Amber
A bold, light-coloured seeded variety grown across the north Indian hills and plains, valued for its cooking quality and long-standing market recognition. Not yet individually researched for a detail page.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Rajma (Kidney Bean)
- Type
- Open-pollinated
- Season
- Kharif
- Maturity period
- 100–115 days
- Expected yield
- 10–13 q/ha
- Suitable soil
- Loam
- Release
- A widely recognised north-Indian rajma variety; no specific breeding institute or release year was confirmed this phase — it may be a long-established landrace/market type rather than a formally released variety
About this variety
Amber is a bold, light-coloured-seeded kidney bean variety listed among India's recommended high-yielding rajma varieties, alongside HUR-15, HUR-137, VL Rajma 63/125 and others. It is grown across the north Indian hill and plains belt spanning Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and neighbouring states, valued for its cooking quality and long market recognition.
Key characteristics
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
100–115 days
Expected yield
10–13 q/ha
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
- No specific bred-in resistance
Advantages & considerations
Things to consider
- No source found this phase confirms a specific breeding institute or release year for Amber, unlike most of its rajma siblings in this rollout — it consistently appears only as a named entry in lists of recommended varieties, suggesting it may be a long-established landrace or market type rather than a formally bred-and-released cultivar.
- Sourced material broadly confirms major kidney-bean-growing states as Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka collectively — this record's existing two-state field (Himachal Pradesh, J&K) sits within that broader picture without being specifically confirmed or contradicted for Amber by name.
- No conflicting yield or duration figures were found this phase — this record's existing "10–13 q/ha" yieldPotential and "100–115 days" duration fields are left as the working reference, unconfirmed but not contradicted.
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
Frequently asked questions
Who developed Amber rajma?
No specific breeding institute or release year was confirmed this phase — unlike most other rajma varieties in this dataset, Amber consistently appears only as a named entry in recommended-variety lists, suggesting it may be a long-established landrace or market type.
What does Amber rajma seed look like?
Bold and light-coloured — a visually distinct seed type valued specifically for its cooking quality.
Where is Amber rajma grown?
Across the north Indian hill and plains belt, including this record's existing states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir — part of a wider kidney-bean-growing region that also includes Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Why is Amber rajma still popular despite having no bred-in disease resistance?
Its long-standing market recognition and cooking quality have kept demand strong even without modern disease-resistance breeding — matching this record's existing note framing.
How does Amber compare to HUR-15 and VL Rajma varieties?
Amber appears alongside them in lists of recommended high-yielding rajma varieties, but unlike those, it lacks a confirmed breeding institute this phase — it reads as an older, market-established type rather than a modern bred release.