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Agronomy
ANONYMOUS. 1946.
Annual r e p o r t of t h e Department of Science
and A g r i c u l t u r e , Barbados, f o r t h e y e a r
1944-45. 17
I n a d d i t i o n t o the work summarized o n
c o t t o n and s u g a r , t h e s e l e c t i o n o f I n d i a n
maize and i n v e s t i g a t i o n s w i t h Cajanus
indiaus, Phaseolus aureus , P. mungo , and
p e r e n n i a l k a v i r o n d a sorghum a r e r e p o r t e d .
ANONYMOUS. 1949.
Annual r e p o r t o f t h e Department o f A g r i ­
c u l t u r e , Colony o f S i e r r a Leone f o r t h e
year 1948. Freetown. 51 p p . 18
Pigeonpea is expanding as a c r o p ; f i v e
v a r i e t i e s a r e under t r i a l and experiments
o n t h e e f f e c t o f f e r t i l i z e r s o n d i f f e r e n t
crops i n c l u d e pigeonpea.
ANONYMOUS. 1950.
Cajanus oajan. In Wealth of I n d i a . (Raw
m a t e r i a l ) 1 1 : 6 - 1 1 . New D e l h i : C o u n c i l o f
S c i e n t i f i c and I n d u s t r i a l Research. 19
A monotypic genus c o m p r i s i n g C. oajan, an
i m p o r t a n t leguminous c r o p , w i d e l y d i s t r i ­
b u t e d i n the t r o p i c s and c u l t i v a t e d e x t e n ­
s i v e l y f o r i t s e d i b l e seeds. S a n s k r i t :
A d h a k i , t u v a r i , t u v a r i k a ; H i n d i , B e n g a l i
and Marakan-Tagore: Mal-Thuvara. An
annual o r p e r e n n i a l s h r u b . P l a n t i s p r o ­
b a b l y n a t i v e o f A f r i c a and i t i s now grown
i n almost a l l t h e t r o p i c a l c o u n t r i e s o f the
w o r l d i n c l u d i n g A f r i c a , America, I n d i a ,
A u s t r a l i a , H a w a i i , East and West I n d i e s .
D e t a i l s o f c u l t i v a t i o n , p e s t s , d i s e a s e s ,
and y i e l d .
ANONYMOUS. 1950.
Tanganyika Department o f A g r i c u l t u r e ,
Annual Report f o r 1948. Dar-es-Salaam.
173 p p . 20
I n v e s t i g a t i o n s r e p o r t e d i n c l u d e t h e e f f e c t
of a 3-year r o t a t i o n of e l e p h a n t g r a s s ,
p i g e o n p e a , or continuous maize on a subsequent
maize c r o p .
ANONYMOUS. 1 9 5 1 .
Nyasaland P r o t e c t o r a t e . Annual r e p o r t o f
t h e Department o f A g r i c u l t u r e f o r the year
1948. P t . 2. E x p e r i m e n t a l w o r k , Zomba.
15 p p . 21
Organic manuring and mulching experiment
designed t o d e t e r m i n e t h e e f f e c t o f b u r y i n g
crop r e s i d u e s , t o i n v e s t i g a t e v a r i o u s o t h e r
methods of a d d i n g humus to the s o i l , and
t o a s c e r t a i n t h e e f f e c t o f p r o t e c t i n g the
s o i l d u r i n g t h e d r y season, e i t h e r b y means
of a cover crop (pigeonpea) or by m u l c h i n g .
ANONYMOUS. 1953.
L i n e sowing of arhar and J a u r . Allahabad
Fmr 2 7 ( 3 ) : 1 1 6 - 1 1 8 . 22
L i n e sowing (sowing i n s t r a i g h t l i n e s o r
rows) does n o t i n i t s e l f g i v e crops more
p l a n t food o r water b u t i t does h e l p each
p l a n t t o get i t s share o f food and w a t e r .
I t s advantages o v e r broadcast method are
g i v e n . Also Jowar (Sorghum vulgare) can
be v e r y s u c c e s s f u l l y grown in c o m b i n a t i o n
w i t h a r h a r . The d i s t a n c e between t h e l i n e s
of arhar should be 6 to 8 ft ( 1 . 8 to 2.4 m);
between seeds in a row, 2 inches (5 cm).
I n t e r c r o p p i n g o f o t h e r crops w i t h arhar i s
a l s o suggested.
ANONYMOUS. 1956.
The A g r i c u l t u r a l resources of Mysore S t a t e
(Tur—Cajanus oajan). Mysore A g r i c . J.
3 1 ( 4 ) : 2 0 7 - 2 1 3 . 23
ANONYMOUS. 1958.
Annual r e p o r t o f the Department o f A g r i ­
c u l t u r e , Ghana. Agronomic Research.
1 9 5 5 - 5 6 : 8 . 24
A t Kwadoso, t h e e f f e c t o f d i f f e r e n t f a l l o w
crops grown f o r 3 years was measured by a
f i r s t t e s t crop o f maize. Fallow crops and
maize y i e l d s (dry g r a i n ) w e r e : pigeonpea
{Cajanus oajan) 1,691 l b / a c r e (1,896 kg/ha);
permanent c r o p p i n g (no f a l l o w ) 1,127 l b / a c r e
(1,243 k g / h a ) .
ANONYMOUS. 1959.
The work of IRCT d u r i n g 1957 ( F r e n c h ) .
Coton F i b r . T r o p . 1959. 1 4 ( 2 ) : 7 7 - 2 8 5 . 25
I n a t r i a l which s t a r t e d i n 1956, compar
i s o n s were made between m a i z e , Canavalia
s p . , and Cajanus oajan, as p r e c e d i n g crop
f o r c o t t o n ; maize was c o n s i d e r e d the b e s t
because i t y i e l d s a l a r g e q u a n t i t y o f
green m a t t e r , w h i c h i s r e l a t i v e l y easy t o
plow i n .
ANONYMOUS. 1 9 6 1 .
Crop p r o d u c t i o n t r i a l s and new c r o p s . Rep.
D i v . A g r i c . B r . Guiana 1959 ( n . d . ) ;
3 6 - 3 7 . 26
Cajanus oajan and some o t h e r crops were
s u c c e s s f u l l y grown on w e l l - d r a i n e d beds of
c o a s t a l and pegassy c l a y . The p o s s i b i l i t y
o f i n c l u d i n g these crops i n a r i c e r o t a t i o n
was a l s o i n v e s t i g a t e d . Dhal (C. oajan)
grown on w e l l - d r a i n e d c o a s t a l c l a y which
r e c e i v e d 0.25 to 0.5 tons (560 to 1,120
k g / h a ) o f l i m e s t o n e + 0 . 5 cwt (56 k g / h a )
each o f s u l f a t e o f potash and t r i p l e s u p e r ­
p h o s p h a t e / a c r e y i e l d e d 600 to 700 lb dry
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