?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7762%2F&rft.title=Development+of+short-duration+pigeonpea+cultivars+for+high+yield%2C+wider+adaptation+and+acceptabllity&rft.creator=Gupta%2C+S+C&rft.creator=Rao%2C+T+P&rft.creator=Reddy%2C+M+C&rft.subject=Pigeonpea&rft.description=This+progress+report+includes+the+research+work+carried+out+on+development+of+short-duration+pigeonpea+cultivars+at+ICRISAT+Center%2C+Patancheru+and+at+two+cooperating+centres%2C+Hisar+and+Haryana.+From+exact+trials%2C+based+on+overall+mean+grain+yield+ICPL+83006+was+found+to+be+superior+over+Prabhat+in+South+Zone+(26%25)%2C+Central+and+northwest+plains+zones+(22%25)%2C+west+zone+(50%25)+and+Northeast+hill+Zone+(11%25).+ICPLS+83015%2C+84023+and+85010+showed+superiority+in+west+and+northwest+plain+zones.+A+new+extra+short+duration+line%2C+ICPL+87095%2C+has+been+identified+for+inclusion+in+1989+EXACT+trials.+In+EACT+trials%2C+ICPL+84052+and+85045+were+found+to+be+superior+over+UPAS+120+in+south%2C+central+and+northwest+palin+zones.+Two+new+lines%2C+ICPLS+86023+and+88026%2C+were+identified+for+inclusion+in+1989+EACT.+Among+the+lines+selected+for+multilocations+testing%2C+29+showed+resistance%2Ftolerance+to+sterility+mosaic%2C+7+to+wilt+and+10+showed+some+degree+of+tolerance+to+phytophthora+blight.+During+1988+rainy+reason%2C+higher+grain+yields+were+obtained+at+Patancheru+than+at+Hisar+(2000+and+1521+kg%2Fha+respectively)+inspite+of+on+an+average+1.5+h+less+sunshine+per+day+during+life+cycle.+During+these+trials%2C+3+and+6+determinate+extra-short+duration+and+short-duration+promising+entries+were+identified&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+&rft.date=1990&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7762%2F1%2FRP%25205884.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gupta%2C+S+C+and+Rao%2C+T+P+and+Reddy%2C+M+C++(1990)+Development+of+short-duration+pigeonpea+cultivars+for+high+yield%2C+wider+adaptation+and+acceptabllity.++Project+Report.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India+.+++++