TY  - JOUR
N2  - Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is an important rainfed pulse crop of tropics and sub-tropics, and
during its long growth cycle of 6?9 months it encounters a number of biotic and abiotic stresses. The recently
developed CMS-based pigeonpea hybrids have demonstrated large gains in yield and stability over the traditional
inbred cultivars. In this review, the authors argue that the heterosis expressed in traits like seed germination,
radicle growth, root biomass production and moisture retention during water stress confers advantages
to hybrid plants in negotiating a few abiotic and biotic stresses in much better way than pure line cultivars.
N1  - We gratefully acknowledge Pigeonpea Breeding Unit of
ICRISAT, Hyderabad (India) for providing access to its
published and unpublished data resources.
AV  - public
KW  - Pigeonpea
KW  -  Heterosis
KW  -  Radicle
KW  -  Root biomass
KW  -  Water stress
KW  -  Adaptation
KW  -  Abiotic stresses
A1  - Saxena, K B
A1  - Choudhary, A K
A1  - Saxena, R K
A1  - Chauhan, Y S
TI  - Can pigeonpea hybrids negotiate stresses better than inbred cultivars?
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbs.20015
JF  - Breeding Science
SP  - 1
Y1  - 2020/07//
ID  - icrisat11563
EP  - 7
SN  - 1344-7610
ER  -