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enhanced epiphytotic conditions. Only 16 mungbean
relatively
culLivars
resistant
were identified
to beanfly
aa
(Ophiomyia phaseoli)
screenings. in a
Another
series of
13
8
mungbean cultivars were consistently free of infestatiol
from cowpea aphids (Aphis craccivora) in successive testing involving 100
entries. Several insecticides were evaluated for control of beanfly on
mungbean. Carbofuran and DDT provided the best control in a spring screening.
[PLHj
*0005 Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. 1978. Mungbeact.
ASIAN VEGETABLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, PROGRESS REPORT, 1977:45-53,
b3-b4, 6b. [Enj (S542.Adp 1917)
In 1919, a total of 552 crosses were made from
high
80
yield
parntal
potential
lines
and
to
uniform
combine
maturity of various
disease-resiStant
Philippine cultivars
lines from
with
India. One AVRDC
189-B-29-3B-2-B,
breeding line, VC
had a yield of 3.18 t/ha in
in
a replicated
the summer advanced
season. To
yield
screen
trial
the mungbean germplasm
resistance collection
to disease,
for
only b accessions were
spot,
resistant
16 to
to
powdery
Cercospora
mildew, leaf
and 4 to both Cercospora
mildew.
leaf
For
spot
resistance
and powdery
to insect pests, 61 accessions
resistanr
were rated
to beanfly,
as highly
50 to pod borers, and 11 to cowpea weevil. tPLHI
*0006 Cowell, R. 1978. The 1st international mungbean symposium. Shanhua
AVRDC. 2
62p. [Enj (SB205.M8I5)
MEETING: International Symposium on Mungbean, Ist -- Los Banos, Philippines,
Aug 16-19, 1977
This proceedings contains 54 papers presented at the First International
Symposium on Mungbean held on August 16-19, 1977 at the University of the
Philippines, Los Banos. [TH]j
*0007 Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. 1979. Mungbean.
ASIAN VEGETABLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, PROGRESS REPORT, 1978:71-91,
120-123, 141-143. [Enj (S 5 42.A8p 1978)
In the evaluation of genetic variability of
promising
29 agronomic
mungbean
characters
varieties, from
the
68
correlation
of later
indicates
maturity that
and
taller
longer accessions
petiole length are likely
.n
to
the
produce
autumn
higher
at AVRDC.
yield
For disease resistance
were
screening,
highly resistant
19 breeding
to powdery
lines
mildew, but none
Cercospora
showed resistance
leaf spot.
to
A total of 745 accessions
and root disease
were screened
complex. for
None
damping-off
was resistant to both
of
disease.
fungicide The
increased
application
yield by 303 kg/ha, plant
maturity
height by
by
7
1.3
cm
days.
and delayed
Viable Fi seeds were *btained when
the
mungbean
female and
was used
blackgram
as
as the male. Mungbean
factors,
response
including
to various
cold
environment
temperature on early
drought
growth,
tolerance
varietal screening
and flood
for
tolerance were studied.
screening,
In insect
22 accessions
pests resistance
were moderate relative resistance
231 accessions
to beanflies,
were rated
and
as MRR to pod borer.
insect
Also
pe!,t
seasonal
on mungbean
incidence
at AVRDC
of
was observed during 1975
treatment
to 1978.
formulations
Seed
of carbofuran and triazophos gave good control of
beanfly. [PLHj
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