Sanjay Adat

Evaluation of Cluster Bean Varieties Sanjay Adat

The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the cluster bean varieties for growth and yield under agro climatic conditions of Marathwada region (M. S.) India. From the present investigation it can be concluded that all the ten varieties of cluster bean showed significant variation in respect of growth, yield and yield parameters. From overall evaluation of different varieties of cluster bean under study, variety Varun found to be best and superior variety for its cultivation in the agro climatic conditions of Marathwada region. Varieties Malav 51 and Jyoti 51 also found promising by producing maximum number of pods per plant (68.70 and 66.47), maximum pod length (11.13 and 9.33 cm), pod width (0.86 and 0.84 cm), pod weight (2.50 and 2.46 g) and green pod yield per plant (167.17 and 164.25 g), yield per plot (8.75 and 8.22 kg) and yield per hectare (81.02 and 76.16 q) under Marathwada conditions(M. S.) India, respectively.