MULTIPLE DISEASE RESISTANCE IN ADZUKI BEAN

Abstract

Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi and Ohashi) is a major grain
legume in China, Japan and Russia (Sacks, 1977). In India, cultivation of the
crop is limited to hilly regions. In Himachal Pradesh, the crop has shown a
great potential due to its high productivity and resistance to leaf spot diseases
(Gupta et al., 1980). In the absence of a disease resistant variety of Uridbean,
an important pulse crop of hills, adzuki bean can boost and stabilise the
production of kharif pulses especially in disease epidemic years. This crop is
sparsely cultivated in some of the remote areas of hills. However, for increased
and sustained production, it is desirable to identify agronomically desirable,
disease resistant genotypes. This communication reports disease resistant
genotypes among local, exotic, and local x exotic derivative lines of Vigna
angularis