<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Optimizing the yield potential of pigeonpea through improved agronomic practices in vertisols</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">M G</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Mula</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">D P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Thakare</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Mehtre</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">A</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Rathore</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">A K</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Vemula</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Improved agronomic practices are required to exploit the full potential of pigeon pea crop with the integration of water, density&#13;
and fertilizer which individually affect seed yield and its related traits. With the aim to understand the combined effect of these&#13;
factors on the performance of hybrids and varieties this experiment was carried out at Patancheru, Telangana, India during&#13;
Kharif2011 and 2012 in vertisols. Three medium duration hybrids (ICPH 2671, ICPH 2740 and ICPH 3762) and varieties&#13;
(BDN 711, BSMR 736 and ICPL 87119) were evaluated and the findings of the research revealed that among three&#13;
treatments, T, [75 cm x 60 cm + 50 N kg/ha + 100 P,O, kg/ha (split application at 50% as basal and 50% at 60 days after&#13;
sowing) + two irrigations (during mid-flowering and mid-pod development stage)] delivered significantly higher total seed&#13;
yield (3469.1 kg/ha) and biomass (7499.1 kg/ha) which is translated into higher harvest index (31.6%). However, the&#13;
interactive effect of genotype x treatment interaction showed that ICPH 3762 and ICPH 2671 produced significantly greater&#13;
total seed yield in T, (3753.5 kg/ha and 3719.3 kg/ha). Hybrid ICPH 3762 recorded the highest number of pod clusters&#13;
(407.9/plant), number of pods (728.3/plant) and seed yield (179.9 g/plant) in T, [150 cm x 30 cm + 50 N kg/ha + 100 P,O,&#13;
kg/ha (split application at 50% as basal and 50% at 60 days after sowing) + two irrigations (during mid-flowering and mid-pod&#13;
development stage)]. With regards to genotype x environment interaction, the highest biomass for all the genotypes was&#13;
obtained in 2012 which significantly translated into higher total seed yield. Similarly, the interactive effect of environment x&#13;
genotype x treatment showed that highest biomass was produced during 2012 by ICPH 2740 in T, at 9453.6 kg/ha. In this&#13;
context, the results of the experiment revealed that the cultivation of pigeonpea hybrids and varieties following T, will&#13;
enhance pigeon pea productivity due to superior agronomic traits.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Pigeonpea</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2015</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>International Journal of Applied Agricultural &amp; Horticultural Sciences</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>