relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/4074/
title: Wild relatives of pigeonpea in China
creator: Saxena, K B
creator: Reddy, L J
creator: Yang, Shiying
creator: Zong, Xuxiao
creator: Li, Zhenghong
creator: Zhou, Chaohong
subject: Pigeonpea
description: Wild relatives play an important role in the genetic improvement  of cultivated crops. Breeders turn their attention to  the wild relatives of crops after unsuccessful search for  some unique trait in the cultivated germplasm. According  to van der Maesen (1986) the genus Cajanus has 32 species.  Of these, the Indian subcontinent harbors 18 species.  ICRISAT has the global responsibility of collection,  maintenance, and evaluation of germplasm of the wild  relatives of pigeonpea. At present a total of 213 accessions,  representing 20 Cajanus species are conserved for use in  the breeding programs.
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
date: 2001
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/4074/1/Wild_relatives_of_pigeonpea_in_China.pdf
identifier:   Saxena, K B and Reddy, L J and Yang, Shiying and Zong, Xuxiao and Li, Zhenghong and Zhou, Chaohong  (2001) Wild relatives of pigeonpea in China.  International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter (8).  pp. 32-34.