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Book of Abstracts First Legume Society Conference 2013: A Legume Odyssey Novi Sad, Serbia, 9-11 May 2013
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Agronomic and morphological characters of newly registered Reyhan and Peksen
vegetable cowpea cultivars in Turkey
Aysun Peksen 1 , Erkut Peksen 2
1 Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Samsun, Turkey
2 Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crop, Samsun, Turkey
In Turkey, cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is mainly grown in Aegean and Mediterranean
regions for fresh pods and dry seeds. Cowpea breeding program was started in 1997 at The
University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey. During this breeding program, 12 advanced
cowpea lines developed from 27 local cowpea populations of Turkey. Until April 2011, registered
vegetable cowpea cultivars did not exist in Turkey. In the results of breeding program and
subsequent two locations registration experiment during 2005 and 2006, L3 and L13 lines were
registered as the first vegetable cowpea cultivars with the name of Peksen and Reyhan. Over two
years study, cowpea cvs Peksen and Reyhan gave 18.0 t ha -1 and 10.99 t ha -1 fresh pod yield, while
dry cowpea cvs Karagoz-86 and Akkiz-86 used as controls gave 10.23 and 7.47 t ha -1 . It may be
concluded that new vegetable cowpea cultivars may be a good alternative vegetable crop and it
can be successfully grown in Black Sea Region of Turkey as much as in Aegean and
Mediterranean regions. The main purpose of this paper is to introduce of newly registered
vegetable cowpea cultivars, Peksen and Reyhan, and to present their important agronomic and
morphological characters.
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