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	Pigeon pea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pigeon peas are both a food crop (dried peas, flour, or green vegetable peas) and a forage/cover crop.
		Pigeon peas are nutritionally important, as they contain high levels of protein and the important amino acids methionine, lysine, and tryptophan.
		The woody stems of pigeon peas are used as firewood, fencing and thatch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pigeon_pea (527 words)

	Food that Heal - Pigeon Pea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The pigeon pea is one of the important pulses it, India.
		Pigeon pea is probably a native of tropical Africa, where it is sometimes found wild or naturalized.
		Pigeon peas were cultivated in Madagascar from very early times, and this region now constitutes a center of diversity with the greatest number of varieties.
	www.indiangyan.com /books/healthbooks/food_that_heal/pigeon_pea.shtml (382 words)

	The Hindu : Sci Tech / Agriculture : Sterility mosaic disease resistant pigeon pea
		Pigeon pea, also known as red gram and arhar, is a major pulse crop of India.
		Karnataka, one of the largest producers of pigeon pea, is a hotspot of pigeon pea sterility mosaic virus (PPSMV) infection, which results in SMD, which is also dubbed the `green plague' because of its destructive nature.
		Pigeon pea is used as a substitute for green peas, and cooked as vegetable in Gujarat and Karnataka.
	www.hindu.com /seta/2005/05/12/stories/2005051200081700.htm (569 words)

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		The pigeon pea pod fly is currently widely distributed in Asia and Australasia, and surveys are ongoing to determine the extent of its distribution in the Caribbean basin.
		Although no commercial shipments of pigeon peas have been exported to the United States from the Dominican Republic in over a decade, individuals arriving in the United States from the Dominican Republic sometimes bring pigeon peas in their baggage, which is subject to inspection by USDA inspectors in accordance with Sec.
		Pigeon Peas From the Dominican Republic Prior to this interim rule, untreated pigeon peas (fresh shelled or in the pod) from the Dominican Republic could be imported into the United States subject to inspection and disinfection at the port of first arrival.
	www.ceris.purdue.edu /napis/states/pr/news/fr030121-ppeas.txt (3525 words)

	Pea, Pigeon -- Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
		Pigeon pea is also called Congo pea, no-eye pea, red gram, arhur, urhur, grandul, dhal, toor, Gunds pea, and alverja.
		The pigeon pea plant is an erect annual or short-lived perennial reaching a height of 3-10 feet.
		Seeds of pigeon pea are sown at the rate of 8-10 pounds per acre in rows 3-4 feet apart and thinned to 12-18 inches between plants.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /BODY_MV108 (486 words)

	Factsheet - Cajanus cajan
		As a crop, pigeon pea is very drought tolerant, able to grow with a dry season exceeding 6 months, and rainfall <300 mm, but does best with 600–1,000 mm AAR, and where elevated, in excess of 2,000 mm.
		Pigeon pea is very tolerant of hot conditions; grows in temperatures >35ºC when soil moisture and fertility are adequate, but generally grown in temperatures of 18–30ºC. It can grow at altitude but growth is slowed by low temperature.
		Pigeon pea does best when broadcast and covered or drilled into a well-prepared seedbed in rows 35 cm apart, at a depth of 2.5–10 cm., with a seeding rate of 0.5–4 kg/ha, or 5–7 kg/ha under irrigation.
	www.tropicalforages.info /key/Forages/Media/Html/Cajanus_cajan.htm (1368 words)

	Pigeon Pea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pigeon pea varieties are classified as tree type, tall varieties and dwarf.
		Pigeon peas must be grown as an annual in most parts of the U.S. since plants are killed by freezing temperatures.
		Most pigeon peas are harvested in the dry stage and marketed as dried peas.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /plantanswers/vegetables/pigeonpea.html (202 words)

	Pigeon Peas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pigeon peas, which are different from sugar peas, are commercially important in India.
		Pigeon pea varieties are classified as tree-type, tall and dwarf.
		This pea is a heavy bearer, yielding sweet-tasting peas.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /extension/specialty/pea.html (203 words)

	Pigeon
		A carrier pigeon is a breed of pigeon (specifically a domesticated Rock Dove, ''Columba livia'') that has wattles, a nearly vertical stature, and that may once have been used to carry messages.
		The carrier pigeons of today are not good flyers; they are kept as an ornamental or fancy breed, valued for their unusual appearance.
		Pigeon is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/65/pigeon.html (1395 words)

	Green Manures - Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)
		Pigeon pea is an erect shrub or short-lived (1-5 years) perennial legume often grown as an annual crop, 1 to 4 meters high.
		Pigeon pea is indigenous to India and spread to South East Asia.
		Pigeon peas are cut for forage at the preflowering state or when first pods ripen (Bogdan).
	www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu /sustainag/GreenManures/pigeonpea.asp (1261 words)

