Comparison of Introduced Cowpea Cultivars in Spring in Kaili

In order to screen out new high-yield, disease-resistant and good-quality cowpea cultivar with good commercial characters for Kali city, we carried out the comparative test of four new-introduced cowpea cultivars in the spring of 2013,by taking Zhijiang 28-2 as control cultivar. The results showed that, Yinjiang No.1 had the best comprehensive characters of high yield, good quality, disease resistance and excellent commercial, and possessed high economic benefit, so it could be promoted as the main planting cultivar in Kaili area in spring. The two cultivars Chang'eyudai and Techangxiaoye had good comprehensive characters, and they were suitable for spring cultivation in Kaili area. While Baiyinzhu and Zhijiang28-2 had poor comprehensive characters, thus they were unfavorable to be promoted in Kaili.