?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F2196%2F&rft.title=Growing+extra-short-duration+pigeonpea+in+rotation+with+wheat+in+the+Indo-Gangetic+plain.+Natural+Resouce+Management+Program-+Report+no.+1&rft.creator=Dahiya%2C+S+S&rft.creator=Chauhan%2C+Y+S&rft.creator=Srivastava%2C+S+K&rft.creator=Sekhon%2C+H+S&rft.creator=Waldia%2C+R+S&rft.creator=Gowda%2C+C+L+L&rft.creator=Johansen%2C+C&rft.subject=Pigeonpea&rft.description=Extra-short-duration+pigeonpea+%5BCajanus+cajan+(L.)+Millsp.%5D+is+a+relatively+new+plant+type%2C+which+has+been+primarily+bred+to+replace+short-duration+pigeonpea+(SDP)+for+cultivation+in+rotation+with+wheat+in+the+western+Indo-Gangetic+plain+of+South+Asia.+This+book+summarizes+the+experiences+with+on-farm+testing+of+extra-short-duration+pigeonpea+(ESDP)-wheat+rotation+vis-%C3%A0-vis+SDP-wheat+rotation+conducted+at+three+locations+-+Sonepat%2C+Ghaziabad%2C+and+Ludhiana+in+northwestern+India%2C+from+1995+to+2000.+Extra-short-duration+pigeonpea+genotypes+matured+two+to+four+weeks+earlier+than+SDP+cultivars%2C+yet+produced+up+to+16%25+higher+yield.+Yield+of+the+following+wheat+crop+was+0.75+to+1+ha-1+more+after+ESDP+genotypes+than+after+SD+cultivars+or+rice.+Farmers+preferred+ESDP+genotypes+to+SD+cultivars+because+of+increased+yield+and+early+maturity%2C+enabling+timely+sowing+of+wheat.+The+realized+mean+yield+of+ESDP+genotypes+in+farmers'+fields+was+about+1.5+t+ha-1%2C+which+though+greater+than+SDP+cultivars+was+about+half+of+their+potential.+The+major+abiotic+and+biotic%2C+socioeconomic+constraints+that+limit+realization+of+potential+yield+and+widespread+adoption+of+ESDP+are+discussed.+Currently+recommended+practices+for+mazimizing+their+yield+and+precautions+to+be+taken+for+seed+production+and+storage+are+also+highlighted.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F2196%2F2%2FGrowing-Extra-Short-duration-Pigeonpea.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dahiya%2C+S+S+and+Chauhan%2C+Y+S+and+Srivastava%2C+S+K+and+Sekhon%2C+H+S+and+Waldia%2C+R+S+and+Gowda%2C+C+L+L+and+Johansen%2C+C++(2001)+Growing+extra-short-duration+pigeonpea+in+rotation+with+wheat+in+the+Indo-Gangetic+plain.+Natural+Resouce+Management+Program-+Report+no.+1.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++