| Name of variety | Aluba-kpole |
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| Commodity | Cowpea |
| National Code | GH/Vu/005/19 |
| Origin/Source | IITA |
| Applicant | University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
| Preferred Ecology | Coastal savannah, Forest-Savannah Transition, Semi-deciduous fore |
| Pedigree/Line | IT10K-819-4 |
| Year of release | 2019 |
| Year of registry | 2019 |
| Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability | Growth habit: Indeterminate; Growth pattern: determinate; Anthocyanin pigmentation: present at nodes, base and tip of petiole; Foliage colour: Pale green; Flower colour: Purple; Seed shape: Kidney; Seed coat colour: Reddish brown; Plant photosensitivity: neutral; Receme position: mostly above canopy. |
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| Value for cultivation and use | Potential grain yield: 3.3 t/ ha; Plant height: 33.0 cm; Days to 50 % flowering; 41 days (very early); Physiological Maturity; 56 days; Dual purpose (grain and fodder production); Protein content; 31.9 %; Carbohydrate:47.0 %; Potassium-300.8mg100g-1; Phosphorus: 5.4mg100-1; Sodium: 93.5mg100g-1; Magnesium- 142.0mg100g-1; Selenium- 55.0mg100g-1; Zinc: 20,5 mg100g-1; Calcium: 10.7mg100g-1; Copper: 16.7 mg100g-1; Iron: 11.1 mg100g-1; 100: seed weight: 21.3 g, Good cooking characteristics: preparing gari and beans, waakye, koose, agawu, and stew, gable, nyonbeeka, Resistant to Striga gesnerioides; Diseases and pest tolerant; Drought: moderately tolerant. |
| Name |
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| A. T. Asare |
| E. Asare-Bediako |
| I.K.A. Galyuon (University of Cape Coast) |
| F. Kusi (CSIR-SARI) |
| F. Padi (CRIG) |
| L. M. Aboagye (CSIR-PGRRI) |