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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.

Pods

Green

SEASON :

June - July (Rainfed), September - October (Rabi), February - March (Summer).

DESCRIPTION OF VARIETY - SBS 1

Year of release

1990

Plant habit

Dwarf, erect, bushy

Pigmentation

Branches (No)

4 - 6

Inflorescence

Axillary raceme

Flower

Bold, light purple

Long, pendulous, green, flat and fleshy (for vegetable use).

100 seed weight (g)

Becomes very hard on maturity. 131.6

Seed colour

Milky white

Days to 50% bloom

45 - 50

Salient features

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

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