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VAMBAN-1 - A SHORT DURATION, HIGH YIELDING RED GRAM

Volume : 82
Issue: Jan-jan
Pages: 50 - 51
Published: July 07, 2023
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Abstract


Vamban-I short duration, high yielding red gram is a double cross (Prabath x Hy 3A) x (T21 x 102) derivative tested widely both under rainfed and irrigated conditions in Tamil Nadu and other states under Co-ordinated research programme. It is suited for intercropping with groundnut both under rainfed and irrigated conditions in all seasons. The plant is 80-90 cm tall with determinate growth habit. Its maturity ranged from 95-100 days and could be harvested along with groundnut. This cultivar recorded an yield of 840 kg/ha under rainfed condition. Under all India Co-ordinated trials, it out yielded UPAS 120 by seven per cent.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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