VARIATION FOR YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN THE EARLY SEGREGATING GENERATIONS OF A WIDE CROSS BETWEEN MUNGBEAN AND URDBEAN

Abstract

Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) has desirable characters including erect growth habit, large number of seeds/pod, early maturity and desired quality traits. Urdbean (V. mungo (L.) Hepper) has useful characters including synchronous maturity, non-shattering pods, bold seeds, more durable resistance to mungbean yellow mosaic virus [1]. The desirable traits can be transferred from one species to another by wide hybridization. The present investigation was undertaken to study the extent of variability generated from cross between mungbean (cv. Pant Moong-2) and urdbean (cv. AMP-36). Mungbean was used as the female parent.