pigeonpea Tag

26 Oct

Posted at 10:04h in Crop disease

 दलहनी फसल अरहर में एकीकृत रोग प्रबंधन Pigeon pea is an important pulse crop and has major role in food and nutritional security because it is a rich source of protein, minerals and vitamins. The cultivated area and production of pigeonpea have recorded a steady positive growth in the past 50 years, but the mean national productivity has remained unchanged at around 700 kg/ha. To increase its productivity, breeders are trying to develop suitable varieties with subjective spread, growth, duration, disease and pest resistance under varied agro-climatic growing conditions.  Diseases are a continual problem and control measures must be planned for developing sustained production. Each condition that affects plant growth also affects the disease...

20 Sep

Posted at 06:20h in Crop disease

अरहर के मुख्‍य रोगों तथा कीटों का एकीकृत प्रबंधन Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is one of the most important legume crops of India. It is known as red gram, arhar and tur in the country. It is an important source of proteins (22%) along with carbohydrates, fibre, certain minerals viz., iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iodine, potassium and Phosphorous and ‘B’ complex vitamins.  Pigeonpea stalks are also a major source of firewood and live stock feed. India is the world’s largest producer and consumer of pulses including pigeonpea. About 90% of the global pigeonpea area is in India contributing to 93% of the global production. It occupies 4.9 m ha area...

09 May

Posted at 08:58h in Crop disease

अरहर या तूर फसल के 6 प्रमुख कीट पतंग और उनके प्रबंधन Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.,) is an important legume crop belonging to the Fabaceae family. In India, it is mostly cultivated during rainy (kharif) season as sole or intercrop for green vegetable and dry seed purpose. Major pigeon pea growing states of our country are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Bihar. Among the various constraints limiting Pigeon pea production, insect pests are the major ones. The important insect’s pests’ causes’ economic loss by attacking the crop at vegetative and reproductive stage are Pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera, Legume pod borer, Maruca testulalis, Pod fly,...