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Pigeonpea B i b l i o g r a p h y
manure a r e a l s o d i s c u s s e d . Two v a r i e t i e s ,
o l d t y p e No. 218 and new type Mo. 219, a r e
d e s c r i b e d .
LACKEY, J . A . 1977.
A r e v i s e d c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f t r i b e Phaseoleae,
Leguminosae, Papilionideae and i t s
r e l a t i o n t o canavanine d i s t r i b u t i o n . B o t .
J . L i n n . Soc. 7 4 : 1 6 3 - 1 7 8 . 381
NAIR, P . K . K . K . , and A. SEN. 1964.
On t h e t i s s u e s in t h e p e t a l s of Cajanus
cajan Spreng. C u r r . S c i . 3 3 ( 1 2 ) :
376-377. 383
The d i s t a l p a r t s o f a l l p e t a l s a r e membranous
and are composed of e l o n g a t e d r e c t a n ­
g u l a r c e l l s . Before t h e p e t a l comes o u t o f
c a l y x , the spongy t i s s u e i n t h e wing i s
u n i f o r m and no b a n d i n g o c c u r s . The spongy
banded t i s s u e o n t h e a b a x i a l s i d e o f t h e
wings may p o s s i b l y be t h e seat of n e c t a r
i n Cajanus c a j a n , p r o v i d i n g easy access t o
honey bees.
OCHSE, J . J . 1 9 3 1 .
Vegetables o f t h e Dutch East I n d i e s .
E n g l i s h e d . B u i t e n z o r g . J a v a . 384
Ochse g i v e s t h e Malayan name of pigeonpea
as K a t j a n g , or K a t j a n g Kayoo; t h e Javanese
and t h e Maduresi name as Goode, or K a t j a n g
goode; and t h e Sudanese name as H e e r i s or
K a t j a n g h e e r i s . He f u r t h e r n o t e s t h a t one
becomes s l e e p y upon e a t i n g too many of the
raw seeds, w h i c h may have s l i g h t l y n a r c o t i c
p r o p e r t i e s .
OZA, G.M. 1972.
What is t h e n a t i v e home of t h e pigeonpea?
I n d i a n F o r e s t e r : 9 8 ( 8 ) : 4 7 7 - 4 7 8 . 385
This n o t e shows t h a t Cajanus c a j a n p r o b a b l y
o r i g i n a t e d i n I n d i a .
PURSEGLOVE, J.W. 1968.
Cajanus c a j a n L. In T r o p i c a l c r o p s , d i c o ­
t y l e d o n s . 2. London: Longman,
p p . 2 3 6 - 2 4 1 . 386
RANGASAMY, P . , R. VEERASWAMY, and
C. RAMALINGAM. 1975.
S t u d i e s o n f l o w e r i n g and pod s e t i n redgram
( C a j a n u s c a j a n ( L . ) M i l l s p . ) . Madras Agric.
J . 6 2 ( 5 ) : 2 9 5 - 2 9 8 . 387
F i v e v a r i e t i e s were s t u d i e d . S-41 gave t h e
h i g h e s t pod s e t and Co-1 t h e h i g h e s t y i e l d .
The p o d - t o - g r a i n - w e i g h t r a t i o of S-31 was
1 3 : 1 ; t h a t o f S-42 was 1 . 8 : 1 . S-42 had t h e
h i g h e s t 1 0 0 - g r a i n w e i g h t .
ROYES, W.V. 1976.
Pigeonpeas: Cajanus c a j a n (Leguminosae:
p a p i l i o n a c e a e ) . In E v o l u t i o n of c r o p
p l a n t s . N.W. Simmonds, E d . London:
Longman p p . 154-156. 388
SEN, N . K . , and I. MUKHOPADHYAY. 1 9 6 1 .
S t u d i e s in embryo c u l t u r e of some p u l s e s .
I n d i a n A g r i c . 5 : 4 3 - 5 6 . 389
The embryonic axes of gram, a r h a r , and horse
gram seeds c o u l d b e c u l t u r e d i n d i f f e r e n t
n u t r i e n t media. Randolph's and W h i t e ' s
media proved to be e q u a l l y good f o r t h e
c u l t u r e o f a r h a r embryos. Supplementation
o f the d i f f e r e n t media w i t h v i t a m i n B
c o n t a i n i n g 1 ppm t h i a m i n , 5 ppm n i c o t i n i c
a c i d , and 1 ppm p y r i d o x i n e , markedly
i n c r e a s e d t h e number o f r o o t l e t s i n a l l
t h e species and gave s t o u t e r s e e d l i n g s i n
a r h a r and horse gram. A d d i t i o n o f n u t r i e n t
s o l u t i o n t o the s o i l m i x t u r e a t the time o f
t r a n s p l a n t a t i o n i s h i g h l y b e n e f i c i a l .
SHAMA RAO, H . K . , and S. NARAYANASWAMY.
1976.
A n a t o m i c a l anomalies i n t i s s u e c u l t u r e -
induced r o o t s o f Cajanus c a j a n ( L . ) M i l l s p .
P r o c . I n d i a n Acad. S c i . ( S e c t . B ) .
8 3 ( 5 ) : 2 0 7 - 2 0 9 . 390
I n t e r n a l p e r t u r b a t i o n a s a r e s u l t o f i r r a ­
d i a t i o n was marked in 10 K r - t r e a t e d r o o t s
in which each xylem group was reduced to a
s i n g l e metaxylem v e s s e l w i t h few or no
p r o t o x y l e m e l e m e n t s , secondary growth was
absent consequent on l o s s of cambium, and
the phloem was t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o f i b r o u s
t i s s u e .
SHARMA, D . , LAXMAN SINGH, H.K. SHARMA, and
R.R. PARASHAR. 1 9 7 1 .
P l a n t types i n a r h a r (Cajanus c a j a n ( L . )
M i l l s p . ) and t h e i r b e a r i n g o n v a r i e t a l
improvement. SABRAO N e w s l e t t e r 3 ( 2 ) :
109-112. 391
Pigeonpea v a r i e t i e s w i t h d i f f e r e n t growing
d u r a t i o n s can b e c l a s s i f i e d i n t o t a l l
compact, t a l l open, medium h e i g h t compact,
medium h e i g h t open, and dwarf bushy t y p e s .
E a r l y t o medium-maturing v a r i e t i e s are gener
a l l y medium h e i g h t open t y p e , w h i l e i n t h e
l a t e group t a l l compact types p r e d o m i n a t e .
Y i e l d was s i g n i f i c a n t l y c o r r e l a t e d w i t h t h e
spread of t h e p l a n t , number of secondary
b r a n c h e s , e f f e c t i v e p o d - b e a r i n g l e n g t h ,
and pod n u m b e r / p l a n t . The a d a p t a b i l i t y of
p l a n t types i n d i f f e r e n t growing c o n d i t i o n s
i s d i s c u s s e d from t h e v i e w p o i n t o f
s e l e c t i o n .
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