this study was carried out during summer 2014 in Siano Research Station- the
Agricultura Research Center in Lattakia . Four varieties of Cowpea: Dolicho (entrance),
Blackey (entrance), Almaarefa (Local) and local
cultivar were planted and compared
concerning the vegetative growth , productivity
and quality of green pods.
The results showed the superiority of Almaarefa cultivar in some vegetative traits
:plant hieght (166.66) cm compared with local cultivar 116.58 cm ,number of leaves on
plant and( 27) leaves and( 17) leaves for local cultivar, and plant leaves area( 7840.23)
cm2 for Almaarefa comparing with( 4499.75) cm2 for local cultivar
As well as it had a maximum pod length( 16.71) cm and highest grain number of
pod( 9.44) ,while Blackey cultivar was the most superior comparing with
other cultivars in productivity( 0.6229) kg \ m 2 and pod's number/m2 ( 81.069)
Whereas Almaarefa had the lowest productivity( 0.4935) kg/m2 and lowest pod's number
( 65.89)pod/m2.
The results also showed that the local cultivar had the most vitamin C content
comparing with other cultivars by( 23.765%) and in dry matter by (15.38%) , while
there was no significant differences between protein green pods content.
