🍲 Mung/Urad/Moth Beans
Important points related to cultivation.
Mungbean/Greengram
- Botanical name: Vigna
radiata(Latest name – Phasiolus aureus) - Family: Papalionaceae
- Protein conten in moong is
24g/100 g (Highest among pulses).
Climate
- Green gram requires hot climate.
- It requires an average annual rainfall of
600-800 mm. - Best suited temperature for crop growth is between 25-32°C.
- It can tolerate drought to a great extent.
- It is a
day neutral plant. - It is considered to be the hardiest pulse among all pulse crops.
- Seed rate:
12-15 kg/ha - Spacing: 40 cm × 10 cm
- Varieties:
- PDM-1, 3, 11, Pusa baisakhi, JM-721, Malviya Jyoti, Pusa 9531, Pragya, K-851, Pusa-16.
- For summer and spring season -
Pusa baisakhi, PS16 - Mutant varieties - Pant mung 2, MUM 2, CO 4
- Early maturing - Pusa baisakhi, PS16, K851
- Yellow Vein Mosaic resistant - Pant mung 3, Sumrat, Basanti
Mohini- 1st mungbean variety released in – T1 (1948)
- Mutant variety – Dhulia (1980)
- Yield: 12-15 qt/ha
Urdbean/Blackgram
- Botanical name: Vigna
mungo(Latest Name: Phasiolus mungo) - Family: Papalionaceae
- Origin: India
Climate
- Black gram requires a hot and humid growing season.
- Black gram can be grown successfully from sea level up to an elevation of 2000 metre altitude.
- Water requirement for proper growth is 400-600 mm.
- Seed rate:
20-25 kg/ha - Spacing: 40 cm × 10 cm
- Varieties: Pant U-30, JU-2, Type-9, Barkha, Gwalior-2
- Mutant varieties - CO 1 and Sarla
- Spring season - Prabha, Krishnayya, AKU 4
- T-77 (green seeded)
- 1st urdbean variety released in – T9 (1948)
- Yield: 10-12 qt/ha.
Urdbean/Blackgram
- Botanical name: Vigna
mungo(Latest Name: Phasiolus mungo) - Family: Papalionaceae
- Origin: India
Climate
- Black gram requires a hot and humid growing season.
- Black gram can be grown successfully from sea level up to an elevation of 2000 metre altitude.
- Water requirement for proper growth is 400-600 mm.
- Seed rate:
20-25 kg/ha - Spacing: 40 cm × 10 cm
- Varieties: Pant U-30, JU-2, Type-9, Barkha, Gwalior-2
- Mutant varieties - CO 1 and Sarla
- Spring season - Prabha, Krishnayya, AKU 4
- T-77 (green seeded)
- 1st urdbean variety released in – T9 (1948)
- Yield: 10-12 qt/ha.
Moth Bean
- Also known as Dew Bean.
- Botanical Name:
Vigna aconitifolia - It is a drought-resistant legume, commonly grown in arid and semi-arid regions of India.
Mungbean/Greengram
- Botanical name: Vigna
radiata(Latest name – Phasiolus aureus) - Family: Papalionaceae
- Protein conten in moong is
24g/100 g (Highest among pulses).
Climate
- Green gram requires hot climate.
- It requires an average annual rainfall of
600-800 mm. - Best suited temperature for crop growth is between 25-32°C.
- It can tolerate drought to a great extent.
- It is a
day neutral plant. - It is considered to be the hardiest pulse among all pulse crops.
- Seed rate:
12-15 kg/ha - Spacing: 40 cm × 10 cm
- Varieties:
- PDM-1, 3, 11, Pusa baisakhi, JM-721, Malviya Jyoti, Pusa 9531, Pragya, K-851, Pusa-16.
- For summer and spring season -
Pusa baisakhi, PS16 - Mutant varieties - Pant mung 2, MUM 2, CO 4
- Early maturing - Pusa baisakhi, PS16, K851
- Yellow Vein Mosaic resistant - Pant mung 3, Sumrat, …
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