Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Description of popular varieties/hybrids

Pusa Early Prolific (IARI):
It is a pole type bean, suitable for autumn and spring season. It is an early variety, bears long, thin pods.



Pusa Early Prolific                         Konkan Bushan

Blue Lake:
It is an early variety. The colour of the seed is brown length of the pod is 6 to 8 cm. it becomes ready for harvesting 70-80 days after sowing.



Arka Amogh                              Arka Jay

Arka Amogh:
Plants are medium tall, 50 % flowering in 40 days and pods are ready for harvest in 55 days. Pods are similar to Arka Jay and Konkan Bhushan. Yield: 19-20 t/ha.

Arka Jay:
Developed through back cross and pedigree selection involving the Parents Hebbal Avare x IIHR 93. Plants dwarf, bushy, erect and photo insensitive. Flowers purple. Pods long, light green slightly curved, Without parchment. Vegetable type with excellent cooking qualities. Tolerant to low moisture stress. Duration 75 days. Pod Yield 12 t/ha.

Arka Sambhram:
Plants are medium height, 50 % flowering in 40 days and pods are ready for harvest in 55 days. Pods are flat, light green, medium long (13-15 cm), medium width (1.5 cm). Yield: 19-20 t/ha



Arka Vijay                                         Arka Sambhram

Arka Vijay:
Developed through back cross and pedigree selection involving the Parents Hebbal Avare x IIHR 93. Plants dwarf, bushy, erect and photo insensitive. Leaves dark green, Flowers white. Pods short dark green. Seeds bold. Pods with characteristic aroma, without parchment. Vegetable type with excellent cooking qualities. Tolerant to low moisture stress. Duration 75 days. Pod Yield 12 t/ha.

Arka Soumya                                                         Arka Sambhram

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Arka Soumya :
Plants are medium tall, 50 % flowering in 45 days and pods are ready for harvest in 55 days. Pods are slender (1.0 cm width), medium long (13-15 cm). Yield: 19 t/ha

Arka Sambhram:
Plants are medium height, 50 % flowering in 40 days and pods are ready for harvest in 55 days. Pods are flat, light green, medium long (13-15 cm), medium width (1.5 cm). Yield: 19-20 t/ha

Hebbal Avare-3:
Developed at UAS, Bangalore. It takes 70-75 days to harvest and grown in all seasons throughout the year. Flowers are Photo-insensitive. Seeds are brown, round and short duration (100 days)

Co-3:
It is a pure line selection from Yanaikathu Avare

Co-4:
It is a pure line selection from Shivappu Avare

Co-5:
It is a pure line selection from local type Kozhikkal avare Characters: All are one pole type, photo- insensitive, pods are light green to deep purple. Yield about 8-11t/ha in 210-220 days.

Deepaliwal and Dasarawal:
Released from PRKV, Akola, Maharashtra. Pole types beans, pods are extra long, whitish in colour in Deepaliwal whereas purple green in Dasarwal yields about 6-8t/ha in 200-210 days.

Pusa Sem-2 and Pusa Sem-3:
Released from IARI,New Delhi. Pole type, pods are borne on separate spike in bunches above the plant canopy. Pods are dark green, tender, stringless, fleshy and borne in clusters of 11-13 members. Highly tolerant to anthracnose, YVMV, aphids, jassids, pod borers and frost. Yields about 13.7t/ha.

Konkan Bushan:
Released from KVK, Dapoli, Maharashtra. Bush type, pods are tabular and green in colour, photo insensitive, yields 6-8t/ha in 100-110 days.

CO-13:
It is a bush type, hybrid derivative of CO-9 (bush type) x Florika field. Photo insensitive, flowers white with long green pods, yields 10t/ha.

CO-2:
Photosensitive. The pods are deep purple throughout, septate and fleshy.Yields 135 t/ha in 215-220 days. 

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