@inproceedings{icrisat5177, booktitle = {Generation Challenge Program meeting}, year = {2005}, title = {Genotyping pigeonpea composite collection using SSR markers }, pages = {1--17}, author = {H D Upadhyaya}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/5177/}, abstract = {Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh) is the sixth most important food legume grown as a field and/or backyard crop in over 82 countries across the globe. However, as a regular annual crop it is grown only in 19 countries on 4.4 million ha producing 3 million t of grains. ? About 92\% of the area is in developing countries.India (3.2 million ha), Myanmar (0.48 million ha), Kenya (0.15 million ha) and Malawi (0.12 million ha) are the major pigeonpea growing countries. ? Primarily grown as dry seeds, and green vegetable. ? Pigeonpea is a good source of vegetarian protein, soil enricher, fodder, fuel wood, and is also good for arresting soil erosion............} }