Production of Lac and Seed of Cajanus cajan under Varying Stresses
Sahab Kumar Patel *
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), India.
Moni Thomas
Institute of Agri Business Management, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Gopilal Anjana
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), India.
Rahul Patidar
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), India.
Deep Kumar Pahalwan
College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Manish Bhan
Department of Physics and Agrometeorology, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh, India.
Alok Bajpai
Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), India.
Anil Kumar Singh
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh, India.
Niraj Tripathi
Directorate of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Production pulse and lac from the same plant of Cajanus cajan simultaneously provides two cash crops from the same plant is important for pigeonpea growers of both continents - Africa and Asia. The highest raw lac production per plant was 171.17 g while the highest seed yield was 1383.33 g per plant. C. cajan plant with least stress i.e., less lac insects had highest 100 lac cell weight 1.57 g (Low biotic stress) while it was 1.41 g in plants with (Medium biotic stress). The seed yield per plant was highest (1137.78 g) in plants under high biotic stress. It was least (872.22 g) in plants with Low biotic stress.
Keywords: Stress, Lac, cajanus cajan