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PATIL, J . A . , A . B . DEOKAR, and S.R. MASLEKAR.
1972.
I n h e r i t a n c e o f l e a f l e t number, f l o w e r and
seed c o a t c o l o u r i n redgram (Cajanus cajan
M i l l s p . ) . Mahatma Phule A g r i c . U n i v . Res.
J . 3 ( 1 ) : 6 - 1 1 . 783
The i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n v o l v e d two m u t a n t s , one
w i t h creamy w h i t e f l o w e r s and t h e o t h e r
w i t h m u l t i f o l i a t e l e a v e s . S e g r e g a t i o n i n
the progeny of t h e c r o s s between them
showed t h a t t r i f o l i a t e l e a f i s dominant t o
m u l t i f o l i a t e and t h a t f o u r genes a r e
i n v o l v e d : one h y p o s t a t i c , one i n h i b i t o r y ,
and two d u p l i c a t e a n t i - i n h i b i t o r y , d e s i g ­
n a t e d T f , I T f , A 1 I T f , and A 2 I T f ,
r e s p e c t i v e l y .
PATIL, J . A . , and N.V. SANDBHOR. 1958.
' C h i m e r a ' i n t u r (Cajanus c a j a n M i l l s p . ) .
C u r r . S c i . 2 7 : 3 5 8 . 784
Chimeras have been observed in t h e progeny
of a cross between two m u t a n t s , a c r e e p i n g
and a r o u n d - l e a v e d t y p e . I t i s thought
t h a t t h i s i s t h e f i r s t time the occurrence
of chimeras has been r e p o r t e d f o r C. c a j a n .
PATIL, J . A . , and Y . N . SHEIKH. 1957.
S h o r t s t i g m a , o f f type p l a n t i n pigeonpea
(Cajanus c a j a n M i l l s p . ) . C u r r . S c i .
2 6 : 2 5 3 - 2 5 4 . 785
A p l a n t of t h e s t r a i n N-282-7 was found to
have a s t i g m a w h i c h remained below t h e
a n t h e r s i n s t e a d of l y i n g above them. No
seed was o b t a i n e d by e i t h e r open- or
s e l f - p o l l i n a t i o n .
PATIL, R.B.
Genetic s t u d i e s i n t u r (Cajanus c a j a n ( L . )
M i l l s p . ) . M.Sc. T h e s i s . Mahatma Phule
K r i s h i V i d y a p e e t h , R a h u r i , M a h a r a s h t r a ,
I n d i a . 786
POKLE, Y . S . 1976.
P l e i o t r o p i c mutant i n redgram (Cajanus
c a j a n M i l l s p . ) . Nagpur A g r i c . C o l l . Mag.
4 8 : 4 2 - 4 4 . 787
The mutant was c h a r a c t e r i z e d by i t s gigas
l e a f , w i t h c r i n k l e d l e a f s u r f a c e , weak stem
and b r a n c h e s , d e l a y e d f l o w e r i n g , and b i g
f l o w e r s w i t h f r e e k e e l p e t a l s . Shedding
of f l o w e r s was 99%; g i g a s l e a f was r e c e s ­
s i v e to normal l e a f and governed by a
s i n g l e gene. A l l t h e c h a r a c t e r s t h a t g o
w i t h t h e g i g a s l e a f i n d i c a t e t h e p l e i o t r o ­
p i c a c t i o n of t h i s gene. The gene symbols
proposed a r e Nh f o r normal and nh f o r
m u t a n t .
RAJAGOPALAN, C.K. 1970.
A case of chimera in pigeonpea Cajanus
oajan ( L i n n . ) M i l l s p . S c i . C u l t .
3 6 : 4 7 5 . 788
A p l a n t w i t h a few branches near t h e apex
b e a r i n g c h i m e r i c a l leaves was o b s e r v e d .
Some leaves were w h i t e , some normal g r e e n ,
and o t h e r s green w h i t e .
RAJU, D . R . G . , and H.C.S. CHANDRA. 1972.
S t u d i e s o n v a r i a b i l i t y i n t u r . Andhra
A g r i c . J . 1 9 ( 9 - 6 ) : 1 5 5 - 1 5 6 . 789
Assesses h e r i t a b l e v a r i a b i l i t y i n p l a n t
c h a r a c t e r s i n 3 6 v a r i e t i e s o f t u r {Cajanus
oajan M i l l s p . ) and concludes t h a t ' improvement
i s needed f o r t h e c h a r a c t e r s p l a n t
s p r e a d , number of b r a n c h e s , and 1 0 0 - g r a i n
w e i g h t .
RAM, R.A., I . B . SINGH, and P. SINGH. 1976.
Estimates o f c o r r e l a t i o n , v a r i a b i l i t y ,
h e r i t a b i l i t y and g e n e t i c advance i n redgram
(Cajanus cajan ( L . ) M i l l s p . ) . I n d i a n J .
A g r i c . Res. 1 0 ( 1 ) : 6 0 - 6 2 . 790
An experiment w i t h 18 g e n e t i c a l l y d i v e r s e
s t r a i n s of r e d gram was conducted in RBD
w i t h t h r e e r e p l i c a t i o n s . I t was observed
t h a t t h e number of p r i m a r y b r a n c h e s ,
c l u s t e r s per p l a n t , and h a r v e s t i n d e x are
t h e major y i e l d components. The v a l u e of
t h e g e n o t y p i c c o e f f i c i e n t o f v a r i a b i l i t y
ranged from 3 2 . 9 1 t o 66.44%. I t was
h i g h e s t f o r c l u s t e r s per p l a n t and l o w e s t
f o r pods per c l u s t e r . The g r a i n y i e l d and
h a r v e s t i n d e x , i n t h a t o r d e r , were t h e
o t h e r t r a i t s showing h i g h g e n e t i c c o e f f i ­
c i e n t o f v a r i a b i l i t y . The e s t i m a t e s o f
h e r i t a b i l i t y v a r i e d from 5 0 . 6 1 t o 74.14%.
Genetic advance ranged from 1 0 . 1 1 to
40.19%.
RAM, R.A., P. SINGH, I . B . SINGH, and
P. SHARMA. 1976.
P a t h and d i s c r i m i n a n t techniques f o r t h e
improvement of redgram (Cajanus c a j a n ( L . )
M i l l s p . ) . I n d i a n J . A g r i c . Res.
1 0 ( 2 ) : 1 0 1 - 1 0 4 . 791
The p r i m a r y b r a n c h e s , c l u s t e r s per p l a n t
and pods p e r c l u s t e r c o n t r i b u t e d d i r e c t l y
a s w e l l a s i n d i r e c t l y t o g r a i n y i e l d and
are t h e r e f o r e c o n s i d e r e d major y i e l d compon
e n t s . The h a r v e s t i n d e x , however, c o n t r i ­
b u t e d i n d i r e c t l y t o y i e l d a s i t s d i r e c t
e f f e c t was n e g a t i v e . The f u n c t i o n i n c l u d ­
i n g f o u r c h a r a c t e r s v i z . , p r i m a r y b r a n c h e s ,
c l u s t e r s per p l a n t , pods per c l u s t e r and
h a r v e s t i n d e x gave t h e h i g h e s t r e l a t i v e
e f f i c i e n c y o f 125.29%.
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