Abstract

Adzukibean has recently been introduced in the Uttar Pradesh Himalaya through the Co-ordinated Research Project on Under-utilized and Under-exploited plants. Because of its dwarfness, early maturing and relatively high degree of resistance to certain storage pests, it may prove popular to other legume crops with the farmers of Uttarakhand Himalaya. Sixty accessions of adzukibean built up from Himachal Pradesh (H.P.), Uttar Pradesh Himalaya (U.P.) and 6 countries abroad, were evaluated during Kharif seasons of 1989 -1994. Some of the promising accessions have been identified for different agro-botanical traits. These accessions may be tried in the farmers field for its acceptance as a grain legume.

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