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Plgeonpea B i b l i o g r a p h y
of crops from I n d i a and o t h e r monsoon
c o u n t r i e s f o r t r o p i c a l A u s t r a l i a .
MOHAMED SHERIFF, N . , and R. VEERASWAMY.
1977.
Genotypic and p h e n o t y p i c v a r i a b i l i t y o f
mutants in r e d gram (Cajanua cajan ( L . )
M i l l s p . ) . Madras A g r i c . J . 6 4 ( 1 ) :
4 4 - 4 5 . 493
F i f t e e n r e d gram mutants (13 from gamma
i r r a d i a t i o n and two f r o m EMS t r e a t m e n t s of
t h e s t r a i n Co-1) i n M 5 g e n e r a t i o n were
s t u d i e d . There were s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e ­
rences f o r a l l t h e c h a r a c t e r s . The g e n e t i c
advance was h i g h f o r pod w e i g h t , number of
pods per p l a n t , and p l a n t h e i g h t . The
mutants showed a p o s i t i v e s h i f t i n t h e i r
mean v a l u e s .
MOHAMED SHERIFF, N . , W. MOHAMED A L I KHAN,
and R.S. ANNAPPAN. 1977.
Red gram Co.3 - an economic mutant s t r a i n
f o r Tamil Nadu. Madras A g r i c . J . 6 4 ( 9 ) :
561-564. 494
M u t a t i o n b r e e d i n g r e s e a r c h i n r e d gram
(Cajanus c a j a n ( L . ) M i l l s p . ) has r e s u l t e d
i n t h e development o f a h i g h - y i e l d i n g
mutant S-18 (Co-3) s u i t a b l e f o r c u l t i v a t i o n
under b o t h r a i n f e d and i r r i g a t e d c o n d i t i o n s .
Its d u r a t i o n is 130 d a y s . On an average
i t r e c o r d s 1,300 k g / h a and 1,200 k g / h a
under i r r i g a t e d and r a i n f e d c o n d i t i o n s ,
o r 9.8 and 9 . 1 k g / h a / d a y r e s p e c t i v e l y .
A s p e c i a l advantage o f Co-3 i s i t s r e s i s ­
tance t o r o o t r o t and t o l e r a n c e t o w i l t
and pod b o r e r s .
MUKHERJEE, D . , and S. SEN. 1965.
B-7 i s t h e a r h a r f o r West B e n g a l . I n d i a n
Fmg 1 4 ( 1 1 ) : 1 1 , 28. 495
B - 7 , s e l e c t e d from m a t e r i a l o b t a i n e d f r o m
v a r i o u s s o u r c e s , i s s u p e r i o r i n y i e l d t o
commonly grown types of Cajanus indicus.
The g r a i n s a r e s i l v e r w h i t e and t h e v a r i e t y
i s recommended f o r t h e d i s t r i c t s o f Malda,
Murshidabad, and N a d i a ; f o r t h e f i r s t two
o f these d i s t r i c t s T-7 i s a l s o recommended.
NADARAJAN, N. 1976.
Induced mutagenesis in redgram (Cajanus
cajan ( L . ) M i l l s p . ) . M i c r o and macro
m u t a t i o n s . M.Sc. (1976) T h e s i s . Tamil
Nadu A g r i c u l t u r a l U n i v e r s i t y , Coimbatore,
T a m i l Nadu, I n d i a . 496
NANJAPPA, B. SHIVARAJ, and R.V. PATIL.
1976.
Co-1 v a r i e t y performs w e l l i n b l a c k s o i l s
i n t r a n s i t i o n a l t r a c t o f N o r t h K a r n a t a k a .
C u r r . Res. 4 ( 3 ) : 4 0 - 4 1 . 497
Among f i v e l i n e s of C. c a j a n w i t h a matur
a t i o n p e r i o d of 150 to 155 d a y s , Co-1
( h e i g h t 104.8 cm) gave the h i g h e s t mean
y i e l d (1,298 kg/ha) and had t h e h i g h e s t
number of pods per p l a n t and pods c o n t a i n ­
i n g t h r e e seeds. S-8 ( h e i g h t 130.5 cm)
gave t h e next h i g h e s t y i e l d (1,232 kg/ha)
and T-21 ( h e i g h t 126.0 cm) had t h e h i g h e s t
number of pods c o n t a i n i n g f i v e seeds.
PAL, B.P. 1934.
Recent p r o g r e s s in p l a n t b r e e d i n g at Pusa -
Rahar. 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 ) :
511-512. 498
I n a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n undertaken t o produce
types of r a h a r (Cajanus cajan) r e s i s t a n t
to w i l t (Fusarium v a s i n f e c t u m A t k . ) , 80
types t h a t proved v e r y r e s i s t a n t t o the
d i s e a s e were i s o l a t e d . The r e s i s t a n c e i s
n o t c o r r e l a t e d w i t h any i m p o r t a n t morphol
o g i c a l c h a r a c t e r s . Types 1 6 , 4 1 , 5 0 , and
51 were i d e n t i f i e d as h i g h y i e l d i n g . Type 51
i s e r e c t , w i l t - r e s i s t a n t , w i t h l a r g e
y e l l o w - b r o w n seeds, y i e l d i n g w e l l and
should prove to be of much economic v a l u e .
Type 5 i s e x t r e m e l y s u s c e p t i b l e t o w i l t .
The i n h e r i t a n c e of f l o w e r c o l o r depends
upon two f a c t o r s and is l i n k e d w i t h seed
c o l o r . The f a c t o r s f o r d i s e a s e r e s i s t a n c e
are not l i n k e d w i t h those f o r morpholog
i c a l c h a r a c t e r s . I n h e r i t a n c e o f r e s i s ­
tance depends upon m u l t i p l e f a c t o r s .
PANKAJA REDDY, R., DALJIT SINGH, and
N.G.P. RAO. 1975.
Character a s s o c i a t i o n i n plgeonpea.
I n d i a n J . Genet. P 1 . B r e e d . 3 5 ( 1 ) :
119-122. 499
Four c h a r a c t e r s were s t u d i e d i n 877 l i n e s
from f o u r m a t u r i t y g r o u p s . The data i n d i ­
cated t h a t as the m a t u r a t i o n p e r i o d
i n c r e a s e d , pod number, y i e l d , and seed
s i z e a l s o i n c r e a s e d . Pod number and seed
s i z e were t h e most i m p o r t a n t components
o f y i e l d . I t i s c o n s i d e r e d t h a t h y b r i d i ­
z a t i o n between d i f f e r e n t m a t u r i t y groups
may be e f f e c t i v e in combining e a r l i n e s s
w i t h h i g h y i e l d s and l a r g e r seeds.
PANTON, C . A . , L . B . COKE, and R.E. PIERRE.
1972.
Seed p r o t e i n improvement i n c e r t a i n legumes
t h r o u g h induced m u t a t i o n s : Plgeonpea, kidney
beans, soybeans. In: N u c l e a r t e c h n i q u e s f o r
seed p r o t e i n improvement. P r o c . Research
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