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LAL, S . , and S.C. SINHA. 1972.
" P r a b h a t " - an e x t r a e a r l y v a r i e t y of r e d
gram. Fmr P a r l i a m . 7 ( 7 ) : 1 8 - 2 4 . 483
Emphasizes t h e importance of an e a r l y m a t u ­
r i n g v a r i e t y f o r s u c c e s s f u l a r h a r c u l t i v a ­
t i o n . P r a b h a t , w h i c h arose as a segregant
from v a r i e t y T - 2 1 , matures i n 110 t o 115
d a y s . The p l a n t type i s d e t e r m i n a t e ,
bunchy, f l a t - t o p p e d . The b o t a n i c a l c h a ­
r a c t e r s o f P r a b h a t , i t s agronomic r e q u i r e ­
ments, and i t s r o l e i n m u l t i p l e c r o p p i n g
are a l s o d e s c r i b e d .
LAWANI, S . M . , and K.O. RACHIE. 1975.
Announcing p u l s e c u l t i v a r s and germplasms
f o r t h e h u l o t r o p s . T r o p . G r a i n Legume
B u l l . 1(1) : 1 2 . 484
G r a i n legume germplasms f o r t h e humid lowl
a n d t r o p i c s a v a i l a b l e f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n are
announced i n t h i s b u l l e t i n . Three o u t -
s t a n d i n g cowpea and t h r e e pigeonpea c u l t i -
v a r s a r e d e s c r i b e d .
LAXMAN SINGH, D. SHARMA, and A . D . DEODHAR.
1974.
E f f e c t o f environment o n p r o t e i n c o n t e n t o f
seeds and i m p l i c a t i o n s i n p u l s e i m p r o v e ­
ment. P r o c . 2nd General Cong. SABRAO.
New D e l h i , I n d i a . 731-808. 485
From t h i s r e v i e w , w h i c h i s m a i n l y concerned
w i t h i n f o r m a t i o n on soybean and pigeonpea,
i t i s concluded t h a t sampling t e c h n i q u e s ,
methods of p r o t e i n and amino a c i d e s t i m a ­
t i o n , and genotype x e n v i r o n m e n t a l i n t e r ­
a c t i o n s c o n s i d e r a b l y i n f l u e n c e t h e speed
and e f f e c t i v e n e s s of s e l e c t i o n programs
f o r h i g h p r o t e i n c o n t e n t among s e g r e g a t i n g
o r p u r e - l i n e p o p u l a t i o n s o f p u l s e c r o p s .
MAESEN, L . J . G . van d e r . 1975.
Germplasm c o l l e c t i o n and e v a l u a t i o n i n
Cicer and Cajanus. F i r s t I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Workshop on G r a i n Legumes. 13-16 Jan
1975. ICRISAT. Hyderabad, I n d i a .
229-238. 486
C l a s s i f i c a t i o n of Ciaer and Cajanus,
c o l l e c t i o n o f p r i m i t i v e s p e c i e s , o r i g i n and
d i s t r i b u t i o n of Cajanus, o b t a i n i n g germplasm,
e x p l o r a t i o n and c o l l e c t i o n , methods
o f c o l l e c t i o n , d o c u m e n t a t i o n , maintenance
of germplasm, and e v a l u a t i o n f o r a number
o f c h a r a c t e r s a r e d e s c r i b e d .
MANE, S.S. 1975.
Genetic v a r i a b i l i t y in M 3 p r o g e n i e s of C-11
and v a r i e t i e s of pigeonpea (Cajanus c a j a n
( L . ) M i l l s p . ) . M.Sc. (1975) T h e s i s . Marathwada
K r i s h i V i d y a p e e t h , P a r b h a n i ,
M a h a r a s h t r a , I n d i a . 487
MANN, HAROLD, H. 1947.
Cajanus indiaus - p u l s e g r a i n crops in the
M i d d l e E a s t . J . Empire Expl A g r i c .
1 5 ( 6 ) : 2 5 8 . 488
Pigeonpea, one of t h e most e x t e n s i v e l y
grown p u l s e s in I n d i a , is nowhere more than
a c u r i o s i t y i n the M i d d l e E a s t , though i t
would seem to have a p o s s i b l e f u t u r e in
many p a r t s o f the a r e a . I t i s suggested
t h a t pigeonpea might b e u s e f u l l y i n t r o d u c e d
i n t o I r a n ( P e r s i a ) .
MBOWE, F.F.A. 1975.
G r a i n legume r e s e a r c h i n Tanzania. T r o p .
G r a i n Legume B u l l . 2 : 2 - 3 . 489
Research from 1972 to 1974 on groundnut
( v a r i e t a l improvement, s p a c i n g , and f e r t i ­
l i z e r t r i a l s ) , cowpea ( v a r i e t y and f e r t i l i ­
z e r , s p a c i n g , and sowing data t r i a l s ) and
pigeonpea ( l o c a l c u l t i v a r e v a l u a t i o n ) i s
b r i e f l y d e s c r i b e d .
MEHTA, D . N . , and B.B. DAVE. 1 9 3 1 .
S t u d i e s in Cajanus indiaus. Mem. Dep.
A g r i c . I n d i a ( B o t . S e r . ) . 1 9 : 1 - 2 5 . 490
I n c l u d e s m o r p h o l o g i c a l d e s c r i p t i o n s o f t h e
v a r i o u s types i n c u l t i v a t i o n , t h e d u r a t i o n
o f t h e f l o w e r i n g p e r i o d , methods o f p o l l i ­
n a t i o n , data o n the e x t e n t o f n a t u r a l
c r o s s i n g , and a c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i n which
two forms are d i s t i n g u i s h e d , one s h o r t and
r i p e n i n g e a r l y , the o t h e r t a l l , r i p e n i n g
l a t e .
MENEZES, O.B. De. 1943.
S t u d i e s on the g e n e t i c s of pigeonpea. Bolm
M i n i s t . A g r i c . I n d . Com. Rio d e J .
3 2 ( 1 0 ) : 6 9 - 8 3 . 491
The species Cajanus indiaue Spreng. is
d e s c r i b e d and t h e h i s t o r y o f i t s i n t r o d u c ­
t i o n i n t o c u l t i v a t i o n i s o u t l i n e d . A n
account i s g i v e n o f the f l o r a l b i o l o g y o f
the p l a n t and the method o f a r t i f i c i a l
p o l l i n a t i o n . The c o r r e c t chromosome number
is regarded as n = 11 and n o t n = 9 as
r e p o r t e d by Basudev. The p l a n t grows
e x t e n s i v e l y i n a s e m i - w i l d s t a t e i n the
Baixada Zones.
MILES, J . F . 1949.
P l a n t i n t r o d u c t i o n t r i a l s i n c e n t r a l
c o a s t a l Queensland. 1936-46. Rep. D i v .
P l a n t I n d . A u s t r a l i a . 6:134 p p . 492
S t u d i e s were made of the c l i m a t e and s o i l s
o f the area and o f the n a t u r a l p a s t u r e s .
The b e s t species among the supplementary
p r o t e i n crops was Cajanus bicolor. V a r i o u s
s m a l l - s c a l e t r i a l s i n d i c a t e t h e s u i t a b i l i t y
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