TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
A1  - Saxena, K B
A1  - Sameer Kumar, C V
A1  - Hingane, A J
A1  - Nagesh Kumar, M V
A1  - Vijaykumar, R
A1  - Saxena, R K
A1  - Patil, S
A1  - Varshney, R K
TI  - Hybrid ICPH 2740 assures quantum jump in pigeonpea productivity in peninsular India
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/10263/
JF  - Journal of Food Legumes
SN  - 0970-6380
PB  - Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development
N1  - The authors express their sincere thanks to various
research partners of Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
Agriculture University (JNKVV, Jabalpur; and ARS, Palem,
Telangana) and various seed companies which collaborated
with us in evolving the hybrid pigeonpea technology. The
financial support received from Hybrid Pigeonpea Parents
Research Consortium and National Food security Mission,
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of
Agriculture, New Delhi, India is acknowledged.
N2  - Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is an important pulse
crop of peninsular India and of the 4 m ha grown, this region
contributes >70% both in area and production. The
productivity of pigeonpea in this region is at around 650 kg/
ha, and to smash this low yield plateau, a hybrid technology,
based on cytoplasmic nuclear male-sterility (CMS) and
natural cross-pollination was evolved at ICRISAT. Among
several location-specific hybrids were bred, ICPH 2740 gave
out-standing performance in farmers? fields and later
released in Telangana for cultivation in 2015 as ?Mannem
Konda Kandi?. This wilt and sterility mosaic resistant hybrid
was tested in 31 locations over five years exhibited 40.7%
superiority over the ruling variety ?Asha?. In the on-farm
trials also, this hybrid recorded yield advantage of 36.2% in
four provinces. This paper discusses salient features,
performance, and seed technology of the hybrid ICPH 2740.
KW  - CMS
KW  -  hybrid release
KW  -  out-crossing
KW  -  pigeonpea
KW  -  seed
technology
Y1  - 2016///
SP  - 142
ID  - icrisat10263
EP  - 144
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
ER  -