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Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) as a Winter Crop in Peninsular India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A. Narayanan  and
A. R. Sheldrake
A. Narayanan
Affiliation:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad–500 016, India
A. R. Sheldrake
Affiliation:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad–500 016, India
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Summary

Pigeonpeas (Cajanus cajan) are normally sown in June or July in India, at the beginning of the monsoon, but trials were carried out at Hyderabad by sowing in October or November as a winter crop. The duration of the crop, especially of the ‘medium’ and ‘late’ cultivars, was much reduced. In 1975–76, October-sown pigeonpeas gave yields comparable to those of the normal season but much lower yields were produced by planting in November 1975. ‘Medium’ and ‘late’ cultivars significantly outyielded early ones. Optimum plant populations for winter crops were 3–5 times higher than are normally used in the monsoon. Pigeonpeas at relatively high population densities could have considerable potential as a winter crop in peninsular India.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 91 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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