TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
A1  - Saxena, K B
A1  - Kumar, R V
A1  - Rao, P V
TI  - Pigeonpea nutrition and its improvement
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J144v05n01_10
JF  - Journal of Crop Production
SN  - 1092-678X
PB  - Food Products Press
N2  - Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan [L.] Millsp.), known by several
vernacular and names such as red gram, tuar, Angola
pea. yellow dhal and oil dhal, is one of the major grain legume crops of
the tropics and sub-tropics. It is a crop of small holder dryland
fmmers because it can grow well under subsistence level of agriculture
and provides nutritive food, fodder, and fuel wood. It also improves soil
by fixing atmospheric nitrogen. India by far is the largest pigeonpea producer
it is consumed as decorticated split peas, popularly called as
'dhaL' In other countries, its consumption as whole dty and green
vegetable is popular. Its foliage is used as fodder and milling by-products
[onn an excellent feed for domestic animals. Pigeonpea seeds contain
about 20-22% protein and appreciable amounts of essential amino.acids
and minerals. DehuHing and boiling treatments of seeds get rid of the
most antinutritional factors as tannins and enzyme inhibitors. Seed
storage causes considerable losses in the quality of this legume. The seed
protein of pigeonpea has been successfully enhanced by breeding from
20-22% to 28-30%. Such lines also agronomically performed well and
have acceptable and color. The high-protein lines were found nutritionally superior to the cultivars because they would provide more
quantities of utilizable protein and sulfur-containing amino acids.
KW  - Pigeonpea
KW  -  Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
KW  -  milling
KW  -  dhal
KW  - 
dehusking
KW  -  cooking time
KW  -  protein
KW  -  breeding
KW  -  amino acid
KW  -  storage
KW  -  fodder
Y1  - 2002///
SP  - 227
ID  - icrisat3164
EP  - 260
VL  - 5
IS  - 1-2
ER  -