Enhancement of rural income and nutrition by cultivating pigeonpea hybrids
Enhancement of Rural Income and Nutrition
Keywords:
Pigeonpea, stagnant productivity, male sterility, hybrid, heterosisAbstract
Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is a favourite crop of rain-fed farmers due to its high food value, drought tolerance and various soil improving properties. The productivity enhancement of this crop has been a long term goal at the national level but with a little success. In this context, the advent of hybrid breeding technology with over 30% on-farm yield advantages has provided a much needed breakthrough. The hybrids in pigeonpea were bred using a stable CMS system and natural out-crossing. It is believed that the adoption of locally adapted hybrids would contribute significantly towards both family income and nutrition.
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Obala J, Saxena RK, Singh V, Sameer Kumar CV, Saxena KB, Tongoona P, Sibiya J, Varshney RK. 2019. Development of sequence-based markers for seed protein content in pigeonpea. Mol Genet Genomics 294:57-68.
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Sharma D and Dwivedi S. 1995. Heterosis in grain legume crops – scope and use. In: Genetic Research and Education: Current trends and the next fifty years. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Special Issue). IARI, New Delhi: 960-979.
Singh U, Jain KC, Jambinathan R and Faris DG. 1984. Nutritional quality of vegetable pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). Mineral and trace elements. Journal of Food Science 49:645-646.
Sinha P, Saxena KB, Saxena RK, Singh VK, Suryanarayana V, Sameerkumar CV, Katta MAVS, Khan AW, and Varshney RK. 2015. Association of Nad7a gene with cytoplasmic male sterility in pigeonpea. Plant Genome 8:1-12.
Solomon S, Argikar GP, Salanki MS and Morbad I.R.1957. A study of heterosis in Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. Indian Journal of Genetics 17:90-95.
Sultana R, Vales MI, Saxena K B, Rathore A, Rao S, Rao SK, Mula M and Kumar RV. 2013. Water-logging tolerance in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L) Millsp.): genotypic variability and identification of tolerant genotypes. Journal of Agricultural Science 151: 659-671.
Talari, A and Shakappa D. 2018. Role of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) in human nutrition and health: A review. Asian J. Dairy & Food Res 37(3): 212-220.
Tikka SBS, Pawar LD, and Chauhan RM. 1997. First record of cytoplasmic-genic male sterility system in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.]. Gujarat Agri Uni Res J. 22: 160-162.
Trayer AP. 1991. Breeding corn for export market. Proc. 46th Annual Corn and Sorghum Research Conference. Seed Trade Association 46: 165-176.
Vales M, Sultana R, Patil S, Ranga RG, VIJAYA KR, Saxena KB. 2018. Honeybee mediated (Apis mellifera L.). hybrid pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) seed production under net house condition. Journal of Food Legumes 31(4): 197-204
Zheng-Hong ., Ning L, Hong MA, Saxena KB, Tao Y, Xiu-Xian L, and Xu-Xiao Z. 2011. Insect pollinators in CGMS hybrid seed production of Cajanus cajan. Acta Agron Sin 37: 2187-2193.
Bohra A, Saxena KB, Varshney RK and Saxena RK. 2020. Genomics assisted breeding for pigeonpea improvement. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 133: 1721-1737.
Bond D A, Fyte J l and Clarke T C. 1966. Male sterility in field beans IV. Use of cytoplasmic male-sterility in the production of F1 hybrids and their performance in trials. Journal of Agriculture Science 66: 369-377.
Choudhary AK, Kumar R, Saxena KB and Singh, AK. 2020. Post-rainy season pigeonpea holds promise for the diversification of cropping systems. Journal of AgriSearch 7(3): 115-120.
Crow JF. 1998. 90 years ago: the beginning of hybrid maize. Genetics 148: 923-928.
FAOSTAT. 2018. http://www.faostat.fao.org.
Green J M, Sharma D, Reddy LJ, Saxena K B., Gupta SC, Jain KC, Reddy BVS and Rao M R. 1981. Methodology and progress in the ICRISAT pigeonpea breeding program. In: Proc. Intl. Workshop on Pigeonpeas. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics, Patancheru Volume 1: 437- 449.
Kandalkar, VS. 2007. Evaluation of standard heterosis in advanced CMS based hybrids for grain yield, harvest index and their attributes in pigeonpea. Paper presented at 7 International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Food, Bio-energy and Livelihood Security, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.February14–16, 2007.
Lopez FB, Johansen C and Chauhan YS. 1996. Effects of drought stress on phenology, yield, and yield components timing in short duration pigeonpea. Journal Agron Crop Sci. 177: 311-320.
NIN. 2010. Dietary guidelines for Indians - a manual. National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Palmer RG, Gar J, Sun H, and Burton J. W. 2010. Production and evaluation of hybrid soybean. Plant Breeding Reviews 21: J. Janick (ed.) doi: 10 1002/9780470650196.
Ramanujam S. and Singh S P. 1981. Pigeonpea breeding in the All India Coordinated Programme. In: Proc. Intl. Workshop on Pigeonpeas. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics, Patancheru. Volume 1: 403 – 414.
Saxena KB. 2006. Seed production systems in pigeonpea. Technical Bulletin. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, 502324.
Saxena KB. 2008. Genetic improvement of pigeonpea - a review. Tropical Plant Biology 1:159–178.
