Effect of Varieties on Growth, Yield and Economics of Blackgram in High Rainfall Zone of Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Blackgram is the most important rice-fallow crop in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Huge labor cost for multiple harvests forced the farmers to leave the land un-cultivable many of times. Hence, the farmers need a synchronized maturing variety in blackgram. Synchronized maturing varieties viz., VBN (BG) 6, and Blackgram MDU 1 were test verified with the local cultivar in the rice-fallow condition during 2016 as on-farm testing. About one acre of land divided into three and VBN (BG) 6 and Blackgram MDU 1 varieties was test verified with local cultivar. Results indicated that taller plants (54.5 cm) and increased number of seeds/pod (6.7) noted with blackgram MDU 1 variety over VBN (BG) 6. The number of pods/plant were significantly higher (28.1) with VBN (BG) 6 compared to Blackgram MDU 1 and local cultivar. Similarly, 27.9 per cent of increased grain yields recorded in VBN (BG) 6 than Blackgram MDU 1. Due to higher yield, the economic parameters such as gross return, net return and B:C ratio were also higher in VBN (BG) 6 as compared with Blackgram MDU 1 and local cultivar. Yellow mosaic virus incidence was also absent in VBN (BG) 6 variety. Hence, it is concluded that VBN (BG) 6 is the best-suited blackgram variety in rice-fallow conditions of the Kanyakumari district.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.2019.000312

Pages

571 - 575

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© The Author(s), 2026. 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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