By

Rashid Iqbal
Agriculture Officer (Ext)
0300-3940780
 Family Fabaceae/ Leguminosae
 Includes Moong, Mash, Masoor/ Lentil
 Contains almost 20% protein
 Have Nitrogen fixing Bacteria in their root nodules
 Restorative crop
 Can be intercropped in sugarcane
 Average yield 9.95 Mounds/ Acre
 Best Sowing season 1-15 March for spring cultivation
 Kharif Cultivation 15 April-20 May in irrigated areas
 Kharif cultivation in Barani areas complete sowing
before 10th of July during Mon Soon
 10-12 Kg/ Acre seed rate
 160000-180000 plants/ Acre
 NIAB Moong-2006
 AZRI Moong-2006
 NIAB Moong-2011 (Erect Plants)
 NIAB Moong-2016
 Bahawalpur Moong-2017 (Early)
 AZRI Moong-2018 (Pubescence on Pods)
 PRI Moong-2018 (Mechanical Harvesting)
 AZRI Moong-2021 (Mash* Moong)
 Abbas Moong
 Chakwal Moong (Branching & Barani)
 Average yield 3.53 Mounds/ Acre
 Sowing time 1-31st July in irrigated areas
 Sowing time 20th June to 10th July in Barani areas
 Spring cultivation 15-30th March
 Complete sowing till 15th March for spring cultivation
in South Punjab
 8Kg/ Acre seed rate in rainy areas while 10Kg/ Acre in
less rainy areas
 5-6Kg/ Acre seed rate for Mash-97 variety (Spreading
nature)
 160000-180000 plants/ Acre
 Mash-97 (Spreading)
 Arooj-2011 (Mechanical Harvesting)
 NARC Mash-3 (Rawalpindi & Islamabad)
 Chakwal Mash (Barani)
 Barani Mash (Barani)
 Light loamy and loamy soil best for Moong & Mash
 Use seed drill for sowing
 Pora & Kaira method can be practiced
 Ridge method in rainy areas
 R*R Distance 1 foot & 1.5 feet in rainy areas
 P*P Distance 3-4 inches
 Use one bag of DAP (50 kg) & Half bag (25Kg) SOP per acre
 Kharif crop needs 3 irrigation while spring crop needs 3-4 irrigation
 Irrigate at flowering & Pod formation stage
 Harvest at 80-90 % pod ri0pening stage
 Pre emergence herbicides Pendi-methyline one liter per acre
 Post Emergence herbicides (Lactofin for broad leaved & Qazilo phop
methyl for narrow leaved 150 ml/acre within 10-12 days of sowing)
 Sucking Insects
 Aphid
 Thrips
 Jassid
 whitefly
 Mealy bug
Others
 Termite
 Grass Hopper
 Cut worm
 Spinola Bug
 Pod Borer
 Army worm
 Store Grain Pests
 Dhora Beetle
 Khapra Beetle
 Lesser Grain Beetle
 Red Flour Beetle
 Mungbean Yellow Mosaic virus (Whitefly vector)
 Urdbean Leaf Crinkle Virus (Aphid)
 Anthracnose (Colletorichum lindemuthianum)/
(Gloeosporium phaseoili)
 Cercospora leaf spot (Cercospora cruenta,
Myrothecium roridum)
 Wilt (Fusarium solani , Verticillium alb-atrum)
 Stem and Root rot (Rhizoctonia solani)
 Collar rot (Phytophthora megasperma)
 Rabi Crop & Drought Resistant
 Average yield 4.52 Mounds/ Acre
 Contains almost 25% protein
 Light loamy to heavy loam soil best to cultivate
 Have Nitrogen fixing Bacteria in their root nodules
 Restorative crop
 Can be intercropped in sugarcane (5-6 Kg/ Acre)
 10-12 Kg/ acre seed rate in irrigated areas
 14-16 Kg/ acre seed rate in Barani areas
 Seed germination percentage 90%
 15-30 October sowing time (Narrowal, Chakwal & Sialkot)
 20 Oct – 15 Nov. South Punjab
 R*R Distance 10-12 Inches while P*P Distance 3-4 inches
 1 bag DAP, Half bag SOP & 10 Kg Urea per acre
 Harvest at 80% pod ripening stage
 Lentil Blight (Ascochyta lentis)
 Grey Mold (Botrytis cinerea)
 Lentil Rust (Uromyces fabae)
 Lentil Wilt (Fusarium oxysporum)
 Stem Rot of lentil (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum)
 Root Rot of lentil (Rhizoctonia bataticola
Macrophomina phaseolina)
 Collar Rot of Lentil (Phytphthora megasperma)
THANKS