Saxena KB. 2015. From concept to field: evolution of hybrid pigeonpea technology in India. Indian Journal of Genet 75: 279-293.
Saxena KB. 2020. SyBrid - a new breeding method for food legumes. Intl. J. Sci. Res. 9 (6). 199-200.
Saxena KB, Chauhan YS, Johansen C, and Singh L. 1992. Recent developments in hybrid pigeonpea research. In: New Frontiers in Pulses Research and Development. Proc Nat Symp. 10-12 November 1989, Directorate of Pulses Research, Kanpur 208024: 58-69.
Saxena KB, Choudhary AK, Saxena RK and Chauhan YS. 2020. Can pigeonpea hybrids negotiate stresses better than inbred cultivars? Breeding Science 70(4): 423-429.
Saxena K B and Kumar R V. 2020. Arresting soil erosion in hilly terrains with pigeonpea: the Chinese experience. International Journal of Science and Research 9 (6): 196-198.
Saxena KB, Kumar R and Bharathi M. 2014. Studies on fertility restoration in pigeonpea. Euphytica 196: 127-135.
Saxena KB, Kumar RV, Srivastava N and Shiying B. 2005. A cytoplasmic-nuclear male-sterility system derived from a cross between Cajanus cajanifolius and Cajanus cajan. Euphytica 145: 289-294.
Saxena KB, Kumar RV, Tikle N., Saxena MK, Gautam VS, Rao S K, Khare D, Chauhan YS, Saxena RK, Varshney RK, Reddy BVS, Sharma D, Reddy LJ, Green JM, Faris DG, Mula M, Sultana R, Srivastava R K, Gowda CLL and Sawargaonkar SL. 2013. ICPH 2671 - The world’s first commercial food legume hybrid. Plant Breeding 132: 479-485.
Saxena K B and Sharma D. 1990. Pigeonpea Genetics. In: The Pigeonpea. (Nene, Y. L., Hall, S. D, and Shiela, V. K. (eds.). CAB Intl. Wallingford. UK: 137- 158.
Saxena KB, Sharma, D and Vales MI. 2019. Development and commercialization of CMS pigeonpea hybrids. Plant Breeding Reviews 41, 103- 167.
Saxena KB, Sultana R, Saxena RK, Kumar R V, Sandhu J S, Rathore A, Kavikishor P B and Varshney RK. 2011. Genetics of fertility restoration in A4-based diverse maturing hybrids of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.]. Crop Science 51: 574-578.
Saxena, KB., Tikle AN, Kumar RV, Choudhary AK and Bahadur B. 2016. Nectarivore–aided cross–pollination and its exploitation in genetic enhancement of productivity in pigeonpea. International Journal of Scientific Research 6:321-328.
Saxena M K, Saxena U, Saxena KB, Khandelkar VK and Sultana R. 2011. Profitability and production cost of hybrid pigeonpea seed. Electronic Journal Plant Breeding 2: 409-412.
Obala J, Saxena RK, Singh V, Sameer Kumar CV, Saxena KB, Tongoona P, Sibiya J, Varshney RK. 2019. Development of sequence-based markers for seed protein content in pigeonpea. Mol Genet Genomics 294:57-68.
Shalendra GKC, Sharma P and Patil SM. 2013. Role of pulses in the food and Nutritional security in India. Journal of Food Legumes 26: 124-129.
Sharma D and Dwivedi S. 1995. Heterosis in grain legume crops – scope and use. In: Genetic Research and Education: Current trends and the next fifty years. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Special Issue). IARI, New Delhi: 960-979.
Singh U, Jain KC, Jambinathan R and Faris DG. 1984. Nutritional quality of vegetable pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). Mineral and trace elements. Journal of Food Science 49:645-646.
Sinha P, Saxena KB, Saxena RK, Singh VK, Suryanarayana V, Sameerkumar CV, Katta MAVS, Khan AW, and Varshney RK. 2015. Association of Nad7a gene with cytoplasmic male sterility in pigeonpea. Plant Genome 8:1-12.
Solomon S, Argikar GP, Salanki MS and Morbad I.R.1957. A study of heterosis in Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. Indian Journal of Genetics 17:90-95.
Sultana R, Vales MI, Saxena K B, Rathore A, Rao S, Rao SK, Mula M and Kumar RV. 2013. Water-logging tolerance in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L) Millsp.): genotypic variability and identification of tolerant genotypes. Journal of Agricultural Science 151: 659-671.
Talari, A and Shakappa D. 2018. Role of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) in human nutrition and health: A review. Asian J. Dairy & Food Res 37(3): 212-220.
Tikka SBS, Pawar LD, and Chauhan RM. 1997. First record of cytoplasmic-genic male sterility system in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.]. Gujarat Agri Uni Res J. 22: 160-162.
Trayer AP. 1991. Breeding corn for export market. Proc. 46th Annual Corn and Sorghum Research Conference. Seed Trade Association 46: 165-176.
Vales M, Sultana R, Patil S, Ranga RG, VIJAYA KR, Saxena KB. 2018. Honeybee mediated (Apis mellifera L.). hybrid pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) seed production under net house condition. Journal of Food Legumes 31(4): 197-204
Zheng-Hong ., Ning L, Hong MA, Saxena KB, Tao Y, Xiu-Xian L, and Xu-Xiao Z. 2011. Insect pollinators in CGMS hybrid seed production of Cajanus cajan. Acta Agron Sin 37: 2187-2193.
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