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NENE, Y . L . , and M.V. REDDY. 1976.
A new t e c h n i q u e to screen pigeonpea f o r
r e s i s t a n c e t o s t e r i l i t y mosaic. T r o p .
G r a i n Legume B u l l . 5 : 2 3 . 1022
B r i e f n o t e s a r e g i v e n o n t h e l e a f - s t a p l i n g
t e c h n i q u e i n w h i c h l e a f l e t s f r o m diseased
p l a n t s i n f e s t e d w i t h m i t e s (Aceria c a j a n i )
a r e s t a p l e d t o t h e p r i m a r y l e a v e s o f t e s t
s e e d l i n g s . The s u p e r i o r i t y o f t h i s t e c h -
n i q u e over t h e t w i g t y i n g t e c h n i q u e i s
i n d i c a t e d .
0RILL0, F . I . , and R.B. VALDEZ. 1958.
Four diseases o f c o f f e e h i t h e r t o u n d e s c r i -
bed i n the P h i l i p p i n e s . P h i l i p p . A g r i c .
4 2 ( 7 ) : 2 9 2 - 3 0 2 . 1026
Rhizoctonia b l i g h t was seen on plgeonpeas
used as temporary shade f o r c o f f e e t r a n s ­
p l a n t s . I t k i l l e d a l l i n f e c t e d p l a n t s and
produced many l a r g e l i g h t brown s c l e r o t i a
o n l e a v e s . Disease a l s o caused d e f o l i a t i o n
of c o f f e e b u t no s c l e r o t i a f o r m e d . Symptoms
and c u l t u r e a r e d e s c r i b e d .
NENE, Y . L . , and M.V. REDDY. 1976.
Screening f o r r e s i s t a n c e t o s t e r i l i t y
mosaic o f pigeonpea. P I . D i s . Reptr
6 0 ( 2 ) : 1 0 3 4 - 1 0 3 6 . 1023
The s t e r i l i t y mosaic (SM) i s w i d e l y p r e v a ­
l e n t i n t h e I n d i a n s u b c o n t i n e n t , p r o d u c i n g
complete o r p a r t i a l s t e r i l i t y i n a f f e c t e d
p l a n t s . In some f i e l d s 100% i n c i d e n c e was
o b s e r v e d . T r a n s m i s s i o n o f t h e c a u s a l
agent is t h r o u g h t h e eriophyid m i t e , Aaevia
c a j a n i . Two thousand e i g h t hundred and
f o u r a c c e s s i o n s , i n c l u d i n g pigeonpea
(Cajanus c a j a n ) g e r m p l a s m / c u l t l v a r s ,
Atylosia s p p . , and Cajanus x Atylosia
crosses were screened f o r r e s i s t a n c e t o
SM, by u t i l i z i n g a l e a f - s t a p l i n g i n o c u l a -
t i o n t e c h n i q u e . Four pigeonpea l i n e s
ICRISAT-3783, - 6 9 8 6 , - 6 9 9 7 , - 7 0 3 5 , and one
c u l t i v a r (ICRISAT-7179 or HY-3C) were i d e n ­
t i f i e d a s immune. L i n e s showing o t h e r
d e s i r a b l e c h a r a c t e r s i n c l u d i n g l o n g e r
i n c u b a t i o n p e r i o d , l e s s d i s e a s e i n c i d e n c e ,
m i l d symptoms, and f l o w e r i n g i n s p i t e o f
i n f e c t i o n were a l s o i d e n t i f i e d .
NEWTON, W., and J . W . L . PEIRIS. 1953.
V i r u s diseases of p l a n t s in C e y l o n . FAO
P I . P r o t . B u l l . 2 ( 2 ) - . 1 7 - 2 1 . 1024
Pigeonpea i n Ceylon ( S r i Lanka) i s a f f e c t e d
by y e l l o w mosaic and p a l e m o s a i c ; symptoms
o f b o t h v i r u s i n f e c t i o n s a r e g i v e n .
