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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Inheritance of pod length in cowpea

Hazra

*Som

M.G.

Das

P.K.

Department of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal.

Present address: *Reader in Horticulture (Res.), Regional Research Station, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kharibari, Darjeeling, 734 427.

**Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, B.C.K.V., Mohanpur.

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