Determination of promising high yielded mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) genotypes under middle Black Sea Region of Turkey.

In this study, 20 mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) genotypes were evaluated regarding their adaptation ability and cultivating possibility as a new crop for the legume farmers in Samsun, Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey. Three mungbean genotypes locally grown in Turkey and 17 exotic genotypes were used in the study. Field experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications. Mungbean genotypes exhibited significant differences for days to first flowering and pod setting, plant height, number and size of pods, number of seeds per pod, 100 seed weight, harvest index and seed yield. CN95 produced the highest seed yield (1120.51 kg ha-1), followed by CD3 and Basanti (955.00 and 902.91 kg ha-1, respectively). CN95 genotype has higher 100-seed weight (6.26 g) followed by KPS1 (6.20 g) and KPS2 (6.17 g). Days to first pod setting (r= 0.996**), number of racemes per plant (r= 0.677**), plant height (r= 0.851**), first pod height (r= 0.872**) and harvest index (r= -0.702**) strongly correlated with days to first flowering. There was negative association between pod number per plant and 100 seed weight (r= -0.551*). Harvest index showed positive correlation with seed yield (r= 0.603**). Root to shoot ratio and harvest index decreased with the increasing plant height. The study results were promising and gave some important evidences about mungbean cultivation might be a good alternative for legume farmers in both temperate coastal belt and inner drought prone locations of the Middle Black Sea Region, Turkey.