@article{icrisat7430,
       publisher = {International Grain Legume Information Centre.},
            year = {1980},
           title = {Pigeonpea improvement at Banaras Hindu University},
           pages = {28--29},
          author = {S Venkateswarlu and R B Singh },
          volume = {17-18},
         journal = {Tropical Grain Legume Bulletin},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/7430/},
        abstract = {This review of investigations in India on the genetic improvement of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) includes a report that, of the pest complex of the crop in northern India, Melanagromyza obtusa (Mall.) causes the most damage; the variety GP 127 from a tribal area in Orissa was the least preferred by M. obtusa, damage being only up to 5\%,ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT:Research work developing high-yielding disease-resistant pigeon pea cv. at Varanasi is briefly described. The new highly disease-resistant cv. Purple 1 matured in 200 days and yielded up to 1.5 t/ha. Its 100-seed wt. varied from 5 to 26 g}
}