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SHAW, F . J . F . 1934.
Improved v a r i e t i e s o f crops produced a t
P u s a ( T u r ) . A g r i c u l t u r e L i v e - S t k , I n d i a .
4 ( 5 ) : 4 7 1 . 392
E i g h t y - s i x types of t u r {Cajanus aajan)
were i s o l a t e d a t ( o l d ) Pusa, I n d i a , and
t e s t e d f o r y i e l d i n g a b i l i t y and r e s i s t a n c e
t o w i l t d i s e a s e . Seven p r o m i s i n g types
from them were r e l e a s e d f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n .
Of these seven, y i e l d i n g 1,300 to 1,900
1 b / a c (1,456 t o 2,128 k g / h a ) , t h r e e ( t y p e
1 5 , 1 6 , and 51) were e r e c t l a t e t y p e s , and
the r e s t ( t y p e 2 4 , 6 4 , 8 0 , and 82) were
s p r e a d i n g l a t e . Types 1 6 , 5 1 , and 80 were
w i l t r e s i s t a n t . M o r p h o l o g i c a l c h a r a c t e r s
o f t h e seven types a r e d e s c r i b e d .
SHAW, F . J . F . , A . R . KHAN, and H. SINGH.
1933.
Studiee i n I n d i a n p u l s e s . ( 3 ) . The types
of Cajanus indicus Spreng. I n d i a n J.
A g r i c . S c i . 3 : 1 - 3 6 . 393
General i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e p o s s i b l e o r i g i n
and c u l t i v a t i o n precedes a n o t e on p o l l i ­
n a t i o n ( i n c l u d i n g t h e e x t e n t o f n a t u r a l
c r o s s i n g ) as observed under c o n d i t i o n s in
B i h a r and a f u l l d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e morphol
o g i c a l c h a r a c t e r s w i t h a key t o t h e v a r i ­
ous types and a l s o a d e s c r i p t i v e l i s t of
8 6 o f them. The q u e s t i o n o f w i l t r e s i s ­
tance i s touched upon.
SHUKLA, S.P. 1967.
On polyembryony in Cajanus cajan ( L . )
M i l l s p . S c i . C u l t . 3 3 ( 2 ) : 8 0 - 8 1 . 394
The occurrence of more than one embryo in
a s i n g l e seed and t h e i r subsequent growth
i n t o e s t a b l i s h e d s e e d l i n g s was n o t i c e d i n
Cajanus c a j a n . On t h e b a s i s of seed g e r ­
m i n a t i o n , t h e frequency o f polyembryony
r e c o r d e d was as much as 1.66%. Frequency
of b i - and t r i - e m b r y o n a t e seeds was a l s o
r e c o r d e d . There were i n d i c a t i o n s t h a t t h e
m i d d l e s e e d l i n g always dominates over
l a t e r a l ones.
SUBRAMANYAM, K. 1950.
A n t h e s i s in Cajanus indicus Spreng. C u r r .
S c i . 1 9 : 2 1 5 . 395
I t i s p o i n t e d o u t t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n o n
a n t h e s i s i s o f importance i n crop b r e e d i n g .
O b s e r v a t i o n s on a n t h e s i s in t h e C. indicus
v a r i e t y 216-061 a r e r e p o r t e d .
WENHOLZ, H. 1920.
Pigeonpea. A g r i . Gaz. N.S.W. 3 1 ( 1 2 ) :
888. 397
Pigeonpea is a p e r e n n i a l summer legume t h a t
grows q u i c k l y and reaches a h e i g h t of 6 or
7 ft ( 1 . 8 to 2 . 1 m) at m a t u r i t y . The morphology
o f the p l a n t i s d e s c r i b e d . The
seed i s s i m i l a r i n appearance t o t h e grey
f i e l d pea, w h i c h i s i n f a v o r f o r p i g e o n s ,
b u t which i s o n l y about h a l f the s i z e . Only
the young growth and the leaves a r e s u i t a ­
b l e f o r f o d d e r . The best use can be to
p l a n t a hedge a l o n g a p o u l t r y or p i g e o n -
y a r d , and a l l o w the seed to f a l l and be
p i c k e d up by b i r d s . Owing to t h e s u c c u ­
l e n c e of t h e young shoots and leaves the
crop as a fodder is best used f o r g r a z i n g .
A f a i r crop of seed is from 1 / 2 to 3/4 t o n
per a c r e (1.12 to 1.7 m t / h a ) .
WESTPHAL, E. 1974.
Pulses i n E t h i o p i a , t h e i r taxonomy and
a g r i c u l t u r a l s i g n i f i c a n c e . Centre f o r
A g r i c u l t u r a l P u b l i s h i n g and Documentation,
Wageningen. 263 pp. ISBN. 9 0 . 220
0 5 0 1 - 1 . 398
Cajanus d e r i v e d from the Malay p l a n t name
K a t j a n g by which some pod or bean is meant.
I n f o r e i g n ears t h e word K a t j a n g sounded
l i k e Cajan and t h i s v e r n a c u l a r name thus
s p e l l e d was L a t i n i z e d as Cajanus. I t s
taxonomy, e c o l o g y , husbandry, and uses are
d e s c r i b e d .
WHYTE, R.O. 1976.
An e n v i r o n m e n t a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of the
o r i g i n o f Asian food legumes. I n d i a n J .
Genet. P1. Breed. 3 5 ( l ) : 6 1 - 6 8 . 399
I t i s suggested t h a t i n c o n t i n e n t a l A s i a
the change of leguminous herbs from a
f o r m e r l y p r e d o m i n a n t l y p e r e n n i a l s t a t e t o
communities c o n t a i n i n g a h i g h p r o p o r t i o n
of annuals o r i g i n a l l y o c c u r r e d as an
e x p r e s s i o n o f t h e p h y s i o l o g i c a l s t r e s s
caused by environments u n f a v o r a b l e to t h e
p e r s i s t e n c e of t h e p e r e n n i a l s p e c i e s . The
o p e r a t i v e f a c t o r s t h a t would have been
i n v o l v e d in such a change are c o n s i d e r e d .
VENKATESWARA RAO, P. 1973.
Development and a n a t o m i c a l s t u d i e s i n
Cajanus aajan ( L i n n . ) M i l l s p . Ph.D. (1973)
T h e s i s . Sardar P a t e l U n i v e r s i t y , V a l l a b h
Vidyanagar, G u j a r a t , I n d i a . 118 pp. 396
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