Varietal Improvement of Pigeonpea for Smallholder Livestock Production Systems

Wallis, E S and Faris, D G and Elliott, R and Byth, D E (1986) Varietal Improvement of Pigeonpea for Smallholder Livestock Production Systems. In: Crop-Livestock Systems Research Workshop, July 7-11,1986, Farming Systems Research Institute,Thailand and International Rice Research Institute, Philippines.

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Abstract

Pegeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics as a soures of seed for human nutrition. I t i s most commonly used as jhai (dry s p l i t seed) i n vegetarian-based diets 3n the Indlan subcontinent. The seed contalns 20-25% protein. However, as we show i n t h i s 2aper pigeonpea seed also has considerable potential for animal feed and the p l a n t a s forage.

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Subjects: Mandate crops > Pigeonpea
Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2011 06:05
Last Modified: 28 Nov 2011 06:05
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/4416
Acknowledgement: Research on pigeonpea at ICRISAT is supported by many international donors through the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Research into pigeonpea in the Department of Agriculture of the University of Queensland has been supported by a number of bodies including the Commonwealth of Australia Rural Cred~t Development Fund (1973-1977), ICRISAT (1977-1982), and currently b the Austral~an Centre for International Agr iculturay Research (ACIAR) (1982 to date). Thls support is gratefully acknowledged.
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