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Supply of pigeonpea genetic resources in local markets of Eastern Kenya: [PDF]

open access: yes
"Smallholder producers in marginal and semiarid areas of eastern Kenya have not benefited greatly from research investments made in improvement of crops grown in such environments (sorghum, millet, and legumes, including pigeonpea) either by the ...
Nagarajan, Latha   +2 more
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Virus diseases of pigeonpea

open access: yes, 2018
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is a very important grain legume grown predominantly in the Indian subcontinent, Southern and Eastern Africa and Central America. About 15 viruses and 4 virus-like diseases are reported on pigeonpea.
Kumar, P. Lava, Jones, A.T., Farid, W.
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THE CURSE OF LOW SOIL FERTILITY AND DIMINISHING MAIZE YIELDS IN SEMI-ARID KENYA:CAN PIGEONPEA PLAY SAVIOUR?

open access: yesTropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2017
Little research has been conducted in Kenya to ascertain and exploit the ability of pigeonpea  to improve soil fertility and increase cereal yields. An experiment was conducted at Katumani Research Centre between 2009 and 2013 to evaluate the effects of ...
Kizito Musundi Kwena   +3 more
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Decoding plant resistance mechanism in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) against major insect pests: Decade of efforts and emerging directions

open access: yesPlant Stress
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is an important food and nutritional security crop, widely cultivated in the semi-arid regions of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Onkarappa Dhanyakumar   +7 more
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Pigeonpea Ratooning Trial Under Conservation Agriculture, 2020

open access: yes
This dataset includes data generated from the on-station trial that was conducted to evaluate the various management methods that are being advocated in the Southern Africa region. The following treatments were used for this trial.
Zambian Agriculture Research Institute   +1 more
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World Distribution of Pigeonpea [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is an important grain legume in the semi-arid tropics. Apart from India, where the largest crop areas occur, and some other producing countries, statistics are either unavailable or tend to underestimate the ...
Maesen, L J G V D
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Understanding Trait Architectures to Accelerate Pigeonpea (Cajanus Cajan) Improvement Insights from Breeding and Multi-omics

open access: yes
Although pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), a pivotal grain legume crop of semiarid tropics, has immense biological and socioeconomic significance, genetic improvement in this crop compared to other field crops, such as legumes like soybean or chickpea, in ...
Gangashetty, P I   +10 more
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Phosphorus released by pigeonpea

open access: yes, 2014
Pigeonpea can release and use soil phosphorus that is unavailable to other crops. Crops that follow pigeonpea benefit not only from residual nitrogen, but from extra phosphorus as well. Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for..
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Grain Quality Of Pigeonpea [PDF]

open access: yes, 1980
From the utilization point of view, the grain quality of pigeonpea is very important. The pro-gress that has been made in identifying cultivars containing high protein, the proceduresthat are being employed to determine the limiting amino acids, and the ...
Jambunathan, R, Singh, U
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ICRISAT Pigeonpea Jumps Over the Himalayas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is an important legume component in the dryland agricultural production systems, mainly because of its ability to produce large biomass and protein-rich seeds.
Zhenghong, Li   +4 more
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