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Climatic Requirement

Climatic requirement

As tropical crop blackgram tolerates high temperature. It is cultivated both in kharif and summer seasons. It needs warm weather and due to the same reason the crop is grown during rainy season and summer season in North India. However in central parts it is grown during rainy as well as winter season. It is a short-day plant, but day neutral cultivars are available for cultivation in the long-days of summer. The optimum temperature for better growth ranges between 25 to 35O C but it can tolerate up to 42O C. It is a hardy and drought resistant plant, and can be grown in areas receiving moderate to low rainfall. It is sensitive to cloudy weather and cannot tolerate frost. It requires heavier and water retentive soil in places where rainfall in scanty, but in humid regions it is mainly grown in uplands. It is grown mostly as rainfed crop and relayed with maize in the drier areas in Sikkim. It is also grown on paddy field bunds. The crop is grown in the lower and mid-hill up to an elevation of 1400 meters.