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JESWANI, L.M. 1968.
Pulse p r o d u c t i o n i n I n d i a - Impact o f r e s e ­
arch programs. J . P o s t g r a d . Sch. I A R I ,
D e l h i . 5 ( 2 ) : 1 9 6 - 2 0 1 . 463
O u t l i n e s t h e importance o f p u l s e s , t h e i r
a r e a , and p r o d u c t i o n i n t h e c o u n t r y . The
b a s i c o b j e c t i v e o f the c o o r d i n a t e d p r o j e c t
f o r t h e pulses i s t o c r e a t e genotypes
s u p e r i o r to those now b e i n g grown by
c u l t i v a t o r s i n d i f f e r e n t a g r o c l i m a t i c
areas of t h e c o u n t r y . The g e n e r a l and
s p e c i f i c problems i n d i f f e r e n t p u l s e crops
a r e a l s o d i s c u s s e d . The immediate o b j e c ­
t i v e o f t h e p u l s e improvement p r o j e c t i n
I n d i a i s t o enhance c o n s i d e r a b l y t h e p r e ­
s e n t low y i e l d s per h e c t a r e o f p u l s e c r o p s .
JESWANI, L.M. 1970.
Some c o n s i d e r a t i o n s on r e o r i e n t a t i o n of
r e s e a r c h work on g e n e t i c improvement of
p u l s e c r o p s . I n d i a n A g r i c . News D i g e s t
2 ( 4 ) : 1 2 7 - 1 3 0 . 464
I d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f problems i n p u l s e crop
improvement has been s t r e s s e d . The p r o b ­
lems are w e l l d e f i n e d and t h e s o l u t i o n s
can be found through w e l l - p l a n n e d e x p e r i ­
m e n t a l approaches. H i g h - y i e l d i n g , s h o r t -
d u r a t i o n , d i s e a s e - r e s i s t a n t v a r i e t i e s t h a t
f i t w e l l i n accepted c r o p p i n g p a t t e r n s are
to be d e v e l o p e d .
JESWANI, L.M. 1975.
V a r i e t a l improvement o f seed legumes i n
I n d i a . Cicer arietinum. Cajanus aajan.
Ph. aureus. Ph. mungo. p p . 9 - 1 8 . In P i r i e ,
N.W. ( E d . ) . I n t e r n a t i o n a l B i o l o g i c a l
Programme. No. 4. Food p r o t e i n s o u r c e s .
Cambridge: Cambridge U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s .
260 p p . 465
JESWANI, L . M . , and P.H. VAN-SCHAIK. 1968.
Coordinated p u l s e p r o j e c t - i t s p r o s p e c t s .
I n d i a n Fmg 1 7 ( 1 1 ) : 5 - 6 . 466
Various aspects o f t h e p r o j e c t discussed
a r e : Coordinated r e s e a r c h scheme, improved
v a r i e t i e s , q u a l i t y f a c t o r s , and reasons
f o r poor g r a i n y i e l d s o f legumes. Emphas
i z e s t h a t s o l u t i o n s t o these d i f f i c u l t i e s
can be found t h r o u g h a w e l l - p l a n n e d , w e l l -
c o o r d i n a t e d , and w e l l - f i n a n c e d r e s e a r c h
e f f o r t .
JOSHI, S.N. 1968.
Research in S t a t e s : G u j a r a t . I n d i a n Fmg
1 7 ( 1 1 ) : 3 4 - 3 6 . 467
Pigeonpea occupies 16% of t h e area under
p u l s e s i n t h e S t a t e o f G u j a r a t . Tur 1 5 - 1 5 ,
a w h i t e - s e e d e d medium e a r l y v a r i e t y has
been d e v e l o p e d .
KADAM, B . S . , R.M. KULKARNI, and S.M. PATEL.
1945.
N a t u r a l c r o s s i n g in Cajanus aajan ( L . )
M i l l s p . i n t h e Bombay-Deccan. I n d i a n J .
Genet. P1. B r e e d . 5 : 6 0 - 6 2 . 468
Data are g i v e n on t h e e x t e n t of n a t u r a l
c r o s s i n g in C. aajan. Under c o n d i t i o n s at
t h e c e r e a l - b r e e d i n g s t a t i o n , N i p h a d , 15%
c r o s s - p o l l i n a t i o n o c c u r r e d o n the a v e r a g e .
KAUL, C . L . , and S.P. SINGH. 1967.
S t a m i n a l and f u n c t i o n a l male s t e r i l i t y
induced by chemical t r e a t m e n t in p a p i l i o -
naceous p l a n t s . I n d i a n J . A g r i c . S c i .
3 7 ( 4 ) : 2 6 4 - 2 6 9 . 469
Nondehiscence of anthers was observed in
Cajanus cajan and o t h e r pulses t r e a t e d w i t h
0.5 and 1.0% FW 450. Spraying of C. aajan
and Crotolaria juncea w i t h 0.25 to 0.5%
dalapon or 0.5 to 10% FW 450 r e s u l t e d in
e x u d a t i o n o f p o l l e n cytoplasm i n - s l t u . Such
t r e a t m e n t s may r e p l a c e hand e m a s c u l a t i o n .
KELKAR, S . G . , and P.S. PANDYA. 1934.
A new method of s e l f i n g " t u r " (Cajanus
indicus) f l o w e r s . Poona A g r i c . C o l l . Mag.
2 6 : 1 0 8 - 1 1 1 . 470
A f t e r v a r i o u s methods were t r i e d and
r e j e c t e d , a new t e c h n i q u e f o r s e l f i n g
Cajanus indiaus by smearing t h e bud from
the c a l y x t o the t i p o f the s t a n d a r d w i t h
m e l t e d candle wax was found b e s t and is
d e s c r i b e d h e r e .
KHAN, T . N . 1973.
A new approach to the b r e e d i n g of p i g e o n -
pea (Cajanus cajan M i l l s p . ) : f o r m a t i o n of
composites. E u p h y t i c a 2 2 ( 3 ) : 3 7 3 - 3 7 7 . 471
I t i s suggested t h a t the h i g h p o t e n t i a l f o r
cross p o l l i n a t i o n b e u t i l i z e d i n t h e format
i o n of random-mating c o m p o s i t e s . A s i m p l e
b r e e d i n g scheme based on such composites is
proposed.
KHAN, T . N . , and K.O. RACHIE. 1972.
P r e l i m i n a r y e v a l u a t i o n and u t i l i z a t i o n o f
pigeonpea germplasm in Uganda. E. A f r .
A g r i c . F o r . J . 3 8 ( l ) : 7 8 - 8 2 . 472
I n t r i a l s i n 1969-1970, seed y i e l d s o f
pigeonpea ranged from 0.89 t / h a f o r t h e
l o c a l cv CIVEI to 1,225 t and 1.228 t / h a
f o r l i n e s 16 and 9 5 9 , r e s p e c t i v e l y . Seed
y i e l d was p o s i t i v e l y c o r r e l a t e d w i t h p l a n t
w i d t h , l e n g t h o f main b r a n c h , number o f
pods per main branch and per p l a n t ,
t h r e s h i n g f a c t o r , and g r a i n : s t r a w r a t i o .
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