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Hybrid ICPH 2740 assures quantum jump in pigeonpea productivity in peninsular India

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Title Hybrid ICPH 2740 assures quantum jump in pigeonpea productivity in peninsular India
 
Creator Saxena, K B
Sameer Kumar, C V
Hingane, A J
Nagesh Kumar, M V
Vijaykumar, R
Saxena, R K
Patil, S
Varshney, R K
 
Subject Pigeonpea
 
Description Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is an important pulse
crop of peninsular India and of the 4 m ha grown, this region
contributes >70% both in area and production. The
productivity of pigeonpea in this region is at around 650 kg/
ha, and to smash this low yield plateau, a hybrid technology,
based on cytoplasmic nuclear male-sterility (CMS) and
natural cross-pollination was evolved at ICRISAT. Among
several location-specific hybrids were bred, ICPH 2740 gave
out-standing performance in farmers’ fields and later
released in Telangana for cultivation in 2015 as “Mannem
Konda Kandi”. This wilt and sterility mosaic resistant hybrid
was tested in 31 locations over five years exhibited 40.7%
superiority over the ruling variety “Asha”. In the on-farm
trials also, this hybrid recorded yield advantage of 36.2% in
four provinces. This paper discusses salient features,
performance, and seed technology of the hybrid ICPH 2740.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development
 
Date 2016
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10263/1/ICPH%202740%20paper.pdf
Saxena, K B and Sameer Kumar, C V and Hingane, A J and Nagesh Kumar, M V and Vijaykumar, R and Saxena, R K and Patil, S and Varshney, R K (2016) Hybrid ICPH 2740 assures quantum jump in pigeonpea productivity in peninsular India. Journal of Food Legumes, 29 (2). pp. 142-144. ISSN 0970-6380