A New Cowpea Variety —‘Telv No.60’

'Telv No.60'was bred by taking Ningbo local variety'241-1'as female parent and the introduced variety'G36'as male parent,through separate and systematic selection for 8 generations.It is early maturity.It takes 60 days from seeding to pod harvest in spring cultivation;and about 48 days in summer cultivation.Its whole growing period is 80-100 days.The tender pod is dark green,long stick-shaped with even size and identical color,about 60 cm long.A single pod weight is 18 g.It is of good quality,with high moisture content,low coarse fibre tender,crisp leaves and tastes good.This variety can grow normally from July to August and unease to premature senescence.It has stronger resistance to rust,whitely mildew and downy mildew than'901'.Its yield is over 30 t·hm-2.It has been extended to Ningbo,Zhoushan,Taizhou of Zhejiang province and Shanghai etc.