relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/5177/ title: Genotyping pigeonpea composite collection using SSR markers creator: Upadhyaya, H D subject: Pigeonpea subject: Genetics and Genomics description: 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............ date: 2005 type: Conference or Workshop Item type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/5177/1/Genotyping%20pigeonpea%20composite%20collection%20using%20SSR%20markers%20.pdf format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/5177/7/Genotyping_pigeonpea_.pdf identifier: Upadhyaya, H D (2005) Genotyping pigeonpea composite collection using SSR markers. In: Generation Challenge Program meeting, 29 September-1 October 2005, Rome, Italy.