TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
A1  - Saxena, K B
TI  - Genetic Improvement of Pigeon Pea ? A Review
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12042-008-9014-1
JF  - Tropical Plant Biology
SN  - 1935-9764
PB  - Springer
N1  - The author expresses his sincere thanks to Mr
Gopinath Shinde for typing and putting themanuscript into shape; Dr RK
Srivastava, Mr R Vijaya Kumar, and Mr Rachit K Saxena for technical
assistance in preparing this manuscript. The author is grateful to Dr
Rupakula Aruna for her suggestions in improving this manuscript.
N2  - Pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] is a short-lived
perennial shrub that is traditionally cultivated as an annual
crop in developing countries. It is an important legume crop
mostly produced in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the
Caribbean region. Based on the vast natural genetic variability
in local germplasm and the presence of numerous wild
relatives, van der Maesen [139] concluded that India is
probably its primary center of origin. Pigeon pea is a hardy,
widely adapted and drought tolerant crop with a large
temporal variation (90?300 days) for maturity. These traits
allow its cultivation in a range of environments and cropping
systems. Globally, pigeon pea is cultivated on 4.92 million
hectares (Mha) with an annual production of 3.65 metric tons
and productivity of 898 kg ha?1 (http://faostat.fao.org/). In
Asia, India.........
KW  - Breeding methods - Genetic improvement - Hybrid pigeon pea
Y1  - 2008///
SP  - 159
ID  - icrisat5263
EP  - 178
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
ER  -