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MUTHAIAH, C, and M.P. RAO. 1962.
S h i f t i n g o f a r e a under t u r . A g r i c . S i t u .
I n d i a . 1 7 ( 4 ) : 3 3 7 - 3 4 1 . 595
A d e t a i l e d s t u d y made in 10 s e l e c t e d
d i s t r i c t s i n Madhya Pradesh, I n d i a showing
reasons f o r a t r e n d i n which pigeonpea
(Cajanus indicus) and i t s a s s o c i a t e d crops
a r e b e i n g r e p l a c e d by wheat to a c o n s i d e r ­
a b l e e x t e n t . E x t e n s i o n o f i r r i g a t i o n
f a c i l i t i e s i s t h e main r e a s o n .
RODRIGUEZ, C O . , and J . B . CANDELAS. 1959.
E s t a d i s t i c a s a g r i c o l a s d e P u e r t o R i c o .
1935-1958. E. and R . S . , 53. A g r i c . Exp.
Stn U n i v . P. R i c o . 596
Pigeonpea i s a l s o a major crop i n P u e r t o
R i c o . D u r i n g 1957-58 a t o t a l p r o d u c t i o n
of 655,000 kg green peas was r e p o r t e d ,
which at farm v a l u e was w o r t h 1,665,000
US d o l l a r s .
SILVESTRE, P . , and M. SOITOUT. 1965.
F i r s t t e c h n i c a l meeting o n v e g e t a b l e and
g r a i n legume improvement and p r o d u c t i o n i n
A f r i c a . Dakar, 18-28 Jan 1965. A g r o n .
T r o p . 2 0 ( 3 ) : 7 4 7 - 7 6 8 . 597
Madagascar produced 2,300 m e t r i c t o n s of
beans and 500 m e t r i c tons of Cajanus. Kenya
c u l t i v a t e s Cajanua over 16,000 h e c t a r e s .
E N T O M O L O G Y
AHMAD, D. 1976.
E f f e c t o f phosphine f u m i g a t i o n o n the g e r ­
m i n a t i o n o f e d i b l e legume seeds. J . S t o r .
P r o d . Res. 1 2 ( 3 ) : 2 1 1 - 2 1 2 . 598
F u m i g a t i o n of seeds of Vigna radiata,
V. mungo, V. aconitifolia, cowpea, soybean,
Phaseolus vulgaris, c h i c k p e a , l e n t i l ,
pigeonpea, Vicia faba, and Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
w i t h PH3 at a c o n c e n t r a t i o n f o u r
times h i g h e r t h a n t h e n o r m a l l y used maximum
f o r 7 days had no e f f e c t on subsequent
g e r m i n a t i o n , compared w i t h unfumigated
seeds.
AHMAD, T. 1938.
The t u r pod f l y , Agromyza obtuaa M a l l . , a
pest o f Cajanua c a j a n . I n d i a n J . A g r i c .
S c i . 8 : 6 3 - 7 6 . 599
Red gram Agromyza, d i s c o v e r e d in 1906, has
been i d e n t i f i e d as Agromyza obtuaa M a l l .
I t s l i f e c y c l e , f a v o r a b l e e n v i r o n m e n t a l
c o n d i t i o n s , i n f e s t a t i o n p e r i o d , and s e v e ­
r i t y of damage a r e d e s c r i b e d . A c h a l c i d
l a r v a l p a r a s i t e o f t h i s p e s t has been
i n v e s t i g a t e d which i s y e t a w a i t i n g
i d e n t i f i c a t i o n .
AHMAD, T. 1940.
On t h e b i o l o g y of Euderus l i v i d u s (Ashm),
a p a r a s i t e of Agromyza obtuaa M a l l . I n d i a n
J . E n t . 2 : 5 9 - 6 4 . 600
I n n a t u r e t h e l a r v a l stage o f t h e Agromyza
is p a r a s i t i z e d by t h e C h a l c i d Euderus
lividua (Ashm) to a s u f f i c i e n t l y l a r g e
e x t e n t ; t h e r e f o r e , a d e t a i l e d study o f t h e
b i o l o g y and morphology of t h e p a r a s i t e has
been made, t h e r e s u l t s of which a r e
summarized.
ANONYMOUS. 1 9 5 1 .
Annual r e p o r t o f t h e Department o f A g r i ­
c u l t u r e , M a u r i t i u s , 1949. p p . 6 4 - 6 5 . 601
Experiments o n t h e c o n t r o l o f i n s e c t p e s t s
of pigeonpea (Cajanus indicus). A spray of
4% DDT reduced i n s e c t a t t a c k .
ANONYMOUS. 1959.
Pests of pigeonpea. Rep. Dep. A g r i c .
M a u r i t i u s , 1959. 602
The p e s t s of pigeonpea (Cajanus c a j a n ) were
g r e a t l y r e d u c e d , and a r e c o r d crop o b t a i n e d
i n 1959, f o l l o w i n g t h e s u c c e s s f u l i n t r o d u c ­
t i o n of t h e p a r a s i t e s Braoon c a j a n i and
Eiphosoma annulatum.
ANONYMOUS. 1 9 6 1 .
Annual r e p o r t o f t h e Department o f A g r i ­
c u l t u r e o f t h e Colony o f M a u r i t i u s f o r t h e
year 1959. 78 p p . 603
Review o f a g r i c u l t u r a l a c t i v i t i e s and
r e s u l t s i n M a u r i t i u s d u r i n g 1959. S e v e r a l
i n s e c t - p a r a s i t e s were i n t r o d u c e d , i n t e r
a l i a , a g a i n s t the p e s t s o f the pigeonpea
(Cajanus indicus).
ARGIKAR, G . P . , and V.V. TH0BBI. 1957.
An e s t i m a t e of t h e damage caused by t h e t u r
pod c a t e r p i l l a r , E x e l a s t i s atomosa W., to
pigeonpea gram. Poona A g r i c . C o l l . Mag.
4 8 ( l ) : 2 5 - 2 6 . 604
T w e n t y - f i v e c u l t i v a r s o f Cajanus cajan were
grown i n a s m a l l - s c a l e r e p l i c a t e d t r i a l t o
t e s t comparative s u s c e p t i b i l i t y t o t h e pod
c a t e r p i l l a r . Loss i n g r a i n w e i g h t ranged
from 0.30% i n s t r a i n NP-69 t o 19.56X i n
B o r s a d - 1 . The s t u d y i n d i c a t e d t h e d i f f e ­
r e n t i a l b e h a v i o r o f t h e pest towards
d i f f e r e n t t y p e s . The n e c e s s i t y o f c o n t r o l
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