Record Details

Effect of seed-grading on the yields of chickpea and pigeonpea

OAR@ICRISAT

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/4675/
 
Title Effect of seed-grading on the yields of chickpea and pigeonpea
 
Creator Saxena, N P
Narayanan, A
Sheldrake, A R
 
Subject Chickpea
Pigeonpea
 
Description Larger seeds of chickpea (Cicer arietinium Linn.) and pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (Linn.) Millsp.] gave rise to larger seedlings than did smaller seeds. When approximately
half the cotyledonary reserves from pigeonpea seeds were removed, seedling weight was reduced to about half of the controls, suggesting that seedling growth was related to the
reserve material in the seeds. Seed-grading had no significant effect on the yield of either of these crops grown on a Verrisol and on Alfisol in Andhra Pradesh, or on an Entisol in Haryana or in the Lahaul valley of the western Himalayas. Seeds harvested from pigeonpea
grown from larger seeds were significantly heavier than those from plants derived from small seeds, probably because of the genetic heterogeneity of the varieties.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 
Date 1981
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights —
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4675/1/JA-20.pdf
Saxena, N P and Narayanan, A and Sheldrake, A R (1981) Effect of seed-grading on the yields of chickpea and pigeonpea. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 51 (10). pp. 699-702. ISSN 0019-5022