The main crops grown here are mostly rainfed crops like varieties of pulses pigeonpea, greengram, blackgram, etc . Though water is plentiful, it is rarely utilised for agriculture . The masonry here in Malkhed is basically stone masonry with roofs of square blocks of stone which are placed in a slanting way so that the rain water easily drains off.
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One ICRISAT study reports flowering in some " C . scarabaeoides " accessions as early as 34 days compared to 60 days and another ICRISAT study reports " C . scarabaeoides " accessions flowering within 70 days compared to 126 days . If " C . scarabaeoides " can be crossed with pigeonpea cultivars for this desirable trait, farmers can reduce harvest time and increase overall yield.
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Of the 32 different species within the genus " Cajanus ", only one, " C . cajan " ( pigeonpea ), is cultivated . " Cajanus scarabaeoides " is the closest wild relative to " C . cajan ", and is one of the easiest wild species to cross with pigeonpea cultivars . " C . scarabaeoides " is found naturally in both temperate and tropical zones around the globe.
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Of the 32 different species within the genus " Cajanus ", only one, " C . cajan " ( pigeonpea ), is cultivated . " Cajanus scarabaeoides " is the closest wild relative to " C . cajan ", and is one of the easiest wild species to cross with pigeonpea cultivars . " C . scarabaeoides " is found naturally in both temperate and tropical zones around the globe.
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The genus has five species : " European mountain ash ringspot-associated virus " ( type species ), " Fig mosaic virus ", " Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus ", " Raspberry leaf blotch virus ", and " Rose rosette virus " . " European mountain ash ringspot-associated virus " is associated with a leaf mottling and ringspot disease of European mountain ash " Sorbus aucuparia ".
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Some archaeologists believe that rice was a domesticated crop along the banks of the river Ganges in the sixth millennium BC . So were species of winter cereals ( barley, oats, and wheat ) and legumes ( lentil and chickpea ) grown in northwest India before the sixth millennium BC . Other crops cultivated in India 3000 to 6000 years ago, include sesame, linseed, safflower, mustards, castor, mung bean, black gram, horse gram, pigeonpea, field pea, grass pea ( khesari ), fenugreek, cotton, jujube, grapes, dates, jackfruit, mango, mulberry, and black plum.
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Amongst several high-level meetings related to international agricultural research, Varshney presented in : ( i ) G8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture on Open Data in Genomics and Modern Breeding for Crop Improvement, organized by US and UK Governments on behalf of G8 countries in the World Bank during April 29 30, 2013, ( ii ) a brainstorming session on Digital Revolution for Agriculture in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation chaired by Mr Bill Gates in July 2012, and ( iii ) a brainstorming session for developing the road map on use of genome sequence for pigeonpea improvement organized and invited by the then Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India in December 2011.
