Crop Agronomic parameter   Day to 50% emergence Days to 50% flowering Pod yield (kg/ha) Biomass (dry) (kg/ha) Grain yield (kg/ha) Tepary bean 5a 36a 151.1a 200.0a 245.9a Cowpea 4a 51b 877.0b 502.2b 568.1b Bambara nut 12b 46b - 404.4b 0 Pigeon pea 11b 148c - 493.3b 0 Common bean 12b 54b 14.8c 51.5c 227.0a Groundnut 8b 38a - 1,412.6d 0

Table 1: A field comparison of tepary bean agronomic performance compared with other legume crops in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. Means with the same letter are not significantly different from each other.