Yield and economic assessment of different french bean varieties under organic conditions

An assessment of different french bean varieties under organic conditions of hills was carried out at KVK (ICAR-VPKAS), Kafligair, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand during spring- summer of 2022 and 2023, which is most suitable season for the growth, yield and marketing of french bean in hills. Six french bean varieties namely CITH- FB-1, PFB- 135, VL Bean- 2, Arka Suvidha, Komal Private and Pant Anupama with 3 replications were assessed in Randomized Block Design (RBD). The sowing was done in third week of March in both the years. PFB 135 was the first to flower 50 percent (36.5 days in 2022 and 39.4 days in 2023) and gave first harvest (55.3 days in 2022 and 61.0 days in 2023) in both the years, which was statistically at par to VL Bean 2. Significant differences were found in yield among different varieties of french bean and CITH FB 1 gave significantly highest yield. For quality attributes depending on consumer preference, Komal Private gained highest points and ranked as excellent. VL Bean 2 and Pant Amupama scored 4 and ranked as very good. Maximum gross return, net return and B:C was calculated for VLBean 2.