Triggering a mungbean transformation in East and West Africa: evaluation of adaptability of fifteen lines of mungbean in southwestern Nigeria

Mungbean is an important pulse crop that is just being introduced into the Nigeria farming system.
Fifteen cultivars obtained from the World Vegetable Centre (‘AVMU 1614’, ‘AVMU 1621’, ‘AVMU 1626’, ‘AVMU 1627’, ‘AVMU 1636’, ‘AVMU 1641’, ‘AVMU 1642’, ‘AVMU 1643’, ‘AVMU 1645’, ‘AVMU 1646’, ‘AVMU 1650’, ‘AVMU 1654’, ‘AVMU 1655’, ‘AVMU 1656’ and ‘AVMU 1657’) were evaluated to determine their growth and yield performance in Ibadan, southwestern, Nigeria.
Results from the study indicated that the cultivars differ in their growth and yield characteristics; ‘AVMU 1657’ ranked highest for all growth parameters considered and was closely followed by ‘AVMU 1614’ and ‘AVMU 1645’ at 8 weeks after planting (WAP). For yield and yield related traits, ‘AVMU 1643’ and ‘AVMU 1657’ were the first and last cultivar to attain 50% flowering at 35 and 48 days after planting (DAP), respectively.
Though late flowering, ‘AVMU 1657’ ranked highest for yield related traits having the highest number and weight of pods plant^‑1 (58.39 pods and 22.80 g, respectively), seed weight pod^‑1 (0.54 g), average seed weight plot^‑1 (44.89 g) and total weight plot^‑1 (249.32 g). ‘AVMU 1636’ and ‘AVMU 1655’ both recorded the highest number of seedpod^‑1 (12.27), while highest 100 seed weight was by recorded in AVMU 1656 (5.02 g). Weight of pods plant^‑1 and length of pod showed high significant positive correlation with seed yield.
Results from this study can be useful in the selection of lines with early flowering as well as those that are high yielding in southwestern Nigeria.

IV All Africa Horticultural Congress – AAHC2021: Transformative Innovations in Horticulture

H.A. Akintoye, M.T. Olatunji, A.O. Shokalu, A.G. Adebayo, E.M. Okoyo

African legumes, food stability, seed yield performance, cultivar trials

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2022.1348.38