	Pigeon pea: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In most areas pigeon peas are grown in association with other row crops such as sorghum[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject], EHandler: no quick summary.
		Sweet pea (lathyrus odoratus) is a flowering plant of the genus lathyrus in the family fabaceae (the legumes)....
		Black locust (robinia pseudoacacia) is a tree in the subfamily faboideae of the pea family fabaceae....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pigeon_pea.htm (1125 words)

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		From these data, we conclude that pigeon peas can be used as a protein source in the diets of lambs and that one unit of raw cracked pigeon peas can replace 0.6 units of maize and 0.4 units of cottonseed meal in diets fed to lambs without lowering diet digestibility and N retention.
		It appears that while DM digestibility of pigeon pea is high, the N found in pigeon pea is less digestible than that found in alfalfa pellets but similar to that found in cottonseed meal.
		One unit of pigeon pea was equal to 0.61 unit of maize and 0.39 unit of cottonseed meal.
	www.cipav.org.co /lrrd/lrrd13/6/phil136.htm (2511 words)

	The effect of maize bran on voluntary intake and digestibility of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) pods by goats
		It is concluded that pigeon pea pods supplemented with maize bran could be used as a dry-season ration for goats in the villages when good quality forages are scarce.
		The chemical composition of the pigeon pea pods and maize bran used in the study (Table 1) is similar to that used by Bell (1978).
		It is concluded that pigeon pea pods supplemented with maize bran could be used as a dry season ration for goats by the small-scale farmers when good quality forages are scarce.
	www.fao.org /Wairdocs/ILRI/x5490E/x5490e0k.htm (943 words)

	US Firm Patents Ancient Indigenous Medicine
		Pigeon pea with its botanical name cajanus cajan is commonly known as `arhar' or red gram in the country.
		In Puerto Rico, pigeon pea is known as `gandul' or `arroz con gandules'.
		According to Insmed, the pigeon pea extracts by means of traditional process "contain a myriad of naturally-occurring organic compounds" that may interfere with medicinal effects.
	www.organicconsumers.org /Patent/pigeon_pea.cfm (562 words)

	Performance of pullet chicks fed raw or processed pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) seed meal diets
		Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) seeds are currently considered as a non-conventional feedstuff in poultry feeding and as a valuable protein feed resource (Preston 1987; Udedibie and Igwe 1989; Amaefule and Obioha 1998; Amaefule and Onwudike 2000).
		The chemical and proximate composition of pigeon pea seeds are affected by such factors as cultivar, growth condition, soil and or geographical location (Salunkhe et al 1985).
		The crude protein of boiled pigeon pea seed meal (PSM) has been reported to be in the range of 23.2 to 25.3%, while that of boiled and dehulled PSM was 25.5% (Amaefule and Obioha 1998).
	www.cipav.org.co /lrrd/lrrd17/3/amae17029.htm (2163 words)

	ECHOs Technical Network Site - PIGEON PEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For others who are not familiar with pigeon pea at all, the general discussion of pigeon pea is for you.
		The pigeon pea is a shrub that grows from one to a few meters tall and perhaps a couple meters wide, unless special short-season varieties are chosen.
		Pigeon peas are most commonly used as a pulse crop.
	www.echotech.org /network/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=574 (1230 words)

	Tropical Legume Shows Promise
		Pigeon pea seed can be imported, but those varieties may not be suitable for our climate, says Phatak, who's filled requests for small amounts of seed from researchers and farmers in several states.
		The researchers agree pigeon pea seed could be fed to livestock as a replacement for other protein, such as soybean meal.
		Pigeon pea should be seeded soon after wheat harvest in Oklahoma and other wheat-growing areas.
	beef-mag.com /mag/beef_tropical_legume_shows/index.html (400 words)

	Cajanus cajan
		Pigeon peas occur throughout the tropical and subtropical regions, as well as the warmer temperate regions (as North Carolina) from 30°N to 30°S (Duke, 1981a).
		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 also attacked by the bacterium Xanthomonas cajani and the sterility mosaic and yellow mosaic viruses.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/duke_energy/Cajanus_cajun.html (2429 words)

	Curried Rice and Pigeon Pea Salad
		Pigeon peas are similar to fl-eyed peas and are also called genteel and gung.
		Black-eyed peas may be substituted for the pigeon peas.
		Once the mixture is chilled, stir in the pigeon peas, yogurt, cashews, and seasonings.
	www.1worldrecipes.com /recipe.asp?r=569 (180 words)

	Pigeon pea
		Pigeon pea as an intercrop performs well when planted together with two rows of cereals (e.g.
		Pigeon pea, particularly the tall genotypes, is difficult to cultivate.
		Improved pigeon pea genotypes that are resistant to pests and diseases are now available.
	oisat.org /crops/pulses/pigeon_pea.html (178 words)

