TY  - JOUR
N2  - Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) was introduced to China
from the eastern parts of India about 1500 years ago
(Zhoujie 1997). Traditionally, it has been used for lac production,
fuel wood, soil conservation, fodder, food, and
medicine. Its food uses are constrained by some prominent
defects in the landraces. These include long-duration
(more than 300 days), inherent low seed yield (750 kg ha-1),
small seed size, and high amount of trypsin inhibitor. To
overcome these constraints, new varieties of pigeonpea
have been introduced recently into China from ICRISAT.
These varieties are showing good adaptation and have
many useful traits (Shiying et al. 1999). Therefore, new
uses of this crop need to be identified. This paper reviews
the traditional uses of pigeonpea in China and highlights
the potential uses identified recently from the research
work done in this area.
AV  - public
A1  - Chaohong, Z
A1  - Zhenghong, Li
A1  - Saxena, K B
A1  - Jianqiu, Z
A1  - Yong, G
A1  - Shiying, Y
A1  - Xuxiao, Z
TI  - Traditional and alternative uses of pigeonpea in China
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/4090/
JF  - International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter
SP  - 55
Y1  - 2001///
ID  - icrisat4090
EP  - 57
SN  - 1023-4861
PB  - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh, India
IS  - 8
ER  -