Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The green gram is a significant crop in India among the pulses.Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek, is one of the most significant pulse crops produced in our country.Green gram originated on the Indian subcontinent (Vavilov, 1926 andCandolle, 1886).It is also called mungbean, golden gram, moong, or chop suey bean.It is botanically classified as a member of the Leguminoceae family and the Papilionaceae subfamily.It is a highly self-pollinated crop with somatic chromosomal number 2n=2x=22 (Dana, 1980).Green gram is a major pulse crop in India, and it is thought to have originated in India.It is a short-term legume crop used mostly as a fallow crop in rotation with rice.Green gram, like leguminous pulses, enriches soil nitrogen content.It is primarily grown in Asia, although cultivation has recently spread to Africa and America.India accounts for more than 70% of the world's green gram production.In India, green gram covered around 15.93 lakh ha (39.38 lakh acres) in 2023-24, compared to 15.57 lakh ha (38.47 lakh acres) in 2022-23.Rajasthan has 13.99 lakh ha (34.57lakh acres), Karnataka 1.14 lakh ha (2.83 lakh acres) and Madhya Pradesh 0.25 lakh ha (0.61 lakh acres), Haryana produces 0.16 lakh hectares (0.41 lakh acres) of green gram followed by Gujarat (0.13 lakh ha (0.32 lakh acres).According to the government's third advance estimate, green
Authors: S. B. Gaikwad, V. M. Jambhale, S. D. Rajput, N. S. Kute, M. R. Patil
Institution: Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4411736857