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Agriculture & Food Security, 2017 Background The success of crop varieties introduction is tightly linked to the uses, biophysical conditions, the cropping systems in which the crop is integrated and farmers’ and consumers’ preferences.
Mathieu Anatole Tele Ayenan +3 more
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Pigeonpea Yield and Water Use Efficiency: A Savior under Climate Change-Induced Water Stress
Agronomy, 2020 Frequent droughts have threatened the crop yields and livelihoods of many smallholder farmers in South Africa. Pigeonpea can be grown by farmers to mitigate the impacts of droughts caused by climate change.
Misheck Musokwa, Paramu Mafongoya
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2018 The experiment was conducted at students’ research farm, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana during 2015 and 2016 to study the effect of planting pattern and levels of nutrient applied to intercrops on growth, yield and nutrient uptake in pigeonpea
FATEHJEET SINGH SEKHON +2 more
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Bio-Protocol, 2016 Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.) is an important legume crop of rainfed agriculture. High levels of protein in pigeonpea make it a valuable protein source for developing countries. Phytophthora blight caused by Phytophthora cajani (P.
Mamta Sharma, Raju Ghosh
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2021 To assess the influence of conservation agriculture (CA) practices on productivity and sustainability of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) - based cropping systems, the present field experiment was conducted for five consecutive years (2011-12 to 2015-16) at
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Genomics-assisted breeding for pigeonpea improvement [PDF]
Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020 The review outlines advances in pigeonpea genomics, breeding and seed delivery systems to achieve yield gains at farmers' field. Pigeonpea is a nutritious and stress-tolerant grain legume crop of tropical and subtropical regions. Decades of breeding efforts in pigeonpea have resulted in development of a number of high-yielding cultivars.
Abhishek Bohra +3 more
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New microsatellite markers for pigeonpea (
BMC Research Notes, 2009 Background Pigeonpea is a nutritious tropical legume with several desirable characteristics but has been relatively neglected in terms of research. More efficient improvement can be achieved in this crop through molecular breeding but adequate molecular ...
Gebhardt C +3 more
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A high-density intraspecific SNP linkage map of pigeonpea (Cajanas cajan L. Millsp.). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is a major food legume cultivated in semi-arid tropical regions including the Indian subcontinent, Africa, and Southeast Asia. It is an important source of protein, minerals, and vitamins for nearly 20% of the world
Sheetal Arora +15 more
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Utilization and farmers’ knowledge on pigeonpea diversity in Benin, West Africa
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2017 Background Understanding factors driving farmers’ uses of crop genetic resources is a key component not only to design appropriate conservation strategies but also to promote sustainable production.
Mathieu Anatole Tele Ayenan +3 more
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Potential of ratooning in pigeonpea [PDF]
Field Crops Research, 1978 Yield trials of pigeonpea cultivars grouped into early, medium, and late maturity were harvested for grain at maturity by ratooning (cutting the plants off above the branching level). Plant survival after ratooning and regrowth varied among cultivars in all tests.
Sharma, D, Saxena, K B, Green, J M
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