	New Disease Reports - First report of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ isolate associated with a little leaf ...
		Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan; family Fabaceae) is a protein-rich pulse crop, cultivated for its nutritive value.
		Pigeon pea plants growing in an experimental field at NBRI, Lucknow in 2005 were found with typical phytoplasma symptoms that included little leaves, shortening of internodes and petioles giving a bunchy appearance and whole plant stunting.
		This is the first record of pigeon pea little leaf disease in India and the first report of an isolate of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ infection of pigeon pea.
	www.bspp.org.uk /ndr/july2006/2006-15.asp (375 words)

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		Pigeon pea fallows would be adopted when a price incentive was offered on their seed or when Sesbania sesban was not an option.
		When both pigeon peas and Sesbania sesban are included in the LP model at varying prices of pigeon pea seed, the area planted to pigeon peas increases with the price of seed (Figure 3).
		Pigeon peas would not be planted when the seed is not marketed, with only Sesbania sesban improved fallows being planted.
	conference.ifas.ufl.edu /ifsa/papers/a/a14.doc (2832 words)

	The Honolulu Advertiser \| Island Life
		Pigeon peas, or gandule, are easy to grow and look good in the garden.
		Pigeon peas are in the bean and pea family, Fabaceae.
		The Malay name for this pea or bean is "kacang," which was Latinized to Cajanus by the botanist who named the genus.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2001/Jan/07/17islandlife13.html (568 words)

	Resumen 72 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan): a possible alternative for traditional pig and poultry farming in New Caledonia.
		Local varieties of pigeon peas grown in New Caledonia had total nitrogenous material 221, fats 17.7, crude cellulose 103, nitrogen-free extract 615.8 and minerals 42.5 g/kg.
		In chickens given diets with 40% pigeon pea meal for 6 weeks performances were different from the control group from about the 3rd week indicating the presence of antinutritional factors.
	www.fao.org /ag/aga/agap/frg/afris/es/Absts/72.HTM (265 words)

	Pigeon Pea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pigeon pea is cultivated either as a food crop (dried pea or vegetable pea) or as a cover/forage crop species depending upon the region.
		Pigeon pea adapts to a wide range in soil types.
		Pigeon pea can be grown in dry areas.
	www.ctahr.hawaii.edu /new/fjgi/Garden/pop-pigeon.htm (122 words)

	Database File for: Guandu - Cajanus cajan - Guandu - Cajanus cajan - Guandu - Cajanus cajan - Guandu - Cajanus cajan - ...
		It is called "pigeon peas" in English speaking tropical countries for its small pea-like seeds.
		In Thailand and N. Bengal, pigeon pea serves as host for the scale insect which produces lac or sticklac.
		However, in combination with cereals, as pigeon peas are always eaten, this legume contributes to a nutritionally balanced human food.
	rain-tree.com /guandu.htm (1046 words)

	---------- Arvejas - Pigeon Pea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The product is elaborated with green grains of Pigeon Pea (Cajunus Cajan (L) Millsp), dean and sound; canned with treated water and sait in packaging hermetically closed and duly sterilized through heat to ensure its preservation.
		The green Pigeon Pea in its pod constitutes the raw material.
		After their reception, the Pigeon Pea pods are peeled off using a mechanical peeler.
	www.incakola.com.pe /exportaciones-arvejas.htm (147 words)

	Mbaazi wa Nazi (Pigeon Peas in Coconut Milk) - The Congo Cookbook (African recipes) www.congocookbook.com - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The pigeon pea (Cajanus indicus or Cajanus cajan, also called congo pea, congo bean, gunga pea, or gungo pea) is evidently native to Africa or Asia.
		In Egypt, the cultivation of pigeon peas began before 2000 B.C. Today pigeon peas are widely cultivated in all tropical and semi-tropical regions the world over, and are especially popular in India and the Caribbean.
		While peas are simmering: Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a skillet.
	www.congocookbook.com /c0218.html (389 words)

	THE POTENTIAL OF PIGEON PEA (CAJANUS CAJAN MILLSP) AS A HORTICULTURAL CROP IN EAST AFRICA
		The pigeon pea, also known as redgram, arhar, turdhal, gandul, mpindi, nkolimbo and mbaazi is a member of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) and is not often considered to be a horticultural crop.
		Pigeon pea is, nevertheless, one of the fastest growing cash crops for canning and, in 1968, in the Eastern Region of Kenya it ranked sixth in value after coffee, vegetables, miraa, beans and maize.
		The production and farm value of pigeon peas in the Caribbean region is expected to increase over an indefinite period owing to the rapidly expanding demand in the Western Hemisphere (Abrams, 1969).
	www.actahort.org /books/21/21_28.htm (344 words)

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