Mungbean Production, Varieties

Varieties
Mungbean Production

	Mungbean is an ancient and well-known crop in Asia. It is often included in rice or wheat-based cropping systems in the tropics and subtropics.
	The traditional mungbean varieties under cultivation in many countries are often inferior. They are late maturing, require a long harvesting period, low yielding, and susceptible to disease.
	AVRDC has developed several superior lines for production in the tropics and subtropics. These lines mature early and uniformly, high yielding, and disease-resistant. Early (55-65 days) and uniform maturing mungbeans easily fit into multiple cropping systems. The harvesting cost is reduced too. Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia have released early maturing cultivars such as Chainat 60. BPI Mg7 and Merpati, respectively, using AVRDC mungbean lines. AVRDC-improved mungbeans have been named and released directly, or used as parents in breeding programs of different countries. Examples of such varieties are NURI (Indonesia), SML-668 and Pusa Vishal (India), NM-92 (Pakistan), PSU1 (Thailand) and Er Lu No. 2 (China).