Improving pigeonpea with the wild

    Upadhyaya, H D (2006) Improving pigeonpea with the wild. SATrends ICRISAT's Monthly Newsletter, 62. p. 1.

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    Abstract

    In crop improvement, a wild species is valued if it possesses traits of agronomic importance and can be hybridized easily with cultivated species. The genus Cajanus has 32 species, of which only pigeonpea, [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is cultivated. Cajanus scarabaeoides, one of the closely related wild species of pigeonpea, has high level of tolerance to drought and resistance to insectpests.

    Item Type: Article
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    Subjects: Mandate crops > Pigeonpea
    Depositing User: Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
    Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2011 08:04
    Last Modified: 20 Nov 2011 08:04
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/4171
    Official URL: http://www.icrisat.org/what-we-do/satrends/jan2006...
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