Pigeonpea improvement at Banaras Hindu University
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Pigeonpea improvement at Banaras Hindu University
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Creator |
Venkateswarlu, S
Singh , R B |
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Pigeonpea
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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
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International Grain Legume Information Centre.
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Date |
1980
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Article
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application/pdf
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Language |
en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/7430/1/TGLB_17-18_28-29_1980.pdf
Venkateswarlu, S and Singh , R B (1980) Pigeonpea improvement at Banaras Hindu University. Tropical Grain Legume Bulletin, 17-18. pp. 28-29. ISSN 0304-5765 |
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