Food legumes are important for defeating malnutrition and sustaining agri-food systems
globally. Breeding efforts in legume crops have been largely confined to the exploitation of …

Abstract Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is a unique food legume because of its
partial (20–30%) outcrossing nature, which provides an opportunity to breed commercial …

Fifteen pigeonpea hybrids developed by crossing four cytoplasmic-nuclear male-sterile
(CMS) lines with nine fertility restorers were introduced from International Crops Research …

This chapter discusses the efforts made in the study of male sterility systems and their
application in the development of hybrid varieties of various food legume crops (adzuki …

Thirty-five hybrids generated from seven cytoplasmic male sterile lines and five fertility
restorer lines were tested for determining heterosis. All studied traits except pod length …

The present study was undertaken to know the combining ability in pigeonpea [Cajanus
cajan (L.) Millsp.] for yield and its contributing characters. The hybrids were developed by …

An investigation was carried out during kharif (monsoon) season of 2010-11 at ICRISAT,
Patancheru, Hyderabad, to study (i) relative mid-parent heterosis, heterobeltirosis, and …

Page| xx these, A2 and A4 systems derived from crosses involving wild relatives of pigeon-
pea and cultivated types have shown promise because of their stability under various agro …

Thirty two CMS based hybrids with parents were assessed for heterosis, combining ability in
respect of parents and hybrids. Genetic variability, association and path analysis with …