Department of Plant Breeding, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
*This research has been financed in part by a grant made by the United States Department of Agriculture under PL-480.
Variability was studied among 435 strains of mungbean for days to flowering and maturity, plant height, number of branches, clusters and pods per plant pod length, seeds per pod, 100-seed weight, grain yield and protein content. The study indicated that sufficient variability was present for all the characters. Grain yield was positively associated with clusters and pods per plant, pod length, seeds per pod and 100-seed weight, but did not show any association with protein content indicating thereby that high grain yield and high protein content could be combined in a single genotype with desirable maturity period. The regression analysis showed the greater importance of pods per plant, and seed weight in contributing to for grain yield.
