Sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure.
1You will remember that only one-tenth of the total nitrogen of the cowpea plant remains in the roots and stubble?
2Only about one-tenth of the nitrogen contained in the cowpea plant is left in the roots and stubble when the crop is harvested.
3Often intercropped with maize and cotton, cowpea plants provide shade and dense cover that help protect soil and preserve moisture.
4On the other hand, a stand of cowpea plants is surer in the case of soils that crust, and germination runs higher.
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