Download or read book A Farmer's Primer on Growing Cowpea on Riceland written by R. K. Pandey and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1987 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cowpea crop; The cowpea plant; The seed; Seedling growth; Growth stages; The roots; Root nodules and nitrogen fixing; The shoot - leaves and branches; The shoot - flowers and seed pods; Dry matter production; Growing cowpea; Environment; Water; Choosing the right variety; Tillage and planting; Fertilizer and lime; Harvesting and storage; Increasing yields and profits; Yield components; Production factors; Yield reducers - weeds; Yield reducers - insect pests; Yield reducers - diseases; Cowpea in other cropping systems; Sequence cropping; Intercropping; Strip-cropping.