%0 Conference Paper
%A Upadhyaya, H D
%B Generation Challenge Program meeting
%C Rome, Italy
%D 2005
%F icrisat:5177
%P 1-17
%T Genotyping pigeonpea composite collection using SSR markers 
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/5177/
%X 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............