%0 Journal Article %@ 1023-4861 %A Zhenghong, Li %A Saxena, K B %A Chaohong, Z %A Jianyun, Z %A Yong, G %A Xuxiao, Z %A Shiying, Y %D 2001 %F icrisat:4901 %I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh, India %J International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter %N 8 %P 58-60 %T Pigeonpea: An excellent host for lac production %U http://oar.icrisat.org/4901/ %X The major research studies on the use of pigeon pea as a host of the lac-producing insect Kerria lacca for lac production in China are reviewed.