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Utilizing the underutilized CWR: Pigeonpea pre-breeding from discovery to delivery
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http://oar.icrisat.org/11580/
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Utilizing the underutilized CWR: Pigeonpea pre-breeding from discovery to delivery
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Sharma, S
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Plant Breeding
Pigeonpea Food and Nutrition Legume Crops |
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Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.), the sixth most important grain legume crop, is cultivated on 7.02 million ha area with a production of 6.81 million tones and 969 kg ha-1 productivity, mainly in Asia (India and Myanmar) and Eastern and Southern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, and Mozambique). It is an often cross-pollinated diploid (2n = 2x = 22) crop which is a major source for proteins, carbohydrates, B‐group vitamins, and minerals. It is grown for its multiple uses such as food, feed, medicine, fuel, fencing, roofing, basket making, etc. and as soil enricher and soil binder.
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2019-04
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Conference or Workshop Item
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/11580/1/PBCWR-First-2019-AbstractBook.pdf
Sharma, S (2019) Utilizing the underutilized CWR: Pigeonpea pre-breeding from discovery to delivery. In: 1st International Experts Workshop Pre-breeding utilizing Crop Wild Relatives, April 24-26, 2019, Rabat, Morocco. |
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