csk hpkv himachal pradesh

1. BROAD BEAN
(Vicia faba L.)
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Submitted to: Dr. Pardeep Kumar
Submitted by: Harmanjeet Singh(A-2015-30-075)

2. • Introduction
• Morphology
• Varieties
• Climate Requirement
• Soil
• Sowing Time, Seed Rate And Spacing
• Manuring And Fertilization
• Growth Stages of Faba Bean
• Irrigation And Weeding
• Harvesting And Yield
• Insect/ Pests And Diseases
CONTENT

3. Common name: Broad bean
Botanical name: Vicia fabia L.
Family : Leguminosae/Fabaceae
Other names:
Faba bean
Horse bean
Bakla bean
INTRODUCTION

4. INTRODUCTION…
Important food crop of South America
In India it is grown in northern states having low
temperature
It is a Hardy crop
Also useful as Green Manure
Only crop which grown as a winter crop and
autumn crop
Ultimate multi-purpose crop. it is used as
tender bean, green shelled bean, and dry bean
and as cattle feed.
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5. MORPHOLOGY
 Square and erect growing stems.
 Grow to about 100 cm (tall varieties) and to
30 cm (dwarf varieties).
 Pod borne in clusters (5-7 pods) in
axil of leaves which are 15 cm long
and 2 cm thick.
 Flowers are pollinated by insects.

6. VARIETIES
Based on seed colour
• White seeded variety – Less Soft
• Green seeded variety – soft and suitable for freezing
Based on pod size
• Large podded – plant tall, erect and pods long, borne in cluster. Pod yield varies
from 80-90 q/ha.
• Small podded – plant small, erect, pods small, fleshy and borne in cluster (3-5)

7. • Pusa sumeet – improved variety of Broad Bean , IARI
New Delhi.
• Masterpiece White Long Pod, Masterpiece Green
Long Pod, Imperial White Windsor and Imperial
Green Windsor are some of the introduced varieties.
• Jawahar Selection 73-31 is an improved selection
from Madhya Pradesh.
• A few selections made at Bihar are BR-1 (black
seeded) and BR-2 (yellow seeded).
VARIETIES….

8. CLIMATE REQUIREMENT
Withstand cool temperature as low as -4°C
Only crop grown as winter crop
and Autumn crop.
Grown at higher elevation.
Crop is tolerant to water stress
due to protein accumulation.

9. SOIL
• Well drained, rich loamy soil
• Prepare field by giving repeated ploughing to
get fine tilth
• It tolerates salinity to a certain extent
• Optimum pH is 6.5-7.5

10. SOWING TIME, SEED RATE
AND SPACING
Crop is sown during September-october february-
March
Seeds @ 70-100 kg/ha
Seeds are sown in shallow furrows spaced at 75 cm
and width is 15 cm.

11. MANURING AND
FERTILIZATION
10 ton/ha FYM
15-20 kg/ha N
40-50 kg/ha P2O5
30-40 kg/ha K2O

13. IRRIGATION
• Light irrigation done at 12-15 days intervals.
WEEDINGS
• Regular intercultural operations should be done.
• Two weeding at 25 and 40 days after sowing .

14. HARVESTING
• Crop is ready for harvesting 3-4 months (Spring crop) and 6-7 months (Autumn crop)
• Harvest pods at green-shell stage when they are young and tender.
YIELD
• 70-100 q/ha

15. INSECT / PESTS
• Aphids , Pod borer
DISEASES
• Powdery mildew, Anthracnose
Aphids