Climate

• Tropical pulse grown under semiarid & sub tropical environment
• hardiest of all pulse crops and successfully grown in drought prone area.
• Optimum temperature is 28- 32 degree Celsius
• Rainfall : 600-750 mm
• Green gram is a short day plant

Soil

• Does not withstand water logging
• Optimum pH is 6.5 to 7.5
• Best soil is well drained loamy to sandy loam