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APPADURAI, R. and K.V. SELVARAJ. 1974.
Note on the groundnut-redgram m i x t u r e in
lower Bhawani P r o j e c t a r e a . Madras A g r i c .
J . 6 1 ( 9 ) : 8 0 3 - 8 0 4 . 3 6
Three years o f t r i a l s i n b o t h seasons
showed s i g n i f i c a n t a d d i t i o n a l income i n
mixed crop over t h e pure crop of g r o u n d n u t .
The r e d gram v a r i e t y 1141 (Co-1) can be
r a i s e d p r o f i t a b l y as a mixed crop w i t h
groundnut cv TMV-2.
ARGIKAR, G.P. 1968.
Growing of p u l s e s is beset w i t h many
p r o b l e m s . I n d i a n Fmg 1 7 ( 1 1 ) : 1 5 - 1 8 . 37
Some causes of low p u l s e y i e l d s in I n d i a
a r e d i s c u s s e d , p a r t i c u l a r l y s u s c e p t i b i l i t y
t o d i s e a s e s . Drought t o l e r a n c e ; r e s i s t a n c e
to pod b o r e r s , b r u c h i d s , and mealy b u g s ;
n u t r i t i v e q u a l i t y ; c o o k i n g , c a n n i n g , and
p a r c h i n g q u a l i t i e s ; b r e e d i n g f o r heavy
m a n u r i n g , i r r i g a t i o n , and n i t r o g e n f i x a t i o n
are a l s o d i s c u s s e d .
ARIYANAYAGAM, R.P. 1975.
S t a t u s o f r e s e a r c h o n pigeonpeas i n T r i n i ­
d a d . P r o c . F i r s t I n t e r n a t i o n a l Workshop o n
G r a i n Legumes. 13-16 J a n , 1975. ICRISAT,
Hyderabad, I n d i a . 131-140. 38
Importance o f pigeonpea r e s e a r c h o r g a n i z a ­
t i o n , m i c r o b i o l o g y , m i c r o c l i m a t o l o g y ,
drought h a r d e n i n g , crop p h y s i o l o g y ,
agronomy, b r e e d i n g , germplasm c o l l e c t i o n ,
problems of agronomic and n u t r i t i o n a l
q u a l i t y are d i s c u s s e d .
ARW00TH, N.L. 1974.
P r o d u c t i o n and r e s e a r c h on food legumes in
T h a i l a n d . T r o p . A g r i c . Res. Ser.
6 : 9 3 - 1 0 0 . 39
The main r e s e a r c h problems concern v a r i e t a l
improvement, crop management, s o i l f e r t i ­
l i t y , and seed m u l t i p l i c a t i o n o f pigeonpea
and o t h e r legumes.
AYYAR, A . K . Y . N . 1958.
Red gram. In F i e l d Crops of I n d i a . 5 t h e d .
B a n g a l o r e : Govt. P r e s s . 113-118. 40
BADILL0-FELICIAN0, J . , R. ABRAMS, and
R. PIETRI. 1977.
E f f e c t o f f o l i a r - a p p l i e d f e r t i l i z e r s o n
pigeonpeas (Cajanus c a j a n ) . J . A g r i c .
U n i v . P. Rico 6 1 ( 2 ) : 2 1 7 - 2 2 0 . 41
Two pigeonpea c u l t i v a r s were t e s t e d : N u t r i -
l e a f at a r a t e of 2.24 k g / h a was f o l i a r -
a p p l i e d a t w e e k l y , b i w e e k l y , t r i w e e k l y ,
and monthly i n t e r v a l s . E q u i v a l e n t amounts
of N and P were a p p l i e d b i w e e k l y , separately
and combined as u r e a and t r i p l e s u p e r ­
phosphate r e s p e c t i v e l y . F o l i a r - a p p l i e d
n u t r i e n t s d i d n o t have s i g n i f i c a n t e f f e c t s
o n green-pod y i e l d , p l a n t h e i g h t , seed
w e i g h t , p r o t e i n c o n t e n t , o r s e e d - t o - p o d
r a t i o of t h e two c u l t i v a r s . Cv K a k i
y i e l d e d more green pods w i t h h e a v i e r seeds
and grew t a l l e r than d i d t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l
l i n e 2B-bushy. The seed-to-pod r a t i o f o r
2B-bushy was h i g h e r than t h a t f o r K a k i ,
b u t p r o t e i n c o n t e n t was almost t h e same in
t h e two c u l t i v a r s .
BAINS, S.S. 1968.
Pulses are p o p u l a r f o r mixed c r o p p i n g .
I n d i a n Fmg 1 7 ( 1 1 ) : 1 9 - 2 2 . 42
P r o f i t a b l e crop m i x t u r e s g e n e r a l l y comprise
a c e r e a l and a p u l s e and t h e r e a r e good
reasons f o r t h e p o p u l a r i t y o f sowing p u l s e s
mixed w i t h o t h e r c r o p s . Recent d e v e l o p ­
ments on i n t e r c r o p p i n g of pulses a r e summar
i z e d .
BALASUBRAMANYAM, R., and SUNDARAM, S. 1947.
A r e v i e w of experiments w i t h legumes
p r e c e d i n g c o t t o n i n Madras p r o v i n c e . I n d i a n
C o t t o n Grow. Rev. 1 : 8 7 - 9 5 . 43
The r e v i e w has amply demonstrated t h a t in
p l a n n i n g f u t u r e t r i a l s , i t would b e unwise
t o g o i n f o r pulses o t h e r than g r o u n d n u t ,
tur (C. cajan), gram, and horse gram f o r
seed and p i l l i p e s a r a , i n d i g o , and guara
f o r green manure. Pulses f i g u r e i n most
of t h e m i x t u r e s as a c h i e f component.
BHAN, V . M . , M. SINGH, and R.A. MAURYA. 1970.
Weed c o n t r o l i n f i e l d crops a t Pantnagar.
I n d i a n Research Report 1968-69. PANS
1 6 ( 4 ) : 6 9 0 - 7 0 1 . 44
T r i f l u r a l i n , a l a c h l o r (CP 5 0 1 4 4 ) , and
prometryne were a p p l i e d a t v a r i o u s concent
r a t i o n s to c o n t r o l weeds in Cajanus aajan:
A l l t h r e e chemicals gave s i g n i f i c a n t l y
h i g h e r y i e l d s over c o n t r o l . Pigeonpea i n
p l o t s r e c e i v i n g prometryne a t 1.5 k g / h a
and t r i f l u r a l i n a t 1.5 k g / h a produced
c o n s i d e r a b l y h i g h e r y i e l d s . A l a c h l o r had
some t o x i c e f f e c t o n t h e crop p l a n t s .
Highest d r y m a t t e r of weeds at 3 0 t h day
was shown a f t e r a p p l i c a t i o n of prometryne
at 1.5 k g / h a . However, d r y m a t t e r of t h e
crop was n o t a f f e c t e d s i g n i f i c a n t l y b y
a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e t h r e e h e r b i c i d e s .
BHATAWADEKAR, P . U . , S.S. CHINOY, and
K.M. DESHMUKH. 1966.
Response o f b a j r a - t u r mixed crop t o n i t r o g e n
and phosphate f e r t i l i z a t i o n under dry f a r m ­
i n g c o n d i t i o n s o f Sholapur. I n d i a n J .
Agron. 1 1 : 2 4 3 - 2 4 6 . 45
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