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Challenges and opportunities of breeding early maturing pigeonpea hybrids

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Title Challenges and opportunities of breeding early maturing pigeonpea hybrids
 
Creator Saxena, K B
Singh, I P
Kumar, R V
Hingane, A J
Mula, M G
Patil, S B
Sameer Kumar, C V
 
Subject Pigeonpea
Food legumes
 
Description Recently, a hybrid breeding technology has been successfully developed in pigeonpea and three high yielding hybrids were released. This technology is based on cytoplasmic -nuclear male-sterility (CMS) and insect-aided natural out – crossing systems. These hybrids produced 25–40% more yield over the local cultivars in farmers'fields. The seed production technology of hybrids and their male and female parents has also now been perfected. These hybrids mature in 6–7 months hence have limited adaptation; to register greater impact of this technology early maturing (4–5 months) group hybrid breeding programme was initiated. This paper, besides reviewing the performance of some early maturing hybrids, discusses their prospects in enhancing productivity in the existing and new potential niches.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/7950/1/JournalFoodLeg_27_1_1-8_2014.pdf
Saxena, K B and Singh, I P and Kumar, R V and Hingane, A J and Mula, M G and Patil, S B and Sameer Kumar, C V (2014) Challenges and opportunities of breeding early maturing pigeonpea hybrids. Journal of Food Legumes, 27 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0976-2434