SWORD BEAN ( Canavalia gladiata L.)
CROP IMPROVEMENT
Sword bean SBS 1 is an introduction and is one of the vegetables with photo-insensitivity. It matures in 110 - 120 days. It can be grown throughout the year and gives good response to irrigation. Tender pods are ready for harvest from 75 days after sowing. As a pure crop it gives an average grain yield of 1356 kg/ha and green pod yield of 7500 kg/ha. This can also be grown as border crop, intercrop and a shade crop.
SEASON :
June - July (Rainfed), September - October (Rabi), February - March (Summer).
DESCRIPTION OF VARIETY - SBS 1
Year of release
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1990
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Plant habit
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Dwarf, erect, bushy
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Pigmentation
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Green
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Branches (No)
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4 - 6
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Inflorescence
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Axillary raceme
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Flower
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Bold, light purple
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Pods
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Long, pendulous, green, flat and fleshy (for vegetable use).
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100 seed weight (g)
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Becomes very hard on maturity.
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Seed colour
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Milky white
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Days to 50% bloom
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45 - 50
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Salient features
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Early duration (110 - 120 days) Vegetable cum grain crop Free from beany odour Highly nutritious and delicious (25.9% protein)No major pests and diseases
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MANAGEMENT OF FIELD OPERATIONS
Seed rate (kg/ha) : 110-120 (Pure crop)
Fertilizers (kg/ha) : 25 N 50 P2O5
Spacing : 45 x 30 cm (irrigated), 30x20 cm rainfed
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