CHARACTERIZATION OF MUNG BEAN (VIGNA RADIATA) GENOTYPES BASED ON DUS TRAITSAudil Gull, Ajaz A. Lone, M. Ashraf Bhat, Parvaze A. Sofi, M. Altaf Wani and Fehim J. WaniAbstract The mung bean (Vigna radiata) is an important pulse crop. Being a hardy crop mung bean can be grown under water scarcity conditions. In Kashmir crop mung bean is not commercially cultivated, however with the changing climate it can be used as a catch crop or emergency crop in case of crop failures. To develop new varieties of different crops DUS (Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability) characterization is an important tool to be followed. The plant morphological characters are polygenic in nature and are highly influenced by environment. Hence, there is immense need to use alternate descriptors which are rapid, accurate and less influenced by environment. The present study was investigated at Dry-Land Agriculture Research Station (DARS), Budgam, SKUAST-Kashmir in year-2022 to evaluate a set of 124 mung bean genotypes for DUS characterization. During the study 24 DUS (Distinctiveness, Uniformity and Stability) characters were recorded as per the guidelines prescribed by PPV and FRA, 2007. The results of the study concluded that a wide range of variability was observed in mung bean genotypes and hence can be used for further breeding programmes. |