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Pigeonpea B i b l i o g r a p h y
ANONYMOUS. 1 9 5 1 .
The r o o t system o f p l a n t s . Agronomico
Campinas 3 ( 3 ) : l - 3 . 1140
Cajanus c a j a n : The maximum r o o t i n g depth
observed was 2.95 m b u t 91% of t h e t o t a l
r o o t w e i g h t was found i n t h e f i r s t 3 0 cm.
T w o - y e a r - o l d p l a n t s g r o w i n g 50 cm a p a r t
f u r n i s h e d t h e s o i l w i t h a r o o t w e i g h t o f
14,968 k g per a l q u e i r e (6,160 k g / h a ) , o f
which 13,571 k g were found i n t h e f i r s t
30 cm l a y e r .
ANONYMOUS. 1970.
Report o f t h e f a c u l t y o f a g r i c u l t u r e ,
U n i v e r s i t y o f t h e West I n d i e s , 1967-68.
Peroxidase a c t i v i t y i n l e a v e s o f Cajanus
c a j a n - 269 p p . 1141
Plgeonpea: P r e l i m i n a r y t e s t s o n mature
l e a v e s of Cajanus cajan i n d i c a t e t h a t dwarf
c u l t i v a r s show more p e r o x i d a s e a c t i v i t y
than t a l l c u l t i v a r s .
ASANA, R . D . , and M.N. SARIN. 1968.
Crop P h y s i o l o g y i n I n d i a . Tech. B u l l . 1 6
I n d i a n Coun. A g r i c . Res. ( A g r i c . S e r . ) .
1968. 98 p p . 1142
T h i s r e v i e w d e a l s w i t h a number of c r o p s ,
c e r e a l s , and legumes i n c l u d i n g plgeonpea.
Aspects c o n s i d e r e d i n c l u d e seed germinat
i o n , dormancy, growth and development,
m i n e r a l n u t r i t i o n and uptake ( N , P, K,
m i c r o n u t r i e n t s ) growth r e g u l a t o r s , s a l t
t o l e r a n c e , w a t e r r e l a t i o n s (water r e q u i r e ­
ment, d r o u g h t r e s i s t a n c e ) , v e r n a l i z a t i o n
and p h o t o p e r i o d i s m .
BALDEV, B . , and S.K. SINGH. 1974.
E f f e c t o f TIBA o n y i e l d and p h o t o s y n t h e t i c
enzyme i n r e d gram. C u r r . S c i . 4 1 ( 4 ) :
9 4 - 9 5 . 1143
Seed y i e l d was enhanced by TIBA a p p l i c a t i o n
in Cv. BS1. The c o n c . 100 µ g / m l gave t h e
maximum y i e l d i n c r e a s e o f 21% over c o n t r o l .
Also t h e r e was a g r a d u a l decrease in t h e
a c t i v i t y of RUDP c a r b o x y l a s e enzyme w i t h
the i n c r e a s e o f TIBA c o n c e n t r a t i o n . I t i s
suggested t h a t t h e a c t i o n o f TIBA needs
f u r t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n .
BASU, R . N . , T.K. BOSE, K. CHATTOPADHYAY,
M.D. GUPTA, N. DHAR, C. KUNDU, R. MITRA,
P. PAL, and G. PATHAK. 1975.
Seed t r e a t m e n t f o r t h e maintenance of
v i g o u r and v i a b i l i t y . I n d i a n A g r i c .
1 9 ( 1 ) : 9 1 - 9 6 . 1144
Soaking seeds o f d i f f e r e n t crops ( i n c l u d i n g
plgeonpea) in w a t e r f o r 2 to 6 h o u r s ,
f o l l o w e d b y d r y i n g , s i g n i f i c a n t l y i n c r e a s e d
subsequent s t o r a g e l i f e under c e r t a i n
temperature and h u m i d i t y c o n d i t i o n s . A
range of chemicals — i n c l u d i n g s a l t s such
as NaCl, p h e n o l s , v i t a m i n s , and a n t i p a t h o -
genic compounds — added to t h e w a t e r in
low c o n c e n t r a t i o n s (10 - 5 to 10 -3 ) gave
f u r t h e r improvement i n g e r m i n a b i l i t y .
CHEEMA, K.S. 1976.
T r a n s p o r t , d i s t r i b u t i o n and u t i l i z a t i o n o f
14 C p h o t o s y n t h a t e in a r h a r (Cajanus c a j a n
L . ) . M.Sc. (1976) T h e s i s . G.B. Pant Univ
e r s i t y o f A g r i c u l t u r e and Technology,
Pantnagar, U t t a r Pradesh, I n d i a . 1145
DEKA, P . C . , A.K. MEHRA, N.N. PATHAK, and
S.K. SEN. 1978.
I s o l a t i o n and f u s i o n s t u d i e s o n p r o t o p l a s t s
from p o l l e n t e t r a d s . E x p e r i e n t i a
3 3 ( 2 ) : 1 8 2 - 1 8 4 . 1146
P o l l e n t e t r a d s and p o l l e n g r a i n s o f Cajanus
cajan, Lea mays, L. c y l i n d r i c a and L. esculentum
were t r e a t e d w i t h s e v e r a l d i f f e r e n t
enzymes. A f t e r 4 h of t r e a t m e n t w i t h 5%
c e l l u l o s e , about 80% p r o t o p l a s t i s o l a t i o n
was o b t a i n e d from p o l l e n t e t r a d s of
C. cajan and Z. mays and about 60% from
L. oylindrioa and L. esculentum. When
these mononucleate p r o t o p l a s t s were i n c u ­
bated i n t h e presence o f 0.05 M CaCl 2 i n
0.3 M g l u c o s e at pH 1 0 . 5 , 70 to 80%
f u s i o n was a c h i e v e d .
DERIEUX, M. 1969.
Study about the f o r m a t i o n and t h e e v o l u t i o n
of t h e seeds of plgeonpea (Cajanus c a j a n ) •
P r o c . C a r i b b . Fd Crops Soc. 7:204-
207. 1147
I n the c o n d i t i o n s o f wet Guadeloupe, when
blooming f l o w e r s were marked every day,
a low r a t e of pod s e t t i n g (10 to 12%)
was n o t i c e d . The maximum w e i g h t of f r e s h
pea is reached 27 days a f t e r f l o w e r i n g f o r
t h e v a r i e t y G I - 5 4 / 3 of T r i n i d a d and 29
days a f t e r f l o w e r i n g f o r t h e v a r i e t y
249623 from I n d i a . A t t h i s stage t h e
q u a l i t y of t h e pea is q u i t e good (29%
d r y m a t t e r f o r G I - 5 4 / 3 ) , The d r y w e i g h t
of pea reaches t h e maximum 38 days a f t e r
f l o w e r i n g .
DERIEUX, M. 1970.
Research on seed s e t t i n g and seed d e v e l o p ­
ment i n t h e plgeonpea. P r o c . 7 t h Ann.
Meet. C.F.C.S. M a r t i n i q u e - Guadeloupe
1 9 6 9 : 2 0 4 - 2 1 1 . 1148
About 10% of t h e f l o w e r s produced p o d s ,
pod l e n g t h i n c r e a s e d u n t i l t h e 1 1 t h day.
The maximum s i z e and maximum f r e s h w e i g h t
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