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Plgeonpea
B i b l i o g r a p h y
I n Mozambique s t o c k breeders have d i f f i ­
c u l t y f e e d i n g c a t t l e d u r i n g d r y months.
Cajanus oajan and f o u r o t h e r leguminous
p l a n t s have been found s u i t a b l e f o r
p r o d u c i n g enough r e s e r v e fodder f o r these
scarce p e r i o d s .
HUBBELL, D.S. (EDITOR). 1963.
A f i e l d guide t o t r o p i c a l a g r i c u l t u r e f o r
the Union of Burma. USAID, Burma. 81
I L J I N , W.S. 1954.
Y i e l d and chemical c o m p o s i t i o n of commerc
i a l l y f e r t i l i z e d p l a n t s i n t h e t r o p i c s .
P l a n t a n a l y s i s and f e r t i l i z e r p r o b l e m s .
P r o c . E i g h t h I n t e r n a t . B o t . Congr.
143-150. 82
Cajanus indiaus is one of t h e crops i n c l u ­
ded in use on r e d l a t e r i t i c and more
f e r t i l e c l a y s o i l s . Tables show the e f f e c t
o f f e r t i l i z e r s o n t h e chemical c o m p o s i t i o n
o f the c r o p s .
INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
NEW DELHI. 1 9 7 1 .
New v i s t a s in p u l s e p r o d u c t i o n . New D e l h i :
I A R I . 109 p p . 83
The aspects discussed a r e ; p l a n t p r o d u c t i o n :
g e n e t i c improvement, agronomy of p u l s e
c r o p s , r h i z o b i a l i n o c u l a t i o n , use o f p u l s e
crops i n r o t a t i o n s , improvement o f n u t r i ­
t i o n a l q u a l i t y , p l a n t p r o t e c t i o n , diseases
and i n s e c t pests o f p u l s e c r o p s .
INDIAN CENTRAL COTTON COMMITTEE. 1954,
T h i r t y - t h i r d Annual R e p o r t . 1954.
3 0 - 6 3 . 84
I n t e r c r o p p i n g o f c o t t o n w i t h g r o u n d n u t ,
t u r (Cajanus indicus), mung, and maize.
The most r e m u n e r a t i v e p r a c t i c e was g r o w i n g
two rows o f c o t t o n a l t e r n a t i n g w i t h t e n
rows of g r o u n d n u t s .
INFORZATO, R. 1947.
Note on t h e r o o t i n g system of Cajanus
oajan and i t s importance as a green
manure. B r a g a n t i a . 7 : 1 2 5 - 1 2 6 . 85
Cajanus oajan (C. indicus) is an Asiatic
legume v a l u a b l e in Sao Paulo as green feed
f o r c a t t l e and f o r r e s t o r i n g f e r t i l i t y t o
exhausted s o i l s . The r o o t i n g system was
s t u d i e d in a row of e i g h t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
2 - y e a r - o l d p l a n t s a p p r o x i m a t e l y 4 . 5 m i n
h e i g h t . The t o t a l r o o t w e i g h t was 1,237.04
g , o f w h i c h 90.67% was found i n t h e top
30 cm; t h e w e i g h t of t h e a e r i a l p a r t s was
17,200 g. As a green manure it can
f u r n i s h 14,968 kg r o o t s and 208,124 kg
o r g a n i c m a t t e r f o r plowing i n p e r
a l q u e i r e ( 1 a l q u e i r e = 24,200 s q . m . ) .
IRVINE, F.R. (EDITOR). 1963.
A t e x t book of West A f r i c a n a g r i c u l t u r a l
s o i l s and crops (2nd e d ) . London: Oxford
U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s . 86
JOSHI, K . R . , and P.M. KULKARNI. 1936.
Bajra (Pennisetum typhoideum) and tur
(Cajanus indiaus) in J a i p u r S t a t e . P r o c .
I n d i a n S c i . Congr. 2 3 : 4 3 3 . 87
This study t e s t e d p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f ( i )
s e c u r i n g s u p p l i e s of s i l a g e cheaply and
c o n v e n i e n t l y and ( i i ) i n t r o d u c i n g e a r l y
M a l v i t u r , which escapes f r o s t , as a subcrop
by s p a c i n g a d j u s t m e n t s . The row
s p a c i n g of 8 inches f o r b a j r a gave maximum
fodder y i e l d b u t was l e s s p r o f i t a b l e than
b a j r a and t u r w i t h a s p a c i n g of 15" (38 cm)
or 2 1 " (53 cm) grown alone or in a s s o c i a ­
t i o n . A mixed crop of f o u r rows of b a j r a
and two rows of t u r was found s u i t a b l e
b o t h f o r income and supply of g r a i n and
f o d d e r .
KALYAN SINGH. 1972.
P l a n t d e n s i t y , r h i z o b i a l i n o c u l a t i o n and
f e r t i l i z a t i o n s t u d i e s i n pigeonpea (Cajanus
oagan M i l l s p . ) under r a i n f e d c o n d i t i o n s .
Ph.D. (1972) T h e s i s . I n d i a n A g r i c u l t u r a l
Research I n s t i t u t e , New D e l h i , I n d i a . 88
KALYAN SINGH, and R. PRASAD. 1976.
E f f e c t o f n i t r o g e n , phosphorus and r h i z o -
bium i n o c u l a t i o n on p r o t e i n c o n t e n t and
n u t r i e n t uptake o f pigeonpea. I n d i a n J .
A g r o n . 2 1 ( 3 ) : 2 6 6 - 2 7 0 . 89
I n t r i a l s w i t h f o u r Cajanus oajan c u l t i -
v a r s , i n c r e a s i n g t h e P 2 O 5 r a t e s from 0 to
100 k g / h a increased seed N and p r o t e i n
c o n t e n t s and N and P uptake in seeds +
si.ems; seed P c o n t e n t s were n o t s i g n i f i ­
c a n t l y a f f e c t e d . A p p l i c a t i o n o f 2 5 k g
N/ha a t sowing o r seed i n o c u l a t i o n w i t h
r h i z o b l u m s t r a i n Arhar-U had i n c o n s i s t e n t
e f f e c t s on seed N, P, and p r o t e i n c o n t e n t
and n u t r i e n t uptake i n d i f f e r e n t y e a r s .
On an a v e r a g e , crops took up 115 kg N
and 16 kg P 2 0 5 / h a .
KALYAN SINGH, and RAJENDRA PRASAD. 1975.
I t pays t o f e r t i l i z e a r h a r under r a i n f e d
c o n d i t i o n s . F e r t i l . News 2 0 ( 2 ) :
2 8 - 3 0 . 90
Pigeonpea responded w e l l to phosphorus and
t o b a c t e r i a l f e r t i l i z a t i o n . The g r a i n
y i e l d i n c r e a s e d s i g n i f i c a n t l y w i t h i n c r e a ­
s i n g l e v e l s o f phosphorus, w i t h the h i g h e s t
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