EVALUATION OF FRENCH BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) VARIETIES FOR NORTHERN DRY-ZONE OF KARNATAKA
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2013-07
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University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot
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Investigation on “Evaluation of french bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties
for Northern Dry-Zone of Karnataka” was carried out at the Research Block of
Vegetable Section in Sector no.1, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot
(Karnataka) during Rabi season of 2012. The experiment involving twelve varieties
was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications to evaluate these
varieties for vegetative, yield and quality parameters.
Among the varieties studied, Arka Anoop was better with respect to growth
parameters like plant height and number of primary branches along with number of
nodules on roots and dry matter content in pods as well as yield attributing characters
like number of pods per clusters, number of pods per plant and weight of ten pods
which is determined by pod length and number of seeds per pod reflecting in higher
pod yield per plant and per hectare (24.58 t/ha). Next best performing varieties were
Best of All (20.83 t/ha) and Arka Komal (19.09 t/ha) with respect to growth as well as
yield parameters. The high yielding varieties had higher protein content in the pods.
The pod shape observed in Arka Anoop, Arka Bold, Arka Suvidha, Arka Komal, Best
of All and Seville was elliptic. Whereas, it was circular in Arka Sharath, Contender,
Naveli, Anupama, Malgudi and Anup. The varieties namely, Arka Sharath, Best of
All, Naveli, Anupama, Malgudi had dark green coloured pods while Seville and Anup
showed medium green coloured pods and it was light green in Arka Anoop, Arka
Bold, Arka Suvidha, Arka Komal and Contender. The pods in the varieties evaluated
were slightly curved except Contender. All the varieties studied were stringless except
Arka Komal.
The growth and yield attributing characters like plant height, plant spread and
number of primary branches per plant, clusters per plant, pods per cluster, number of
pods per plant, weight of ten pods, pod length, pod width, number of nodules on
roots and dry matter content in pods have shown positive correlation with pod yield
per hectare.
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