| Category | Crop Protection and Disease Management |
| Crop | Pigeon pea |
| Crop Family | Legumes |
| Scientific Name | (Cajanus cajan) |
| Vernacular Name | Toor, Arhar, Red gram |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) |
| Details Of Innovation | B.D.N variety of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) was grown in 1995, which takes about 120 days for maturation. During the field observation, five plants were found different from that of other plants, which had six to seven grains in one pod, were dwarf in height and matured within 100 days. In the next year, one row of this selected plants seeds were grown in between two rows of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) crop. This gave higher yield of pigeonpea and also matured within 100 days. This is a self-developed practice. |
| Vocation | Farming |
| PAS 1 | "Developing improved varieties of pigeonpea."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322579576_Developing_improved_varieties_of_pigeonpea |
| PAS 2 | "Pigeon pea yields have remained low in India over the past five decades and efforts to break this plateau have failed. A non-conventional hybrid breeding approach that breaks the productivity barrier is the answer to India’s increasing pulse imports."https://www.icrisat.org/breeding-new-and-improved-crop-varieties-and-facilitating-seed-industries-to-distribute-the-new-varieties-legume-hybrid/ |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000000979 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/167 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Technology Transfer Terms | DIY |
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