<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Hybrid pigeonpea: best bet for maximizing productivity in dry lands"^^ . "Pigeonpea is a hardy, widely adapted, drought tolerant crop and\r\nan integral component of cropping systems of small and marginal\r\nfarmers of SAT regions of the globe. The global pigeonpea\r\narea, production and yield is approximately 6.23 mha, 4.74 MT\r\nand 762.4 kg ha -1 respectively (FAOSTAT 2015). Inflated market\r\nprices coupled with stagnant productivity have created a\r\nsubstantial demand supply gap. This alerted breeders to break\r\nthe yield plateau by harnessing the inherent heterotic potential,\r\nas no further horizontal increase in area under pigeonpea was\r\npossible. Yield advantage in maize, rice, wheat and grain sorghum\r\nthrough hybrid technology triggered the adaptance of the\r\nlatter in pigeonpea. As hand emasculation and pollination was\r\nnot commercially feasible, male sterile lines became imperative\r\nfor utilization of available natural out-crossing in pigeonpea.\r\nThus, the first pigeonpea hybrid ICPH 8 was developed using\r\nGMS source in 1991, followed by PPH4, CoH1, AKPH4104 and\r\nAKPH2022.Though the bottlenecks of GMS system led to the\r\ndevelopment of the first CMS- based pigeonpea hybrid GTH-1\r\nthe first commercial CMS hybrid was ICPH 267. It has greater\r\nroot mass, depth and ability to draw moisture from deeper soil\r\nprofiles. Its fast root growth also helps in overcoming short spells\r\nof early season drought that is often encountered in July-sown\r\nrainfed crops. Hybrids have recorded 20% to 30% yield advantage\r\nover existing varieties and seed production technology has\r\nbeen standardized for large-scale production of commercial hybrids.\r\nSSR based hybrid purity assessment kits are also developed\r\nfor testing GOT. The hydraulic characteristics of pigeonpea\r\nroots is an interesting asset for both nutrient and water uptake.\r\nIn this context, hybrid pigeonpea is the best bet for maximizing\r\ndryland productivity."^^ . "2017-02" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "M V"^^ . "Nagesh Kumar"^^ . "M V Nagesh Kumar"^^ . . "H B"^^ . "Shruthi"^^ . "H B Shruthi"^^ . . "A J"^^ . "Hingane"^^ . "A J Hingane"^^ . . "R K"^^ . "Varshney"^^ . "R K Varshney"^^ . . "P M"^^ . "Gaur"^^ . "P M Gaur"^^ . . "S P"^^ . "Wani"^^ . "S P Wani"^^ . . "R K"^^ . "Saxena"^^ . "R K Saxena"^^ . . "C V"^^ . "Sameer Kumar"^^ . "C V Sameer Kumar"^^ . . "C"^^ . "Sudhakar"^^ . "C Sudhakar"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Sharma"^^ . "M Sharma"^^ . . . . "InterDrought-V"^^ . . . . . "Hyderabad, India"^^ . . . . . . "Hybrid pigeonpea: best bet for maximizing productivity in dry lands (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Abstract_Book_93.pdf"^^ . . . "Hybrid pigeonpea: best bet for maximizing productivity in dry lands (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Hybrid pigeonpea: best bet for maximizing productivity in dry lands (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Hybrid pigeonpea: best bet for maximizing productivity in dry lands (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Hybrid pigeonpea: best bet for maximizing productivity in dry lands (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Hybrid pigeonpea: best bet for maximizing productivity in dry lands (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #10249 \n\nHybrid pigeonpea: best bet for maximizing productivity in dry lands\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pigeonpea"@en . . . "Drylands"@en . .