Not AvailableFrench bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is
an important vegetable known as green
beans, which is widely cultivated during
winter in the subtropics and early spring to
fall in temperate zones throughout the world.
In India, it is grown in the foothills to higher
hills (northwestern Himalayan regions) and
North Indian plains (subtropical zone) in
different seasons of the year. In India, the
French bean breeding program was strengthened
with the commencement of the All India
Coordinated Research Project on Vegetable
Crops (AICRP-VC) in 1971. Only a few bushtype
cultivars such as VL Bauni Bean 1, Arka
Komal, Contender, and Pant Anupama have
been released through AICRP-VC for cultivation
in Agro-ecological Zones I (temperate
zone) of India (Rai et al., 2004). Because of
the dwarf plant habit, short duration, and
quality pods, ‘Contender’ has been widely
cultivated by the Indian farmers of northwestern
Himalayan states (Uttarakhand, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu, and Kashmir). Hence, in this
article, we report the release of ‘VL Bean 2’,
a cultivar with high green pod yield and better
horticultural traits such as pod color, shape,
and length as compared with those of current
cultivars, including ‘Contender’, available to
Indian farmers. This cultivar may be adapted
to other temperate regions of the world having
similar climatic conditions.Not Availabl
