Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Hemkumar, PK Joshi, Alice Tirkey and Kamini

Abstract:
Velvet bean belongs to the Fabaceae family, commonly known as kewanch in Hindi. Velvet bean used against Parkinsons disease, fertility disorders, leprosy, treating pain, cholera, cough, diabetes, kidney stone, constipation, strangury, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, and ulcers and also used as food and forage. It is being cultivated all over India but not in a commercial way. The materials of the experiment comprised of twenty-eight (28) genotypes of velvet bean (collected from various region of Chhattisgarh) in addition to three (3) check variety viz Arka Ashwini, Arka Daksha, Arka Dhanwantri. Analysis of variance revealed significant for all the studied characters. The higher seed yield per plant was recorded for MP-11 (228.9 g) than the check variety Arka Ashwini (216.3 g). Similarly, highest seed index recorded in MP-13 (176.2 g) and highest protein percent recorded in MP-3 (36.1%). The favourable genotypes of velvet bean can be utilized for crop improvement programs in the state. Path coefficient analysis revealed that seed width exhibited a most extreme positive effect on seed yield per plant followed by weight of dry pod, days to 50 percent flowering, number of flowers per bunch, inter-node length, pod width, number of pods per bunch and seed index.