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Broad bean(Vicia faba L.); Fabaceae

SWS 1 (Suttan White Seeded), BR 1 (Bihar Black Seeded) and BR 2 (Bihar Yellow Seeded)
Thrives in almost all soils with a pH range of 6.5-7.5 in hills only. It is a winter vegetable and can withstand temperature as low as 4°C

Sow the seeds during July – August and November – December at 25 kg/ha at 45 x 15 cm spacing.

Plough the land to a fine tilth, level and form beds.

Once in 5 days.

Apply FYM 25 t/ha at the last ploughing. N at 90 and P at 125 kg/ha should be applied on one side of the ridges. For rainfed conditions of Shevaroy hills, apply as a basal dose of 62.5 kg/ha of Phosphorus as superphosphate and with another half of 62.5 kg/ha Phosphorus as FYM enriched super phosphate. Soil application of 25kg of ZnSO4 + 10 kg Borax as basal

Hills: 80 kg/ha (2 seeds/hill) and 30 x 15 cm.
Plains: 50 kg/ha (2 seeds/hill) and 45 x 30 cm.

Whitefly: Place 20 yellow sticky traps coated with castor oil in polythene sheet to attract the whiteflies.
White grub: Carbofuran 3 CG 23.3kg/ha
Stem weevil: Carbofuran 3 CG 33.3kg/ha
Stem fly: Quinalphos 25EC 2.0ml/lit., Quinalphos 1.5DP 20Kg/ha
Leaf hoppers, aphids, and glasshouse whitefly: Spray methyl demeton 25 EC or dimethoate 30 EC @ 1 ml/lit.

Ash weevils: Spray Azadirachtin 0.03% (300ppm) @ 2.5 ml/lit.
Pod borer: Spray Azadirachtin 0.03% (300ppm) @ 2.5 ml/lit thrice at fortnightly intervals

Powdery mildew
 Spray wettable sulphur @ 2 g/l or dust sulphur @ 25 kg/ha
Rust : Dust sulphur @ 25 kg/ha
Anthracnose : Spray mancozeb @ 2 g/l or carbendazim @ 1 g/l or chlorothalonil @ 2 g/l
Leaf spot : Spray mancozeb @ 2 g/l
Root rot
 Drench carbendazim @ 1 g/l
Mosaic
 Select disease free planting materials
 Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 1 ml/l or methyl demeton @ 25 EC 1 ml/l thrice at fortnightly intervals

It is ready forharvest in 50 days after sowing. 9 – 10 t/ha of green pods in 90 – 100 days.

Varieties : TKD 1, KKL 1, Ooty 1, Murungai beans

Well drained loamy soils with pH range of 5.5-6.0 is required. The optimum temperature is 15-21°C

Hills : February – March and July – August.

Prepare the land to fine tilth. Sow the seeds at a spacing of 20 cm between plants in double rows of 30 cm apart with a distance of 1.5 metre between each pair of rows.

50 – 55 kg/ha. Treat the seeds with Rhizobium @ (4 packets/ha).

Immediately after sowing, on 3rd day and thereafter once in a week.

Apply 25 t of FYM and 50 kg P and 25 kg K/ha as basal dose. 25 kg N and 25 kg of K/ha are applied between 20 – 25 days after sowing and application of remaining 25 kg of N is done between 40 and 45 days.

Earthing up is done on 45th day after sowing. As soon as the plants grow, flowering top is pinched off which causes the pods to develop early.

Tender pods can be harvested 3-4 months after sowing.

Yield is 400 – 500 kg of beans/ha in 10 – 12 months.

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