Abstract
The official journal of Agricultural Sciences published by the Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University, Chenkalady, Sri Lanka.AGRIEAST publishes research information of broad practical significance pertaining to both tropical and subtropical Agriculture.
Highlights
Legumes is one of the most ancient food crops known to man and cultivated for grains, green pods and fodder (Jeswani and Baldev, 1990)
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) is an important legume crop can be cultivated throughout the year in most of the tropical countries
Three control environment experiments were conducted at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka from October, 2019 to February 2020, to identify the seedling root morphological traits associated with economic yield and yield components of cowpea
Summary
Legumes is one of the most ancient food crops known to man and cultivated for grains, green pods and fodder (Jeswani and Baldev, 1990). Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) is an important legume crop can be cultivated throughout the year in most of the tropical countries. It is one of the major income generation crops which contributes massively on food security of the people in tropical and subtropical countries (Adu, et al, 2019; Tharanathan and Mahadevamma, 2003). Cowpea is one of the major cultivated legume crops in Sri Lanka.It is mainly cultivated in Hambanthota, Rathnapura, Badulla, Monaragala, Anuradhapura, Kurunagala, Puttalam, Batticaloa, Ampara districts in Sri Lanka.
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