Pigeon pea

Scientific name: Cajanus cajan
Family: Fabaceae

Growth stages	Pests
Seed
Sown seeds	Ants Seedcorn maggot
Seedling Stage
Stem	Bean fly
Vegetative Stage
Stems	Bean fly
Leaves	Aphids Leaf miner Thrips
Reproductive Stage
Flowers	Aphids Bean pod borer Corn earworm Leaf miner Thrips
Maturation stage
Pods, Beans	Lygus bugs Stink bug
Postharvest and storage stage

Agro-ecology

Pigeon pea as an intercrop performs well when planted together with two rows of cereals (e.g. sorghum, millets, cotton or groundnut). Perennial pigeon pea varieties continue to grow and protect the soil even after the intercrops have been harvested. Pigeon pea, particularly the tall genotypes, is difficult to cultivate. As a multipurpose crop, it is well-known in India and Africa but also grows well in Indonesia and the Philippines (CABI, 2000). Pigeon pea is suitable in small farm. It grows well as a hedge crop and along the bunds of rice fields (IRRI, 2001).

Further information

Improved pigeon pea genotypes that are resistant to pests and diseases are now available. More than 11, 000 samples are available in ICRISAT, India and various breeders and institutes hold parts of that collection (CABI, 2000; 2004).

External links

• FAO. Cajanus cajan. http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/DATA/PF000150.HTM
• NCSU. Beans. http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/profiles/c08bbean.html
• UC IPM. Dry beans. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PDF/PMG/pmgdrybeans.pdf
• ICARDA. Field guide to lentil diseases and insect pests. http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/Publications/Field_Guides/Lentil/Lentil.Html
• University of California. How to manage pests: Dry beans. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.beans.html#ABOUT
• Natiomaster. Legume. Include it on pigeon pea, cowpea, mungbean, string bean, http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Legume
• ICRISAT. Management of pod borer (Helicoverpa) in pigeonpea: building upon indigenous knowledge. http://www.icrisat.org/text/research/nrmp/researchbriefs/researchbriefs.asp
• Purdue University. Peas and beans. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/peas/peas.htm
• ICRISAT. Pigeon pea. http://www.icrisat.org/PegionPea/PegionPea.htm
• CIMMYT. Pigeon pea. http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/mba_project/CIEPCA/exmats/pigeonpea.pdf
• CGIAR. Pigeon pea. http://www.cgiar.org/impact/research/pigeonpea.html

References

• CABI. (2000): Crop protection compendium. Global module, 2nd edition. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.
• ICIPE. (2003): Development of biocontrol-based management of Helicoverpa armigera in eastern and southern Africa. 2000-2003 ICIPE Scientific Report. International Center for Insect Physiology and Entomology, Nairobi, Kenya.