| 1. | Whole or split moth bean seeds can be cooked or fried.
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| 2. | Moth bean is also consumed as a forage crop by animals.
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| 3. | Moth bean is mostly consumed as dhal or sprouts.
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| 4. | Moth bean is an herbaceous creeping annual which grows to approximately 40 cm high.
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| 5. | Moth bean is impacted by Mungbean yellow mosaic virus, for which silverleaf whitefly is the vector.
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| 6. | Moth bean, a short-day crop, is one of the most drought resistant pulses in India.
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| 7. | While dry sandy soil is most suitable for production, moth bean can tolerate a variety of soil types.
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| 8. | Soaking and cooking moth beans before consumption helps to break down antinutritional factors and makes the protein more digestible.
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| 9. | Horse gram and moth bean are legumes of the tropics and subtropics, grown mostly under dry-land agriculture.
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| 10. | Moth bean is native to India and Pakistan, grown for food production and as a forage and cover crop.
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