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Pigeonpea
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d r y crop or in some cases as a mixed c r o p .
I t i s drought r e s i s t a n t and s u c c e s s f u l i n
d r y seasons, when o t h e r crops have f a i l e d .
There are many v a r i e t i e s of C. indious b u t
the two main types a r e : ( i ) t h e p e r e n n i a l
t y p e , which assumes a t r e e - l i k e appearance
and is a l l o w e d to grow more than a y e a r ,
and ( i i ) t h e annual v a r i e t y w h i c h i s grown
as a f i e l d c r o p . Breeding work to e v o l v e
good s t r a i n s i s i n p r o g r e s s .
ENYI, B.A.C. 1973.
E f f e c t s o f i n t e r c r o p p i n g maize o r sorghum
w i t h cowpea, plgeonpea, or beans. Expl
A g r i c . 9 ( 1 ) : 8 3 - 9 0 . 62
A l l i n t e r c r o p p i n g t r e a t m e n t s decreased L A I ,
p l a n t f r e s h w e i g h t a t a n t h e s i s , and s t o v e r
and g r a i n y i e l d s o f t h e c e r e a l s compared
w i t h t h e p u r e s t a n d s . I n sorghum, g r a i n
y i e l d was decreased more by cowpeas and
pigeonpeas than b y beans, b u t i n m a i z e ,
cowpeas and beans decreased y i e l d s more
than pigeonpeas. I n t e r c r o p p i n g sorghum
w i t h pigeonpeas i n c r e a s e d t o t a l g r a i n
y i e l d by 65.9%.
EVANS, A . C . , and H.W. MITCHELL. 1962.
S o i l f e r t i l i t y s t u d i e s i n Tanganyika. 1 .
Improvement to crop and grass p r o d u c t i o n
on a leached sandy s o i l in Bukoba. E. A f r .
A g r i c . F o r . J . 2 7 ( 4 ) : 1 8 9 - 1 9 6 . 6 3
T r i a l s d u r i n g 1957-60 w i t h N, P, K, Ca,
and farmyard manure on maize and plgeonpea
on poor g r a s s l a n d . Plgeonpea responded
most to K and Ca in t h e absence of FYM;
b o t h crops responded w e l l to FYM even at
o n l y 5 t o n s / a c (5 m t / h a ) .
FAO. 1 9 6 1 .
A g r i c u l t u r a l and h o r t i c u l t u r a l seeds -
t h e i r p r o d u c t i o n , c o n t r o l , and d i s t r i b u ­
t i o n . FAO A g r i c . S t u d i e s . 5 5 : 2 5 9 - 2 6 0 . 64
FOREMAN, A. 1965.
Plgeonpea t r i a l s . Farmer ( K i n g s t o n ,
Jamaica) 7 0 : 1 0 5 - 1 0 8 . 65
Comparative t r i a l s o f t h e v a r i e t i e s K a k i
and Saragateado u n d e r t a k e n from 1963 to
1965 in Jamaica are d e s c r i b e d . A new w h i t e
" n o - e y e " t y p e , s m a l l e r than any known
v a r i e t y and b e l i e v e d to be a m u t a n t , is
m e n t i o n e d . I t appears t o breed t r u e .
FREYMAN, S . , and J. VENKATESWARLU. 1977.
I n t e r c r o p p i n g o n r a i n f e d r e d s o i l s o f t h e
Deccan P l a t e a u , I n d i a . Can. J . P I . S c i .
57(3) : 697-705. 66
I n r a i n f e d f i e l d t r i a l s o n a r e d s o i l near
Hyderabad, I n d i a , v a r i o u s i n t e r c r o p p i n g
p a t t e r n s o f sorghum, p l g e o n p e a , c a s t o r ,
p e a r l m i l l e t , cowpea, l a b l a b , f i n g e r m i l l e t ,
soybean, and b l a c k gram were s t u d i e d f o r
mutual c o m p e t i t i v e e f f e c t s . Highest t o t a l
y i e l d s were o b t a i n e d when sorghum was grown
a t t h e h i g h e s t p o p u l a t i o n t e s t e d (220,000
p l a n t s / h a ) and i n t e r c r o p p e d w i t h sorghum or
w i t h plgeonpea. Reducing t h e p o p u l a t i o n o f
sorghum t o b e t t e r accommodate i n t e r c r o p s
reduced y i e l d f o r which the i n t e r c r o p s d i d
n o t compensate. I n b o t h years g r a i n y i e l d s
o f sorghum grown a t h i g h e s t p o p u l a t i o n s
( a t l e a s t 220,000 p l a n t s / h a ) g e n e r a l l y
surpassed y i e l d s from p l o t s o f sorghum
i n t e r c r o p p e d w i t h plgeonpea.
GAHLOT, K . S . N . , RAM VISHAL, and
S . J . VISHWAKARMA. 1978.
Urd ' T . 9 ' a s i n t e r c r o p w i t h Arhar ' T . 2 1 . '
I n d i a n Fmg 2 7 ( 1 0 ) : 7 - 8 . 67
The y i e l d data of a r h a r and u r d and economics
of i n t e r c r o p p i n g are p r e s e n t e d . One
row of T-9 between two rows of a r h a r
p l a n t e d 80 cm a p a r t produced 27.47 q u i n t a l s
(2,747 kg) of a r h a r and 6 . 6 1 q u i n t a l s
(661 kg) of mash/ha.
GALBAN, E. 1955.
Cajanus i n d i c u s - F l o r i d a herbs and p l a n t s .
A c t a P h y t o t h e r . 2 ( 2 ) : 1 - 7 . 68
GIDWANI, H.M., M.C. AGARWAL, and
L . N . DUBEY. 1967.
Crop r o t a t i o n f o r r e c l a i m e d r a v i n e l a n d s .
J . S o i l Wat. Conserv. 1 5 ( 1 - 2 ) : 5 5 - 6 0 . 6 9
The d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s showed t h a t ( i )
B a j r a + Arhar - Mustard and ( i i ) B a j r a -
Cowpea a r e t h e b e s t r o t a t i o n s f o r t h e t r a c t
a s compared t o B a j r a c o n t i n u o u s l y , w h i c h i s
a t p r e s e n t t h e u s u a l p r a c t i c e f o l l o w e d b y
the c u l t i v a t o r . These r o t a t i o n s a l s o b u i l d
u p s o i l f e r t i l i t y and cause l e s s s o i l and
water l o s s than B a j r a c o n t i n u o u s l y .
G I R I , R., and R. DE. 1977.
Canopy managements under r a i n f e d c o n d i t i o n s .
I n d i a n Fmg 27(1) : 2 1 - 2 2 . 70
The seed y i e l d s in plgeonpea (Cajanus
c a j a n ) cv Pusa Ageti grown at a s p a c i n g of
50 x 20 cm in pure stands or when i n t e r ­
cropped w i t h b l a c k gram (Vigna mungo) cv
T-9 between t h e rows were 1,700 and 1,580
k g / h a , r e s p e c t i v e l y . Seed y i e l d s o f
V. mungo were 700 k g / h a . S i m i l a r r e s u l t s
were a l s o o b t a i n e d i n t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r .
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