ONIM, J . F . M . , and P.R. RUBAIHAYO. 1976.
Screening pigeonpea f o r r e s i s t a n c e t o
Mycovellosiella c a j a n i . SABRAO J.
8 ( 2 ) : 1 2 1 - 1 2 5 . 1025
Of 15,000 p l a n t s c o m p r i s i n g 2,107 v a r i e ­
t i e s , 314 p l a n t s were s e l e c t e d f o r r e s i s ­
tance to M. (Cercospora) cajani. When
progeny l i n e s from 1 1 o f these s e l e c t i o n s
were grown a t f i v e s i t e s i n Uganda and
Kenya, l i n e s U C - 7 9 6 / 1 , UC-2515/2, UC-2113/1,
and UC-2568/1 were b o t h r e s i s t a n t and
h i g h - y i e l d i n g . Disease i n c i d e n c e was s i g ­
n i f i c a n t l y and n e g a t i v e l y c o r r e l a t e d w i t h
g r a i n y i e l d .
OVERMAN, A . J . 1974.
The i n f l u e n c e of c e r t a i n n e m a t i c i d e s on
weed p o p u l a t i o n i n sandy s o i l s . P r o c .
S o i l Crop S c i . Soc. F l a . 3 3 : 7 2 - 7 4 . 1027
P r i o r to seeding plgeonpeas (Cajanus c a j a n
M i l l s p . ) as a summer crop in May, t h e
p l o t s were b r o a d c a s t - t r e a t e d w i t h c a r b o -
f u r a n (11.2 k g / h a ) , sodium a z i d e (26.9 k g /
h a ) , and a c o m b i n a t i o n of t h e t w o . The
c a r b o f u r a n i n c r e a s e d t h e number o f c r a b -
grass and nutsedge p l a n t s in the second
cover crop t e s t . Sodium a z i d e was n o t
e f f e c t i v e when used a l o n e o r i n c o m b i n a t i o n
w i t h c a r b o f u r a n . R e s i d u a l e f f e c t s were
a l s o r e a l i z e d .
PADWICK, G.W. 1939.
Report o f t h e I m p e r i a l M y c o l o g i s t . S c l e n t .
Rep. A g r i c . Res. I n s t . New D e l h i , 1938-39:
105-112. 1028
I s o l a t e d from w i l t e d pigeonpeas were several
d i s t i n c t species of Fusarium, one of which
appeared to d i f f e r from F. udum and to
produce severe w i l t i n g , b u t n o f o o t - r o t .
I d e n t i t y b e i n g e s t a b l i s h e d .
PADWICK, G.W. 1940.
Report o f t h e I m p e r i a l M y c o l o g i s t . S c l e n t .
Rep. A g r i c . Res. I n s t . New D e l h i , 1939-40:
103-115. 1029
Experiments w i t h c r o s s - i n o c u l a t i o n t e s t s
w i t h Fusarium w i l t f u n g i a r e d e s c r i b e d .
PADWICK, G.W. 1940.
Genus Fusarium 5: Fusarium udum B u t l e r .
F. vasinfectum A t k . and F. lateritum v a r .
uncinatum W.R. I n d i a n J . A g r i c . S c i .
1 0 ( 6 ) : 8 6 3 - 8 7 8 . 1030
F u l l d e s c r i p t i o n s o f c u l t u r a l c h a r a c t e r s o f
v a r i o u s i s o l a t e s o f Fusarium c a u s i n g w i l t
i n c o t t o n , pigeonpea, and sunn-hemp.
Suggests F. udum B u t l . v a r . c a j a n i f o r
pigeonpea w i l t , organism b e i n g m o r p h o l o ­
g i c a l l y and c u l t u r a l l y i d e n t i c a l w i t h , b u t
p a t h o g e n e t i c a l l y d i f f e r e n t f r o m , t h a t
c a u s i n g sunn-hemp w i l t .
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