Botany

Botany

    • Vegetable cowpea is a self-pollinated crop.
    • The flowers of cowpea are hermaphrodite and opens between 7.00 to 9.00 am.
    • The time of dehiscence of anthers is from 10.00 am to 12.45 pm.
    • The dehiscence takes place before flower opening.
    Seed crop of vegetable cowpea
    Figure: 1. Seed crop of vegetable cowpea

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