Fusarium wilt is one of the most devastating diseases of cowpea. The pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. tracheiphilum is soil and seed-borne. A non-chemical approach was designed for the management of the disease in the present study. Hot water (physical) at three temperatures, 40 50 and 60°C, and Trichoderma viride (biological) at 10 6 spores/ml were evaluated singly and synergistically in the laboratory. The duration of exposure to hot water was 5 min, after which seeds were allowed to cool followed by priming in sterile water (sole hot water treatment) or T. viride (synergistic physical and bio-control) medium in Petri-dishes for 72 h. The control consisted of seed treated with water at ambient temperature, while the standard check was seeds dressed with Mancozeb fungicide. Both were primed in a sterile water medium. Nine treatments were evaluated in all. Germinated seeds were transplanted into plastic pots containing soil infested with F. oxysporum at 10 6 spores/ml in the screen house. The experimental layout was completely randomized design and data collected were subjected to statistical analysis and mean separation. Results showed that seeds treated with 50°C hot water only had the highest germination percentage, 96.66%, and seedling vigour, 460.98. Disease incidence and severity values were least in seeds treated with synergistic hot water at 50°C and priming in T. viride medium. The highest number (77.33) and weight (13.41 g) of seeds were also recorded for the same treatment, while the least, 18 and 3.60 g were obtained from control. Integrated use of hot water (50°C) and bio-priming in T. viride medium can be recommended for use in the management of fusarium wilt disease of cowpea.