Warm tropical and subtropical climate prefers moist warm climate during vegetative growth. During flowering & ripening stages require bright sunny weather, clowdy weather and rainfall at flowering damages. The crop susceptible to frost
Seed rate
15-20 kg/ha
Type of soil
Sandy loam to clay loan, well drained soil is preferred.
Crop duration
Early varieties120 to 150 days
Midlate160 to 180 days
Late varieties> 200 days
Varieties
Kokan Tur –1
T. 21
B.S 1
C – 11
Fertilizers
FYM/Compost – 5 t/ha
Nitrogen – 25 kg/ha
Phosphate – 50 kg/ha
Yield
Range – 12-20 q/ha
Harvesting
When 75-80% pods are ripped the plants are cut close to ground, dried in the sun & threshed.