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Studies on Radiation Induced Variation in Horsegram [Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.]

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Title Studies on Radiation Induced Variation in Horsegram [Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.]
 
Creator Sharma, Shiv Kumar
 
Subject 633.33 Cowpeas
 
Description Pulses being rich in proteins, are important ingredients in the Indian vegetarian diet. India is a major pulse growing country in the world, and shares 35-36% and 27-28% of the total area and production of pulses in the world, respectively. Among the pulses, horsegraro (Macrotyloma unifloruro (Lam.) Verde.) indigenously known as kulthi, is one of the most hardy and drought tolerant crops, which this country raises on large areas. The plants are self-fertilized and the chromosome number has been reported as 2n = 24 by Rau (1929) and as 2n = 20 by Sen and Vidyabhushan (1959). No historical or aarcheological evidence is available regarding its origin. AHowever, from the pattern of present day cultivation, it is considered to have originated in South-East Asia and probably the peninsular India. It is grown on small scale in some other parts of the old world including Burma, Africa, West-Indies and also Greensland province of Australia.
 
Date 1992
 
Type Thesis
NonPeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/496/1/19214.pdf
Sharma, Shiv Kumar (1992) Studies on Radiation Induced Variation in Horsegram [Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.]. PhD thesis thesis, CSKHPKV Palampur.