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Calcium Nutrition in Chickpea

Submitted by shelly on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:51
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Calcium

Potassium Nutrition for Chickpea

Submitted by shelly on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:48
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Potassium

Seed Processing

Submitted by pritpalkaur on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:48
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Processing of dry seed

Phosphorus Nutrition in Chickpea

Submitted by shelly on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:47
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Phosphorus

Nitrogen Nutrition in Chickpea

Submitted by shelly on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:44
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Nitrogen

Harvesting

Submitted by pritpalkaur on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:44
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Time of Harvesting :

Water Requirement

Submitted by pritpalkaur on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:42
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Pigeonpea uses about 20-24 cm water to produce about 1 t of grain/ha under traditional production systems.

Weed Management

Submitted by pritpalkaur on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:40
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Pigeonpea has slow initial growth rate. This makes pigeonpea less competitive with weeds. If weeds are not controlled in time can cause up to 90% reduction in seed yield and inoculum for for pests and diseases.

Table. 1: Some of the common weeds associated with Pigeonpea

Plant Population

Submitted by pritpalkaur on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:38
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Long-duration varieties

In traditional production systems, pigeonpea generally has a low plant population, less than 5 plants m2. But, 10 plants m2 gave marginally higher yields in intercrops.

Time of Sowing

Submitted by pritpalkaur on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:35
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Long-duration varieties:

Sowing at the onset of rains (15 June to 15 July in India) ensures sufficient vegetative growth before flowering.

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