Publication Date

2022

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

Introducing new plants to an area may have both positive and negative effects on the environment, economy and community. To minimise the negative environmental impact of introducing new agricultural species, DPIRD conducts a risk assessment procedure based on widely accepted scientific standards. This report assesses Mung bean (Vigna radiata subsp. radiata) There are two subspecies of Mung bean; V. radiata subsp. radiata (var. setulose) is the exotic Mung bean native to the Indian subcontinent and Vigna radiata subsp. sublobata which is native to northern Australia and the Kimberley Region in Western Australia including IBRA Regions: Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain and Victoria Bonaparte (WA Florabase). Mung beans also known as the moong bean, green gram and golden gram, are a short-season, subtropical plant and are closely related to black gram (Vigna mungo) and azuki beans (Vigna angularis). Mung beans are mainly grown in India, China and Southeast Asia. The mung bean is an upright, annual legume (height from 0.45 to 1m) and the crop reaches maturity in 90–110 days.

Number of Pages

3

Keywords

weed risk, assessment, biosecurity, Western Australia, Mung bean, Vigna radiata subsp. radiata

Disciplines

Biosecurity | Weed Science

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