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C O N T E N T S<br />

I C R I S A T G o v e r n i n g B o a r d<br />

I C R I S A T Personnel i x<br />

A c r o n y m s and Abbreviations<br />

vii<br />

xii<br />

Director's I n t r o d u c t i o n 1<br />

Research Highlights 11<br />

Sorghum 11<br />

Pearl Millet 12<br />

Pigeonpea 12<br />

Chickpea 13<br />

Groundnut 14<br />

Farming Systems 14<br />

Economics Program 16<br />

T h e C e r e a l s 2 1<br />

S o r g h u m 25<br />

Germplasm 25<br />

Breeding 25<br />

Physiology 34<br />

Entomology 38<br />

Pathology 41<br />

Nutritional Quality 42<br />

Microbiology 43<br />

Looking Ahead 44<br />

Pearl M i l l e t 49<br />

Germplasm 49<br />

Breeding 49<br />

International Cooperation 58<br />

Physiology 60<br />

Entomology 64<br />

Pathology 64<br />

Nutritional Quality 68<br />

Microbiology 68<br />

Intercropping 69<br />

Looking Ahead 70<br />

T h e P u l s e s 7 3<br />

P i g e o n p e a 77<br />

Germplasm Collection and<br />

Evaluation 77<br />

Elite Lines from Germplasm 78<br />

Evaluation of Hybrid Populations 78<br />

Progress with Early Maturing<br />

Selections 78<br />

Genetic Male Sterility 78<br />

Rhizobium Populations in Soil 80<br />

Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation 81<br />

Screening for Disease and Insect<br />

Reaction 81<br />

Intergeneric Hybridization 83<br />

Screening for Soil Factors 83<br />

Ratooning 84<br />

Pigeonpea as a Winter Crop 85<br />

Residual Effects of Pigeonpea on<br />

Subsequent Crops of Pigeonpea 87<br />

Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer on<br />

Pigeonpea Growth and Yield 87<br />

Seed Size and Seedling Size 88<br />

Ovule and Seed Abortion 88<br />

Pod-Set 88<br />

Source-sink Relationships 88<br />

Diseases and Pests 89<br />

Nutritional Quality 90<br />

International Cooperation 92<br />

Looking Ahead 93<br />

C h i c k p e a 97<br />

Germplasm Resources 97<br />

Breeding 98<br />

Diseases 99<br />

Rhizobium Nodulating Chickpea 100<br />

Comparative Growth and<br />

Development 102<br />

Insect Pest Damage 107<br />

Nutritional Quality 109<br />

International Cooperation 110<br />

Looking Ahead 111<br />

O i l s e e d 113<br />

G r o u n d n u t 117<br />

Germplasm 117<br />

Breeding 118<br />

Pathology 121<br />

Microbiology 125<br />

Looking Ahead 126

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