S. Shrestha, T.B. Poon And K.R. Sharma
Regional Agriculture Research Station, Dailekh

Abstract

Seven genotypes of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) obtained from different sources were evaluated at  Agriculture Research Station, Dailekh (1300 masl) during August 2008/09 and 2009/10. The genotypes viz; Trishuli, LB-37, LB-31, LB-33, Chaumase/Four Season, Dolpa Local and Salyan Local were experimented in RCBD with three replications in the field condition. Each of these genotypes was recorded for different parameters viz; days to flowering, days to podding,
Pod length, pod diameter, numbers of picking. Harvest duration, number of seeds per pod, hundred seed weight, Fresh pod yield and seed yield. Apart from these parameters, some visual observations on the morphology of plant parts were also taken. Two years mean results revealed the significant effect of genotypes on most of the parameters except numbers of fresh pod picking. Excluding LB-31, LB-33 and Dolpa Local, the remaining ones recorded the maximum green pod yields (ropani/kg) such as Trishuli (505 kg), Chaumase (449 kg), LB-37 (467 kg) and Salyan Local (430 kg) with at par fresh pod production. Similarly, those genotypes along with LB-31 were found as promising genotypes for seed production.

Keywords: French bean, promising genotypes, pole type, fresh pod yield, seed yield