Cultivation of French bean useful for food and fodder
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Authors
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Ramesh Kumar Singh
Eagle Seeds & Biotech Ltd., Village- Brahmanpipliya, Mangliya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452 010.
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Dinesh Kumar Singh
Eagle Seeds & Biotech Ltd., Village- Brahmanpipliya, Mangliya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452 010.
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Sanjay Kumar Singh
Eagle Seeds & Biotech Ltd., Village- Brahmanpipliya, Mangliya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452 010.
Abstract
French bean also known as Rajmah, is valued for its protein rich (23%) seeds. The antimetabolite of dry beans needs removal by cooking and soaking in water. Besides dried seeds, the green leaves, pods and seeds also can be used for ‘daal’ and ‘sabji’ in the human diet and as a forage crop for the animal’s health. This crop is suitable for round the year cultivation July–September (rainy season crops) and December–January (dry season crop). The main crop season of December–April is high yielder. This bean crop is
less efficient in fixing atmospheric nitrogen than other legumes because of no nodulation but improves the soil health by symbiotic relationship with the soil and Rhizobium bacteria.
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