[en] Phosphorus is the second largest nutrient element required by the plant next to nitrogen. Our Indian soils are deficient in P to an extent of 90% or more. Phosphorus fertilizers are imported to a large extent (95% requirement) at a huge cost. Hence, there is a need to conserve this valuable resource by utilizing it efficiently. Information in respect of increasing phosphorus use efficiency through placement methods on several vegetable crops such as okra, brinjal, tomato, cabbage, onion and chilly is available. It is reported that the most efficient way of utilizing the phosphorus fertilizer is by appropriate method of application. The other alternate methods of efficient utilization could be identifying genotypes efficient in P absorption. However, information on uptake of P fertilizer in french bean is not available. It is one of the important economic vegetable crops of the country. Hence, an experiment was conducted in ten genotypes of french bean to evaluate their efficiency for P uptake