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Pigeon Pea
Seed Varieties ~ Pigeon Pea Seeds ~ Pigeon Pea Farming ~ Cajanus cajan |
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Pea (Cajanus cajan) |
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Where
intercropping is followed, we recommend a Cotton
- Pigeon pea cultivation. This Cotton - Pigeon
Pea crop combination allows the food legume
to benefit from the insecticide spraying applied
on the cotton crop and cotton takes advantage
of the nitrogen fixing ability of pigeonpea.
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Pigeon
pea is remarkably drought resistant, tolerating
dry areas with less than 65 cm annual rainfall,
even producing seed profusely under dry zone conditions,
as the crop matures early and the incidence of
pest damage is low. Pigeon pea is more or less
photoperiod-sensitive; short days decrease time
to flowering. Under humid conditions pigeon pea
tends to produce luxuriant vegetative growth,
Annual precipitation of 6–10 dm is most
suitable, with moist conditions for the first
two growing months, drier conditions for flowering
and harvest. Growing best under temperatures of
18–29°C, some cvs will tolerate 10°C
under dry conditions and 35°C under moister
conditions. The plant is sensitive to waterlogging
and frost. It will grow in all types of soils,
varying from sand to heavy clay loams, well-drained
medium heavy loams being best. Some cvs tolerate
6–12 mmhos/cm salinity. Ranging from Warm
Temperate Moist to Wet through Tropical Desert
to Wet Forest Life Zones, pigeon pea has been
reported to tolerate annual precipitation of 5.3–40.3
dm (mean of 60 cases 14.5 dm), annual mean temperature
of 15.8–27.8°C (mean of 60 cases = 24.4°C),
and pH of 4.5 to 8.4 (mean of 44 cases = 6.4).(Duke,
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For this purpose, we have developed a special variety of Pigeonpea.
Pigeon Pea Variety
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| Variety
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Duration
(days) |
Yield
(kg per hectare) |
Grains |
Tolerance
to Fusarium Wilt |
| Kranti
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170-185
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1700-1900
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Red
brown |
Highly
tolerant |
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