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BROAD BEAN (Vicia faba L.)

Submitted to: Dr. Pardeep KumarSubmitted by: Harmanjeet Singh(A-2015-30-

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• Introduction• Morphology• Varieties• Climate Requirement• Soil• Sowing Time, Seed Rate And Spacing• Manuring And Fertilization• Growth Stages of Faba Bean• Irrigation And Weeding• Harvesting And Yield• Insect/ Pests And Diseases

CONTENT

Common name: Broad bean

Botanical name: Vicia fabia L.

Family : Leguminosae/Fabaceae

Other names: Faba bean

Horse bean Bakla bean

INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION…

Important food crop of South AmericaIn India it is grown in northern states having low temperature It is a Hardy cropAlso useful as Green Manure Only crop which grown as a winter crop and autumn cropUltimate multi-purpose crop. it is used as tender bean, green shelled bean, and dry bean and as cattle feed.

MORPHOLOGY

Square and erect growing stems. Grow to about 100 cm (tall varieties) and to

30 cm (dwarf varieties). Pod borne in clusters (5-7 pods) in axil of leaves which are 15 cm long and 2 cm thick. Flowers are pollinated by insects.

VARIETIES

Based on seed colour

• White seeded variety – Less Soft• Green seeded variety – soft and suitable for freezing

Based on pod size

• Large podded – plant tall, erect and pods long, borne in cluster. Pod yield varies from 80-90 q/ha.

• Small podded – plant small, erect, pods small, fleshy and borne in cluster (3-5)

• Pusa sumeet – improved variety of Broad Bean , IARI New Delhi.

• Masterpiece White Long Pod, Masterpiece Green Long Pod, Imperial White Windsor and Imperial Green Windsor are some of the introduced varieties.

• Jawahar Selection 73-31 is an improved selection from Madhya Pradesh.

• A few selections made at Bihar are BR-1 (black seeded) and BR-2 (yellow seeded).

VARIETIES….

CLIMATE REQUIREMENT

Withstand cool temperature as low as -4°C Only crop grown as winter crop

and Autumn crop. Grown at higher elevation. Crop is tolerant to water stress

due to protein accumulation.

SOIL

• Well drained, rich loamy soil• Prepare field by giving repeated ploughing to

get fine tilth• It tolerates salinity to a certain extent• Optimum pH is 6.5-7.5

SOWING TIME, SEED RATE AND SPACING

Crop is sown during September-october february-March Seeds @ 70-100 kg/ha Seeds are sown in shallow furrows spaced at 75 cm and width is 15 cm.

MANURING AND FERTILIZATION

10 ton/ha FYM15-20 kg/ha N40-50 kg/ha P2O5

30-40 kg/ha K2O

IRRIGATION

• Light irrigation done at 12-15 days intervals.

WEEDINGS

• Regular intercultural operations should be done.• Two weeding at 25 and 40 days after sowing .

HARVESTING

• Crop is ready for harvesting 3-4 months (Spring crop) and 6-7 months (Autumn crop)

• Harvest pods at green-shell stage when they are young and tender.

YIELD

• 70-100 q/ha

INSECT / PESTS

• Aphids , Pod borer

DISEASES

• Powdery mildew, Anthracnose

Aphids

Thank You……