Moth Bean

A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Aug–Sep.

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
99% of its area.
Ready in
75 days
about 2½ months
Water
290–330 mm
over its season
Temperature
24–32 °C
0° survives 13–45 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 99% of its area
Today
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick a place and water to see if it suits your land, and what it earns.

What it needs

Temperature

24–32 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 13–45 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

290–330 mm over its season
Bikaner Churu Barmer Jodhpur Kanpur Nagar

Worked out where most of it grows. Rain and irrigation together.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5 to 8.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Grows even on poor soil
  • N Makes its own nitrogen
  • S Needs plenty of sulphur
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
11,23,848 ha
2015-16
Average yield
0.3 t/ha
2015-16
Most area
Bikaner
Rajasthan
Best yield
Baramulla
1.8 t/ha

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

  1. Bikaner, Rajasthan 3,41,481 ha
  2. Churu, Rajasthan 2,64,612 ha
  3. Barmer, Rajasthan 1,84,105 ha
  4. Jodhpur, Rajasthan 71,468 ha
  5. Nagaur, Rajasthan 48,401 ha
  6. Hanumangarh, Rajasthan 40,438 ha
  7. Jaisalmer, Rajasthan 8,521 ha
  8. Kachchh, Gujarat 6,611 ha
  9. Ahmedabad, Gujarat 4,397 ha
  10. Ganganagar, Rajasthan 2,350 ha

Moth Bean yield

  1. 0.1–0.3 t/ha
  2. 0.3–0.4 t/ha
  3. 0.4–0.4 t/ha
  4. 0.4–0.5 t/ha
  5. 0.5–1.8 t/ha
No data

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 1997-98 to 2015-16.

Where yields are highest

  1. Baramulla, Jammu And Kashmir 1.8 t/ha
  2. Budgam, Jammu And Kashmir 0.8 t/ha
  3. Jammu, Jammu And Kashmir 0.6 t/ha
  4. Surendranagar, Gujarat 0.5 t/ha
  5. Anantnag, Jammu And Kashmir 0.5 t/ha
  6. Bandipora, Jammu And Kashmir 0.5 t/ha
  7. Narmada, Gujarat 0.5 t/ha
  8. Tapi, Gujarat 0.5 t/ha
  9. Bharuch, Gujarat 0.5 t/ha
  10. Banas Kantha, Gujarat 0.5 t/ha

Only districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 1997-98 to 2015-16.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 0.6 1.1
1997-98 2015-16
Latest 0.3 t/ha in 2015-16

Area (ha)

0.0 1.9M 3.8M
1997-98 2015-16
Latest 11,23,848 ha in 2015-16

Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 1997-98 to 2015-16.

Soil and yield

How district soil tests line up with this crop's yields across India.

  • Districts with more soil low in nitrogen tend to have lower moth bean yields (strong pattern, 31 districts).
  • Districts with more soil medium in nitrogen tend to have higher moth bean yields (strong pattern, 31 districts).
  • Districts with more soil high in organic carbon tend to have higher moth bean yields (strong pattern, 33 districts).
  • Districts with more soil high in nitrogen tend to have higher moth bean yields (strong pattern, 31 districts).
  • Districts with more soil low in organic carbon tend to have lower moth bean yields (moderate pattern, 33 districts).
  • Districts with more soil that is alkaline tend to have lower moth bean yields (moderate pattern, 33 districts).

A pattern is not proof that soil causes the difference.

Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).