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Cultivation
=== Climate and soil requirements === Mung bean is a warm season and frost-intolerant plant. Mung bean is suitable for being planted in temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions. The most suitable temperature for mung bean's germination and growth is 15-18 ℃. Mung bean has high adaptability to various soil types, while the best pH of the soil is between 6.2 and 7.2. Mung bean is a short-day plant and long days will delay it's flowering and podding.

Seedbed preparation and Sowing
The seedbed for mung bean is similar to other legume plants. Mung beans can be usually interplanted with maize, sorghum and others. Sowing mung beans should follow rotation cropping in case of being infected by pathogens. Before sowing, the seedbed should be ploughed and tilled thoroughly by adding enough organic fertilizer. Also, inoculating proper Rhizobium before seeding is also recommended for the first-time planting. The seed should be planted 4-8 cm deep, which is depending on the soil type. The density for seeding should be 150,000-200,000 plants per acre with a 50-80 cm row spacing. The seeding density should be different to distinct conditions. The early-maturing, upright type mung bean planted in non-rich soil with early seeding time should have a higher density than the late-maturing varieties, vine/half-vine type ones planted in rich soil with late seeding time.

=== Varieties   === The mung bean varieties now are mainly targeted in resistance to pests and diseases, particularly the mung bean weevil and mung bean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV). For now, the main varieties include Samrat, IPM2-3, SML 668 and Meha in India; Crystal, Jade-AU, Celera-AU，SatinⅡ，Regur in Australia; Zhonglv No.1, Zhonglv No.2, Jilv No.2, Jilv No.7, Weilv No.4, Jihong 9218, Jihong 8937, Bao 876-16, Bao 8824-17 in China. Also, with the help of the World Vegetable Centre, the traits of mung bean have been improved a lot.

Fertility
The requirements of chemical elements for mung bean is quite similar to other legume plants. The needs for different elements of soybean can be a reference for mung bean. During the management period, the slightly acid soil is perfect for mung bean’s growth, so adding proper lime to the soil is the best way to adjust the pH. And its best to lime the year before planting mung bean.

Weeding
Weeding should be implemented 1) before seeding; 2) after the occurrence of the first and second compound leaf 3) the branch period. There is a mechanical and chemical method for weed control for mung bean. Before planting, there should be a thorough weeding by using rotary hoeing. Also, wider spacing is better for weed control if it's the first time planting mung bean.  For the chemical ones, the Dual (metolachlor) and Treflan (trifluralin) are efficient for mung bean as the preplant use. However, later emerging weeds are difficult to control since the herbicides will also harm mung bean and mung bean is not as resistant to weeds as soybean. Besides, the labelled herbicides for mung bean are few. For these reasons, weed control is always the main problem for mung bean weeding.

Water
Mung bean is sensitive to water. The requirements for water are varied from the different growth periods of mung bean. It is good to keep a slightly dry soil for the very beginning growth of mung bean, while the flowering and podding period mung bean need much water. Moreover, it is always essential to avoid drought or waterlogging for the soil.

== Harvest and Postharvest Treatment ==

Harvest
The yield potential of mung bean is around 2.5 to 3.0 t/ha, however, usually due to the resistance to environmental stress and improper management, the average productivity for mung bean is only 0.5 t/ha. Since the indeterminate flowering habit of mung bean, when facing the proper environmental conditions, there can be both flowers and pods in one mung bean plant, which make it difficult for harvesting mung bean. The perfect harvesting stage is when 90% of pods’colour in one yield has been black. Mung bean can use a harverster for harvesting. It is important to set up the header in case of over-threshing.

Transpotation and Storage Condition
The perfect moisture of grain for transportation is 13%. Before storage, the cleaning and grading process must be done. The ideal storage condition should keep the mung bean's moisture at exactly 12%.