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VB-3: A PROMISING BLACK GRAM VARIETY WITH WIDE ADAPTABILITY

Volume : 82
Issue: Dec-dec
Pages: 619 - 621
Published: July 08, 2023
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Abstract


VB-3 black gram, is a spontaneous mutant selection from the variety Type-9. It matures in 65 days. It is an erect dwarf with an average height of 25 to 30 cm. It is resistant to yellow mosaic virus disease, suitable for kharif season. The average grain yield is about 1000kg per ha. It has wider adaptability to varied climatic zones such as South, Central and North Himalayan zones of India. Based on the yield superiority over the check varieties, VB-3 has been identified by the Central varietal identification Committee for release in 1995.

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619 - 621
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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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VB-3 Black Gram Wide adaptability High yield.
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