25 Aug Cultivation of multi-purpose crop cowpea
बहुउपयोगी फसल लोबिया की खेती। Cowpea (Lobia) crop is known as drought hardy nature, its wide and droopy leaves keeps soils and soil moisture conserved due to shading effect. Its botanical name is Vigna anguiculata. It is also known as black-eyed pea, Lobia, Barbati, Black eyed pea and southern pea etc. Cowpea has multiple uses like food, feed, forage, fodder, green manuring and vegetable. Cowpea seed is a nutritious component in the human diet, and cheap livestock feed as well. Both the green and dried seeds are suitable for canning and boiling as well. Cowpea is nutritious and contains Protein - 22-24% , Carbohydrate - 55-66 %, Iron - 0.005% , Calcium - 0.08 – 0.11 % , UPC-62, and Essential amino acids (lysine, leucine and phenylalanine) In Indian context, it is a minor pulse cultivated mainly in arid and semi arid tracts, grown in pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and West UP along with considerable area in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat. State-wise recommended varieties of cowpea M.P. and Gujarat : cowpea-3, V-240, Gujrat cowpea-4, UPC-622FTC-27 Tamilnadu: Vamban-1, Co-6, UPC-628 Karnataka: KBC-2, IT-38956-1, PKB-4, PKB-6 Rajasthan: RC-101, RCP-27 (FTC-27) Punjab: CL-367, UPC-622, VRCP-4 (Kashichand) Chhattisgarh: Khalleshwari Uttar Pradesh : UPC-622, Swarna harita (IC285143), Kashi chandan, UPC-628, Pant Climatic requirements Cowpea is warm weather and semi arid crop, where temperature ranging from 20 OC to 30 OC . Minimum...