World’s first black-seeded high yielding mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] varieties ‘NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21’

Globally, black-seeded mungbean is cultivated only in Kuram area of  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) of Pakistan and adjacent areas of Afghanistan. The black-seeded mungbean land-race being cultivated in the area since unknown dates had poor genetic back-ground, and hence, low yield potential and susceptibi...

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Main Authors: Gul Sanat Shah Khattak, Iqbal Saeed, Shahzad Ahmad, Muhammad Ibrar, Muhammad Mansoor
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Published: Society of Eminent Biological Scientists 2022-03-01
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Iqbal Saeed
Shahzad Ahmad
Muhammad Ibrar
Muhammad Mansoor
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description Globally, black-seeded mungbean is cultivated only in Kuram area of  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) of Pakistan and adjacent areas of Afghanistan. The black-seeded mungbean land-race being cultivated in the area since unknown dates had poor genetic back-ground, and hence, low yield potential and susceptibility to diseases. In order to develop high yielding shiny black-seeded mungbean varieties for Kuram, a cross was attempted between a local Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV) susceptible land-race collected from Kuram and later named as Kuram black mung (KBM) and an MYMV resistant black mottled-seeded mutant named as NIFA black mung (NBM) in the kharif season 2014 at the Nuclear Institute for Food & Agriculture (NIFA), Peshawar. The F1 generation was planted in spring 2015. The F2 to F5 generations were raised in kharif 2016 – spring 2019. Single plants and lines based on shiny black seed coat color, short and medium plant stature, MYMV resistance and high grain yield were selected. Elite short and medium statured lines NBM-2-2-4-5 (NIFA Sikaram-21) and NBM-5-3-7 (NIFA Spinghar-21), respectively, were selected and tested in replicated yield trials along with black-seeded parents and green-seeded check varieties at NIFA and other locations in Kuram. On an average, NIFA Sikaram-21 produced seed yield of 1716 kg ha-1 and NIFA Spinghar-21 1724 kg ha-1 against KBM (880 kg ha-1) with 94% increase over KBM. However, its yield was lower than those of the green-seeded checks as green-seeded mungbean is well adapted to the growing conditions. Shiny black seeds, bold seed size and high grain yield are the distinguishing characters of NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21. Furthermore, these are the first-ever black-seeded mungbean approved varieties in the world. The Provincial Seed Council of the KP approved both varieties in its  40th   meeting held on April 07, 2021.
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spelling doaj-art-911d4efe1fdb4e8284ba09aa0348bbbc2025-08-20T02:28:46ZengSociety of Eminent Biological ScientistsInternational Journal of Applied and Experimental Biology2790-65232790-65312022-03-0112677310.56612/ijaeb.v1i2.1212World’s first black-seeded high yielding mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] varieties ‘NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21’Gul Sanat Shah Khattak0Iqbal Saeed1Shahzad Ahmad2Muhammad Ibrar3Muhammad Mansoor4Nuclear Institute for Food & Agriculture (NIFA), Tarnab, Peshawar, KP-PakistanNuclear Institute for Food & Agriculture (NIFA), Tarnab, Peshawar, KP-PakistanNuclear Institute for Food & Agriculture (NIFA), Tarnab, Peshawar, KP-PakistanNuclear Institute for Food & Agriculture (NIFA), Tarnab, Peshawar, KP-PakistanNational Pulses Coordinator, PARC, IslamabadGlobally, black-seeded mungbean is cultivated only in Kuram area of  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) of Pakistan and adjacent areas of Afghanistan. The black-seeded mungbean land-race being cultivated in the area since unknown dates had poor genetic back-ground, and hence, low yield potential and susceptibility to diseases. In order to develop high yielding shiny black-seeded mungbean varieties for Kuram, a cross was attempted between a local Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV) susceptible land-race collected from Kuram and later named as Kuram black mung (KBM) and an MYMV resistant black mottled-seeded mutant named as NIFA black mung (NBM) in the kharif season 2014 at the Nuclear Institute for Food & Agriculture (NIFA), Peshawar. The F1 generation was planted in spring 2015. The F2 to F5 generations were raised in kharif 2016 – spring 2019. Single plants and lines based on shiny black seed coat color, short and medium plant stature, MYMV resistance and high grain yield were selected. Elite short and medium statured lines NBM-2-2-4-5 (NIFA Sikaram-21) and NBM-5-3-7 (NIFA Spinghar-21), respectively, were selected and tested in replicated yield trials along with black-seeded parents and green-seeded check varieties at NIFA and other locations in Kuram. On an average, NIFA Sikaram-21 produced seed yield of 1716 kg ha-1 and NIFA Spinghar-21 1724 kg ha-1 against KBM (880 kg ha-1) with 94% increase over KBM. However, its yield was lower than those of the green-seeded checks as green-seeded mungbean is well adapted to the growing conditions. Shiny black seeds, bold seed size and high grain yield are the distinguishing characters of NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21. Furthermore, these are the first-ever black-seeded mungbean approved varieties in the world. The Provincial Seed Council of the KP approved both varieties in its  40th   meeting held on April 07, 2021.https://submissions.eminentscientists.com/index.php/IJAEB/article/view/12vigna radiataselectionblack-seededsikaramspingharvariety
spellingShingle Gul Sanat Shah Khattak
Iqbal Saeed
Shahzad Ahmad
Muhammad Ibrar
Muhammad Mansoor
World’s first black-seeded high yielding mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] varieties ‘NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21’
International Journal of Applied and Experimental Biology
vigna radiata
selection
black-seeded
sikaram
spinghar
variety
title World’s first black-seeded high yielding mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] varieties ‘NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21’
title_full World’s first black-seeded high yielding mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] varieties ‘NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21’
title_fullStr World’s first black-seeded high yielding mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] varieties ‘NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21’
title_full_unstemmed World’s first black-seeded high yielding mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] varieties ‘NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21’
title_short World’s first black-seeded high yielding mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] varieties ‘NIFA Sikaram-21 and NIFA Spinghar-21’
title_sort world s first black seeded high yielding mungbean vigna radiata l wilczek varieties nifa sikaram 21 and nifa spinghar 21
topic vigna radiata
selection
black-seeded
sikaram
spinghar
variety
url https://submissions.eminentscientists.com/index.php/IJAEB/article/view/12
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