Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Ingale HP, Patil DD, Dr. Dahatonde KN and Dhole SA

Abstract:
An research programme entitled “Evaluation of genotypes of Dolichos bean (Dolichos lablab L.).” was carried out at All India Coordinated Research Project on Vegetable Crops, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth,Rahuri, Dist. Ahmednagar (MS),conducted during the year 2021-2022 with objective to study the different Dolichos bean genotypes for their morphological characters, yield and yield attributing characters. The genotypes were evaluated during kharif- 2021 in RBD with three replications. The experimental material for present investigation comprised of 8 genotypes along with one standard check Phule Gauri. The observation recorded for leaf shape, vine length, number of primary branches, days to flowering, days to 50%flowering, number of flower buds perraceme, number of pod per cluster, fresh pod length, fresh pod width, number of fresh pod per vine, days to first pod harvest, number of seeds per pod, averageweight of fresh pod, fresh pod yield per plot, fresh pod yield per vine, fresh pod protein content and carbohydrates content. Mean performance of most of the genotypes was superior than mean performance of the standard check “Phule Gauri”. During evaluation of genotypes morphological and qualitative variation were observed in some characters viz., flower bud colour, fresh pod colour (green, light greeen and green with purple tinge) and fresh pod shape (slightly curved, flat and slightly curved round).