Screening of pole type French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) genotypes for high yield potential under mid-hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh Srishti1, Yogita2,* 1Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur, District Kangra176062Himachal Pradesh, India 2Department of Vegetable Science, Maharana Pratap Horticultural UniversityUchani, Karnal132001Haryana, India *Email for correspondence: yogita3006@gmail.com
Online Published on 25 January, 2024. Abstract French bean is a profitable crop that is grown as a fresh vegetable throughout summer and rainy seasons and fetches off-season prices during the spring and autumn in Himachal Pradesh. Twenty nine pole type genotypes of French bean were screened to select a suitable one which could provide optimum yield of fresh pod and dry seed yield. The study showed that LCPB-1 resulted in highest number of pods per plant (42.33), seed yield per plant (100.76 g) and 100-seed weight (49.15 g) as compared to all other genotypes tested. This genotype also resulted in minimum days to 50 per cent flowering and days to 1st picking, highest plant height and pod yield per plant along with some other genotypes. Based on phenotypic and agronomic performance, the genotype LCPB-1 could be taken under multi-location testing programme for assessing its suitability and adaptability. Top Keywords French bean, Mean performance, Pole type, Quantitative traits, Screening. Top |