Description:
CR 17-1-13 is the result of a breeding program to develop horticulturally suitable southernpea breeding lines with appreciable levels of resistance to the cowpea curculio (Chalcodermus aeneus Boehman). The parental lines were the breeding line Ala. 963.8 and the cultivar Floricream. Ala. 963.8 is moderately resistant to the cowpea curculio because of a pod wall factor; the resistance is controlled by a single factor. CR 17-1-13 originated as an F5 selection made in 1972