Cowpea an important food legume, is adapted to wide ranges of soil and rainfall situations, hence, cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. It is the crop of low and high rainfall regions, grown particularly as a mixed/inter crop for various-purposes. Cowpea is an ancient source of food, forage, fodder, vegetable, certain snacks, cover crop and an important component of cropping system. The crop has been investigated for its varied aspects to make it more productive, useful, sustenance, source of organic food and the crop of common masses. The information so generated is scattered, unsystematic and not readily available at a place. It is desired that research results of various aspects generated in India are collected, compiled and systematically arranged so as to draw viable and valuable conclusion by the intended users and planners. In view of this, present compilation "Cowpea in India" represents a treasure of scientific information by reputed researchers throughout the country. The compilation comprises fourteen chapters devoted to plant improvement, crop husbandry, resistance towards abiotic stresses, genetic resources of quantitative and qualitative nature, plant protection, soil nematodes, forage aspects, uses, vegetable purposes etc

Contents:
1 Cowpea — An Introduction — D. Kumar and H.R. Mahla
2 Cowpea Genetics — R.S. Sangwan
3 Cowpea Genetic Resources – A Quantitative Perspective— S.K. Mishra
4 Cowpea Genetic Resources – A Biotic Perspective— D.D. Saini and S.P.S. Choudhary
5 Cowpea Genetic Improveent— S.K. Mishra
6 Mutation Breeding in Cowpea— R.N. Pandey and S.E. Pawar
7. Breeding Cowpea for Abiotic Stresses Tolerance— D. Kumar
8 Cowpea Agronomy — S. Anitha, E. Sreenivasan and Raj Singh
9 Cowpea Plant Pathology — P.P. Gupta and Vivek Gupta
10 Cowpea Entomology — Satya Vir
11 Cowpea Nematology — R.K. Kaul
12 Cowpea Forage Aspects— C.R. Ramesh, P.S. Pathak and B. Gangaiah
13 Cowpea Utilization in India— Pratibha Tewari, Sanju Choudhary and Nidhi Shekhawat
14. Vegetable Cowpea – Future Prospects — N.B. Gaddagimath