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Cowpea vs Moth Bean

Both are Pulse. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Cowpea Moth Bean

Measure Cowpea Moth Bean
Season Kharif · Zaid Kharif
Sowing window Jun–Jul, Feb–Mar Jul
Days to harvest 70–90 70–90
Spacing 45 × 15 cm 30 × 10 cm
Soil pH 5.5–7.5 6.0–8.0
Water 250–400 150–300
Temperature °C 25–35 25–35
Seed rate 20–25 kg 10–12 kg
Yield 1–1.5 t 0.5–0.8 t
Watch for Aphid, pod borer Yellow mosaic, jassid
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