Performance of the third international mungbean nursery

MUNGBEANS WERE GROWN IN 24 TEST LOCATIONS IN 11 COUNTRIES. TWO NEW ENTRIES, M1133 FROM OKLAHOMA AND M333 FROM INDIA, RANKED HIGHEST IN YIELD. STRAIN M317, WHICH RANKED SECOND OVERALL, AND M350, WHICH RANKED FIRST OVERALL, RANKED THIRD AND FOURTH IN YIELD, RESPECTIVELY. THUS THE HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL AND WIDE ADAPTATION OF M350 AND M317 CONTINUES TO BE DEMONSTRATED. M4 FROM INDIA AND M408 FROM CANADA WERE EARLIEST TO FLOWER. M317 AND M374 (MG50-10A) HAD HIGHEST 1000-SEED WEIGHT. M411, M412, AND M409 HAD LOW DISEASE SCORES. THE INTERNATIONAL MUNGBEAN NURSERY WAS ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON (A) THE RANGE OF ADAPTATION OF THE MUNGBEAN SPECIES; (B) THE RANGE OF ADAPTATION OF SPECIFIC CULTIVARS; AND (C) CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MUNGBEAN PLANT INFLUENCING ADAPTATION. THE IMN ALSO SERVES AS A MEANS OF DISSEMINATING SUPERIOR CULTIVARS TO MUNGBEAN RESEARCH WORKERS IN MANY COUNTRIES.