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Pigeonpea B i b l i o g r a p h y
AKINOLA,. J . O . , and P.C. WHITEMAN. 1975.
Agronomic s t u d i e s on pigeonpea (Cajanue
aajan ( L . ) M i l l s p . ) . 2. Responses to
sowing d e n s i t y . A u s t . J . A g r i c . Res.
2 6 ( l ) : 5 7 - 6 6 . 8
V e g e t a t i v e and seed y i e l d s in Cajanue aajan
accession UQ-1 were i n v e s t i g a t e d at n i n e
sowing d e n s i t i e s r a n g i n g from 6,727 to
215,278 p l a n t s / h a . D r y - m a t t e r y i e l d / p l a n t
d e c l i n e d a s y m p t o t i c a l l y w i t h i n c r e a s i n g
sowing d e n s i t y , w h i l e t h e d r y - m a t t e r y i e l d /
h a v s . d e n s i t y r e l a t i o n s h i p was d e s c r i b e d
by a p a r a b o l i c c u r v e . The h i g h e s t d r y -
m a t t e r y i e l d / h a , 22.95 m e t r i c t o n s , was
produced at a s p a c i n g of 0.305 x 0.305 m
(107,639 p l a n t s / h a ) . A t h i g h e r d e n s i t i e s ,
i n c r e a s e d stand m o r t a l i t y and reduced
numbers o f pods per p l a n t r e s u l t e d i n
severe y i e l d r e d u c t i o n s . Reduced pod
number per p l a n t was r e l a t e d t o s i g n i f i ­
cant r e d u c t i o n s i n t h e number o f p o d -
p r o d u c i n g branches and i n t h e i n f l o r e s c e n c e -
b e a r i n g stem l e n g t h . I n t e r a c t i o n s o f y i e l d
component, l e a f - a r e a i n d e x , and o t h e r p l a n t
c h a r a c t e r s a r e d i s c u s s e d .
AKINOLA, J . O . , and P.C. WHITEMAN. 1975.
Agronomic s t u d i e s on pigeonpea (Cajanue
aajan ( L . ) M i l l s p . ) . 3. Responses to
d e f o l i a t i o n . A u s t . J . A g r i c . Res.
2 6 ( l ) : 6 7 - 6 9 . 9
Two e a r l y - m a t u r i n g and two l a t e - m a t u r i n g
accessions of C. aajan grown in t h e f i e l d
f o r 161 days were c u t to s t u b b l e s 90 cm in
h e i g h t every 4, 8, 1 2 , and 16 weeks d u r i n g
a 72-week p e r i o d . Evidence from t o t a l and
seasonal d r y - m a t t e r and n i t r o g e n y i e l d s ,
stand s u r v i v a l , and s t u b b l e y i e l d a t t h e
end o f t h e t r i a l suggested t h a t 8 - and 1 2 -
week c u t t i n g f r e q u e n c i e s c o u l d be s u c c e s s ­
f u l l y i n t e g r a t e d t o i n c o r p o r a t e c a t t l e
g r a z i n g and f o r a g e and seed p r o d u c t i o n
i n t o a s i n g l e management s y s t e m . The l a t e -
m a t u r i n g accessions were b e t t e r adapted to
c u t t i n g , p r o v i d e d t h a t b a s a l green leaves
always remained on t h e s t u b b l e . R e d u c t i o n
o f p l a n t h e i g h t b y d e f o l i a t i o n i n a c c e s s i o n
UQ-50 t o f a c i l i t a t e subsequent h a r v e s t i n g
l e d to a reduced annual seed y i e l d . The
f i r s t seed crop was l o s t , because t o p p i n g
removed t h e r e p r o d u c t i v e m a t e r i a l .
AKINOLA, J . O . , P.C. WHITEMAN, and E.S.
WALLIS. 1975.
The agronomy of pigeonpea (Cajanue c a j a n ) ,
Rev. S r . Pas. CAB. F d . Crops 1 : 5 7 . 10
I n f o r m a t i o n (much o f i t b r i e f ) i s reviewed
on taxonomy and n o m e n c l a t u r e , v a r i e t i e s ,
c y t o l o g y , p o l l i n a t i o n , h y b r i d i z a t i o n ,
h e r i t a b i l l t y , induced m u t a t i o n s , growth
p e r i o d and sowing d a t e s , y i e l d components,
p r o t e i n l e v e l s and q u a l i t y , and r e s i s t a n c e
to fusarium udum.
ALLES, W.S. 1958.
Some s t u d i e s on r u n - o f f and i n f i l t r a t i o n .
T r o p . A g r i c . Ceylon 1 1 4 ( 3 ) : 1 9 7 - 2 0 6 . 11
I n Ceylon, r u n - o f f p e r m e a b i l i t y o f s o i l
p r o f i l e , i n f i l t r a t i o n c a p a c i t y , and s o i l
l o s s have been s t u d i e d on p l o t s p l a n t e d
w i t h sorghum/pigeonpea (C. aajan) and w i t h
c o t t o n , b o t h c l e a n - c u l t i v a t e d and mulched.
AMBIKA, SINGH, and S.K. SHARMA. 1969.
Red gram is a p a y i n g g u e s t . I n t e n s i v e
A g r i c . 6 ( 1 1 ) : 1 8 - 1 9 . 12
Red gram (Pigeonpea) y i e l d s w e l l and fetches
good p r o f i t s . The d i f f e r e n t aspects o f
red gram c u l t i v a t i o n d i s c u s s e d are mixed
c r o p p i n g w i t h legumes and o t h e r s , r o t a t i o n
c r o p p i n g , methods and time of growing and
pests and d i s e a s e s .
ANONYMOUS. 1924.
D h o l l (Cajanue indicus): A N a t a l farm c r o p .
Notes o n i t s c u l t i v a t i o n . S . A f r . Sug. J .
8 : 2 3 9 . 13
ANONYMOUS. 1927.
Maize and t u r in Gokak c a n a l a r e a . Bombay
Dep. A g r i c . L e a f l . 1 3 . 14
ANONYMOUS. 1943.
Cajanue i n d i c u s Spreng.
B r a z i l . 3 2 ( 1 ) : 9 5 - 9 6 .
B o l . M i n . A g r i c .
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ANONYMOUS. 1945.
Shaping the f u t u r e o f H a w a i i ' s a g r i c u l t u r e .
Report o f the Hawaii A g r i c u l t u r a l E x p e r i ­
ment S t a t i o n f o r t h e Biennium ending June
2 0 , 1944. p. 115. 16
I n Hawaii reduced v i g o r and h i g h e r m o r t a ­
l i t y were r e p o r t e d in the C. aajan r a t o o n
crop than i n t h e p l a n t c r o p . A f u r t h e r
d e c l i n e o c c u r r e d f o l l o w i n g t h e second
r a t o o n c r o p , d u r i n g which m o r t a l i t y was
i n c r e a s e d from 12.9% by c u t t i n g at 76 cm
to 32.6% by c u t t i n g at 7.6 cm above ground
l e v e l : I t was found t h a t mechanical
h a r v e s t i n g w i t h a n o s c i l l a t i n g - t y p e c u t t e r
b a r ( i n s t e a d of a corn b i n d e r ) caused r o o t
s n a p p i n g , p a r t i c u l a r l y w i t h c u t t i n g h e i g h t s
of l e s s than 30 cm.
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