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Pigeonpea
B i b l i o g r a p h y
and B r a z i l i a n and Jamaican v a r i e t i e s were
a l s o crossed w i t h NP-41 and NF(WR)-15, and
p r o m i s i n g l i n e s have been o b t a i n e d .
DHARMAPAL SINGH, and J . M . SAHAI. 1958.
A new gram and a new a r h a r f o r U.P.
f a r m e r s . I n d i a n Fmg 8 ( 1 ) : 1 5 - 1 6 . 436
Type 105 ( a r h a r ) is a t a l l , s p r e a d i n g
v a r i e t y , l a t e m a t u r i n g and t a k i n g 140 days
to f l o w e r . The seed is medium-sized and
brown. Y i e l d s 1,800 t o 2,200 k g / h a .
Matures 10 days e a r l i e r than Type 1 7 .
ESH, G . C . , T . S . DE, and U.P. BASU. 1959.
I n f l u e n c e o f g e n e t i c s t r a i n and e n v i r o n ­
ment o n t h e p r o t e i n c o n t e n t o f p u l s e s .
Science 129:148-149. 437
I n v e s t i g a t i o n s on Cajanus cajan, Cicer
arietinum, Phaseolus aureus, Ph. mungo,
Vigna sinensis, Lens esculenta, Lathyrus
sativus and Pisum sativum at the Bengal
Immunity Research I n s t i t u t e , C a l c u t t a ,
showed b o t h s t r a i n and l o c a l i t y t o b e
i m p o r t a n t f a c t o r s i n f l u e n c i n g p r o t e i n
c o n t e n t .
F.A.O. 1975.
Report of t h e TAC w o r k i n g group on t h e
b i o l o g y o f y i e l d o f g r a i n legumes. Rome:
FA0. 438
Discusses p r o d u c t i v i t y o f g r a i n legumes,
p l a n t a r c h i t e c t u r e and y i e l d , p h o t o s y n t h e ­
s i s , f a c t o r s a f f e c t i n g n i t r o g e n f i x a t i o n ,
and o t h e r r e l a t e d a s p e c t s .
FENNELL, M.A. 1963.
Present s t a t u s o f r e s e a r c h o n e d i b l e l e g u ­
mes i n Western N i g e r i a . P r o c . F i r s t N i g e ­
r i a n G r a i n Legume Conf. 1963:16-29 p p . 439
Progress i n t h e e v a l u a t i o n o f l o c a l and
i n t r o d u c e d v a r i e t i e s of Vigna c a p e n s i s ,
g r o u n d n u t , Cajanus c a j a n , Phaseolus c o c c i -
neus, Ph. lunatus and soybean is r e p o r t e d .
Hope 5989 is a v a r i e t y of Cajanus c a j a n
f r o m t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w i t h t o l e r a n c e t o
Meloidogyne,
GOODING, H . J . 1960.
Some problems of pigeonpea improvement.
J . A g r i c . Soc. T r i n . 60(3) :321-328. 440
The work done in T r i n i d a d on pigeonpea
(Cajanus indicus) improvement b e f o r e 1937
is r e v i e w e d . In 1956, a f r e s h s t a r t was
made, t h e program b e i n g d i r e c t e d towards
t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f green pods. I t aims a t
o b t a i n i n g dwarf and semidwarf s t r a i n s
which are e a r l y b e a r e r s and produce a l l
t h e i r pods w i t h i n a s h o r t i n t e r v a l , and
which a r e to a marked e x t e n t independent
of the sowing d a t e . The paper r e p r e s e n t s '
t h e t e x t of a l e c t u r e .
GOUD, J . V . , and R.V. LAKSHMI. 1972.
S.5 a p r o m i s i n g v a r i e t y of r e d gram f o r
d r y l a n d . C u r r . Res. 1 ( 6 ) : 4 4 . 441
S-5 gave a y i e l d of 839 k g / h a . It is a
bushy, dwarf p l a n t t y p e , s u i t e d t o h i g h
p o p u l a t i o n d e n s i t y , m a t u r i n g e a r l i e r than
the l o c a l v a r i e t y . I t c o u l d b e used f o r
b o t h pure crop and mixed crop and s t i l l be
a d j u s t e d to a m u l t i p l e c r o p p i n g sequence
even i n d r y l a n d s .
GOVANDE, G.K. 1950.
New s t r a i n s of p u l s e s and m i l l e t s in Baroda
S t a t e . I n d i a n Fmg 1 1 : 1 5 3 - 1 5 4 . 442
The p u l s e s and l e s s e r m i l l e t s improvement
scheme f o r Baroda in t h e year 1948-1949
o b t a i n e d no c o n c l u s i v e r e s u l t s on Cajanus
indicus. S e l e c t i o n s Dehgam 35 and V i j a p u r
49 were p r o m i s i n g .
HANDIQUE, L.K. 1 9 5 1 .
Annual r e p o r t o f the Department o f A g r i c u l ­
t u r e , Assam, f o r t h e year ending 31st March,
1950. P a r t 1. 357 pp. 443
Cajanus c a j a n : Many c u l t l v a r s i n t r o d u c e d
from nearby I n d i a n States f o r i n c l u s i o n i n
t h e b r e e d i n g program proved s u s c e p t i b l e t o
Fusarium w i l t . From some 100 p r o m i s i n g
s e l e c t i o n s , s e v e r a l t r u e - b r e e d i n g pure
l i n e s were i s o l a t e d ; these combine desirable
y i e l d c a p a c i t y and q u a l i t y w i t h w i l t
r e s i s t a n c e .
HAWTIN, G . C . , K.O. RACHIE, and J . M . GREEN.
1977.
Breeding s t r a t e g y f o r t h e n u t r i t i o n a l
improvement of p u l s e s , pp. 4 3 - 5 0 . In
N u t r i t i o n a l standards and methods of e v a ­
l u a t i o n f o r food legume b r e e d e r s . I n t e r ­
n a t i o n a l Working Group on N u t r i t i o n a l
Standards and Methods of E v a l u a t i o n f o r
Food Legume Breeders. IDRC P u b l .
TS7e. 444
The f o l l o w i n g aspects a r e d i s c u s s e d :
b r e e d i n g o b j e c t i v e s , n u t r i t i o n a l o b j e c t i v e s ,
s c r e e n i n g methods, g e n e t i c c o n s i d e r a t i o n s ,
g e n e t i c v a r i a t i o n , e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y - i n d u c e d
v a r i a t i o n , genotype x environment i n t e r ­
a c t i o n s , h e r i t a b i l i t y , major genes, minor
genes, l i n k a g e , t r a n s g r e s s i v e s e g r e g a t i o n ,
c o r r e l a t i o n , b r e e d i n g methods f o r n u t r i ­
t i o n a l improvement, p o p u l a t i o n improvement,
and f u t u r e t r e n d s i n n u t r i t i o n a l i m p r o v e ­
ment.
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