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Seed Production Systems in Pigeonpea ICRISAT

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Title Seed Production Systems in Pigeonpea ICRISAT
 
Creator Saxena, K B
 
Subject Pigeonpea
 
Description Among the legume crops of the tropics and sub-tropics red gram (tuar)
or pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is recognized as an important
crop for subsistence agriculture due to its drought tolerance, ability to
recover from the losses caused by various stresses, high-protein (20–22%)
grains, quality fodder, and fuel wood. Its ability to enrich soils further
adds to the value of the crop, and therefore, pigeonpea fi nds a valuable
place among smallholding farmers in a number of developing Asian and
African countries. According to van der Maesen (1980) the cultivated
form of pigeonpea is believed to have originated in India from its wild
relative Cajanus cajanifolius (Haines) van der Maesen comb. nov, through
a single gene mutation (De 1974). Subsequently, it spread from India into
other parts of the world at least two millennia B.C. Globally pigeonpea
is commercially grown in over a dozen countries on about 5.25 million
hectares (Table 1) and India accounts for over 80% of the total area and
production. Pigeonpea is primarily consumed as de-hulled split grains in
the form of a thick soup (dhal) eaten with rice and unleavened bread (roti
or chapati). In Africa and Central America, whole dry seeds are cooked
after soaking. Its immature but fully-grown seeds are consumed as a fresh
vegetable that can also be processed for canning and freezing.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2006
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4810/2/170_2006%20BOE40_%20Seed_Production_system_in.pdf
Saxena, K B (2006) Seed Production Systems in Pigeonpea ICRISAT. Technical Report. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.