Pigeonpea improvement at Banaras Hindu University

    Venkateswarlu, S and Singh , R B (1980) Pigeonpea improvement at Banaras Hindu University. Tropical Grain Legume Bulletin, 17-18. pp. 28-29. ISSN 0304-5765

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    Abstract

    This review of investigations in India on the genetic improvement of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) includes a report that, of the pest complex of the crop in northern India, Melanagromyza obtusa (Mall.) causes the most damage; the variety GP 127 from a tribal area in Orissa was the least preferred by M. obtusa, damage being only up to 5%,ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT:Research work developing high-yielding disease-resistant pigeon pea cv. at Varanasi is briefly described. The new highly disease-resistant cv. Purple 1 matured in 200 days and yielded up to 1.5 t/ha. Its 100-seed wt. varied from 5 to 26 g

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    Subjects: Mandate crops > Pigeonpea
    Depositing User: Mr B K Murthy
    Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2014 01:27
    Last Modified: 30 Jan 2014 01:27
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/7430
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