Management and Biochemical Studies on Cercospora Leaf Spot of Mothbean Incited by Cercospora canescens Ellis and Martin
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2020
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Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University Bikaner (Rajasthan)
Abstract
Mothbean, Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal is a short-day crop
is one of the most drought resistant pulses in India and mainly in
Rajasthan. It is commonly called mat, moth, matki in Hindi, Turkish gram,
aconite bean or dew bean (English), Kheri (Bengali), Kunkuma (Telgu),
Math (Gujrathi), Madike (Kannada), Tulkapulpyrai (Tamil) and Bhioni
(Punjabi). It is generally cultivated in hot and dry habitats of Northern-
Western parts of India. It is grown for human consumption and also used
in many industries. Mothbean is native to India, Myanmar and Pakistan,
where it grows as a wild and cultivated plant. However, it is also grown
in other parts of Africa, Asia, the United States, Australia, Cuba and
Thailand. Ecologically, mothbean is an annual legume crop of dry and
warm habitats and is characterized as the most drought hardy annual
legume in arid regions. Mothbean with deep and quick penetrating
rooting system, can survive up to 30-40 days in open fields (Kumar D,
2002). It has ability to grow under harsh climate, low rainfall and poor &
sandy soil conditions and considered as most important pulse crop of
arid Rajasthan (Sharma and Ratnoo, 2014).