and 5 ml acetate buffer solution and then reacted with a, a0
dipyridyl to yield colour which was read at 510 nm.
Table 1
Characteristics of the selected mung bean varieties.
Mung bean
varieties
Level of resistance to mung
bean yellow mosaic virus
Growing season Yield
(kg/hectare)
Crop duration (Days)
Established
varieties
Asha Tolerant Autumn 1000 60
Muskan Resistant Autumn 1000 80
Satya Resistant Autumn 1300 66
Newly bred
varieties
MH 124 Resistant Autumn 1300 65
MH 125a Resistant Autumn 1200 65
MH 318 Resistant Autumn/Summer 1500 58
MH 421 Resistant Autumn/Summer 1300 60
MH 539 Resistant Autumn/Summer 1400 60
MH 560 Resistant Autumn/Summer 1600 60
MH 564 Resistant Autumn/Summer 1500 60
a Notified for farmers’ use in 2009.
Source: Kumar, pers. comm. (2010) Senior Scientist at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (India).