Ten breeding lines and three cultivars of cowpea-bean were evaluated. The experiment was set up in Areia, Brazil, between April and July/00, in Red-yellow Latossoil. The breeding lines TE-92-199-20F; TE-90-170-29F; TE-90-170-76F; CNCX-405-17F; CNCX-409-12F; TE-90-180-10F; TE-87-108-6G, Linhagem avançada, and IPA 206, BR-03 Tracuateua, cvs., presented length and average weight of pods according to the commercial patterns and number of pods by plant according to the pattern of the species (above twenty pods). The yield of green pods, green and dry grains, obtained by the breeding lines TE-90-170-76F; CNCX-409-12F; CNC-405-17F; TE-90-180-0F; TE-87-108-6G, Linhagem avançada and IPA 206, cultivar, were superior to 5.0 t/ha for green pods, to 3.0 t/ha for green grains and to 1.2 t/ha for dry grains, considered highest for the cowpea-beans. Highest yield of green pods (6.5 and 6.5 t/ha), green grains (3.8 and 3.8 t/ha), and dry grains (1.8 and 1.8 t/ha) were obtained, respectively, with the breeding line CNCX-409-12F and IPA 206 cv.
Vigna unguiculata; pods; green grains; dry grains; yield
