A Niche for Cowpea in Sub-Tropical Australia?

Pulses have emerged as important rotation crops in Australia. Some are demand agricultural production systems due to their high potential market value, because of roles grain or forage crops, nitrogen fixation capability, and they provide a disease break improve soil health. While several pulse been identified for winter-season cropping, there few adapted legumes apart from mungbean that appropriate dryland summer cropping. Currently, short-duration commonly used, but yields highly variable susceptible drought. Here, we propose cowpea has the become an alternative crop cropping zones, providing competitive profitable option where its drought tolerance could enable better performance under inconsistent in-crop rainfall. We demonstrate nutritional properties putative uses prove valuable emerging plant-based protein aquaculture markets.