Determination of promising high yielded mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) genotypes under Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey

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In this study, 20 mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) genotypes were evaluated regarding their adaptation ability and cultivating possibility as a new crop for the legume farmers in Samsun, MiddleBlack Sea Region of Turkey. Three mungbean genotypes locally grown in Turkey and 17 exoticgenotypes were used in the study. Field experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Designwith four replications. Mungbean genotypes exhibited significant differences for days to first floweringand pod setting, plant height, number and size of pods, number of seeds per pod, 100 seed weight, harvest index and seed yield. CN95 produced the highest seed yield (1120.51 kg ha^-1), followed by CD3 and Basanti (955.00 and 902.91 kg ha^-1, respectively). CN95 genotype has higher 100-seed weight (6.26 g) followed by KPS1 (6.20 g) and KPS2 (6.17 g). Days to first pod setting (r= 0.996**), number of racemesper plant (r= 0.677**), plant height (r= 0.851**), first pod height (r= 0.872**) and harvest index (r= -0.702**) strongly correlated with days to first flowering. There was negative association between pod number per plant and 100 seed weight (r= -0.551*). Harvest index showed positive correlation with seedyield (r= 0.603**). Root to shoot ratio and harvest index decreased with the increasing plant height. Thestudy results were promising and gave some important evidences about mungbean cultivation might be agood alternative for legume farmers in both temperate coastal belt and inner drought prone locations ofthe Middle Black Sea Region, Turkey.

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Adaptation , Evaluation , Genotypes , Mungbean , Vigna radiata , Yield

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