxadiazon @ 0.5 Kg/ha
 Alachor @ 1.5 Kg/ha
 Nitrofen @ 3.0 Kg/ha
 Maleic hydrazide at 50-200 ppm just before flowering
helps in increasing the pod yield

14. Roughing
Before flowering
During flowering
 All off types and diseased plants roughed out
 Off types can be easily detected at pod maturity

15. Harvesting
For market crop
o Early varieties ready in 45 days
o Green and tender pods
o Harvest before pods become fibrous
o Frequent pickings at 2-3 days interval
o Green pod yield : 75-100 q/ha

16. Conti..
 Seed crop
 Matures in 75-125 days
 Pods turns into straw colour
 Entire plant is harvested
 Allowed to dry in field
or
 Heaped at one place in threshing floor for drying
 Threshed by thresher or tramped and then winnowing
all inert matter
 Seed is spread on tarpaulin for drying till 10% moisture
 Seed yield : 10-15 q/ha.

17. THANK YOU