The results indicate that introduction of cowpea in the Delmarva region could play an important role in replacing some of the areas currently being used for corn and soybean production, an important source of vegetable proteins to many ethnic groups in the area, play an important role as an alternative crop, improve soil fertility to sustain crop production, and also to serve as an insurance crop, especially during drought years in the Delmarva region. Soils in the Delmarva region are sandy, prone to drought but support corn and soybean which are the major crops in the region. Genotypes Quickpick Pinkeye and Elite were found to be early maturing and might escape the terminal drought. The same qualitative GEI was observed among cowpea varieties grown with and without water stress in Maryland (Fig. The highest biological yield was provided by genotypes Champion, White Acre and California Blackeye 5 making these genotypes good candidates to be used for green manuring or as cover crops in the region. Genotypes Colossus, Mississippi Silver and California Blackeye 5 gave significantly higher seed yields. Results showed significant differences in grain and biological yields of various genotypes. Cowpea genotypes were grown for two seasons and the parameters evaluated mostly included grain yield, biological yield, flowering and maturity dates. The weight of 100 dry seed is approximately 19.25 g.Field experiments were conducted to determine the possibility of growing cowpea as an alternative crop in the cropping system of the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia (Delmarva) region of the United States. The dry seed has a smooth to wrinkled cream testa with a medium, maroon eye. The weight of 25 fresh peas is approximately 10.75 g. Fresh peas are green with a light-pink eye and slightly kidney shaped. Pods are straight, approximately 8 inches long and about 8mm in diameter. Pods are green when immature and dark purple at the mature-green stage. There are two to three pods per peduncle and pods are positioned at or above the foliage level. Quickpick has an erect, determinate, non-vining, bush-type plant habit. Origin, Quickpick was developed by Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station. Quickpick does not have a tendency to vine as other pinkeyes do. Quickpick is generally more synchronistic in setting pods and produces greater machine harvested yields than “Texas Pinkeye Purple Hull”. It is suitable for either machine or hand harvest. Quickpick is a determinate pinkeye purple hull southern pea developed for the fresh market. Like MSPL, MSSL is resistant to all three races of Fusarium Wilt and the four out of five types of root-knot nematodes common in the U.S. They are large, light green to cream in color at green shell maturity, and flattened or crowded on the ends. The green peas of MSSL are typical of the brown crowder group. The pods open easily making it a very popular pea. The green pods are smooth, silvery color occasionally touched with streaks or spots of light rose. 60 days Tired of wading through a sea of stringy vines and you want them fast Then these Quickpick Pinkeye cowpea is the 1 for you it is a bush type southern cowpea with early maturity and good disease resistance. The green shell maturity was reached in about 64 days. The crop of MSSL is set early and is concentrated over the top of the row slightly above the vines. The vine on the MSSL is similar to the MSPL. It was originally planned as a disease-resistant replacement for the Silverskin Crowders on the fresh market. This pea has beautiful silvery – colored pods at the green mature stage. Mississippi Silver, MSSL, was released by the Mississippi Agri.
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