TY  - JOUR
N2  - 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
AV  - public
A1  - Venkateswarlu, S
A1  - Singh , R B
TI  - Pigeonpea improvement at Banaras Hindu University
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/7430/
JF  - Tropical Grain Legume Bulletin
SP  - 28
Y1  - 1980///
ID  - icrisat7430
EP  - 29
SN  - 0304-5765
VL  - 17-18
PB  - International Grain Legume Information Centre.
ER  -