Abstract
Mungbean is a beneficial as well as crucial pulse crop which has high economical and commercial values widely grown in Asia. It is cheap source of dietary protein, iron and minerals. It belongs to family Leguminosae and is valuable grain legume which comprises major portion of proteins, minerals, vitamins and essential amino acid. In Pakistan it ranks second in Pulses production after Chickpea. Mungbean suffers from several diseases due lack of good cultural practices and insight about the genome of this crop. These diseases caused by fungus, bacterium and viruses. Major diseases including Yellow Mosaic disease (YMD), Urdbean leaf crinkle disease (ULCD), Cercospora leaf spot disease (CLSD) and were caused by yellow mosaic virus, Cercospora canesens and Urdbean leaf crinkle virus respectively. Annually, 40-80% grain yield losses were caused due to these diseases. To overcome these threats scientists/researchers are using approaches to develop resistant and high yielding Mungbean genotypes/cultivars. The area under Mungbean cultivation is decreasing day by day because most of varieties were matured at 100 to 120 days which were not suitable in our cropping pattern. There is a dire need to develop those varieties having high yield, resistant to diseases and insect pest, early and synchronize maturity (60-80 days).
Highlights
Pulses area is continuously decreasing as pulses are unable to contest with major crops like wheat, cotton, sugarcane and rice
An additional crop of Mungbean can be assimilated in the un-cultivated period (May-June) after wheat harvest and before rice or maize plantation
Universal Journal of Agricultural Research 7(3): 136-141, 2019 local Mungbean lines do not appropriate in the above niche due to their late maturity and are sternly affected by heat stressed in May-June and monsoon rains at harvesting if sown after wheat harvest
Summary
Pulses area is continuously decreasing as pulses are unable to contest with major crops like wheat, cotton, sugarcane and rice. The. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research 7(3): 136-141, 2019 local Mungbean lines do not appropriate in the above niche due to their late maturity and are sternly affected by heat stressed in May-June and monsoon rains at harvesting if sown after wheat harvest. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research 7(3): 136-141, 2019 local Mungbean lines do not appropriate in the above niche due to their late maturity and are sternly affected by heat stressed in May-June and monsoon rains at harvesting if sown after wheat harvest They suffer from excessive growth and asynchronous maturity. In Pakistan, research work on Mungbean is mainly focused on the development of high yielding, disease resistant, large seeded and short duration varieties Patel (2011). A significant reduction in plant height (18.5 to 40.5%), number of pods per plant (11.7 to 64.0%), seeds per pod (5.8 to 82.2%), pod length (7.4 to 35.0%), 1000-seed weight (10.6 to 53.3%) and grain yield per plant (32.2 to 78.6%) due to MYMV disease has been observed (Khatak et al, 2000a)
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