Pigeon pea as a dry season crop in Trinidad, West Indies. I- Yield and yield components

Authors

  • J.D.H. Keatinge Faculty of Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies
  • G. Hughes Faculty of Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies

Abstract

Three pigeon pea cultivar were grown during the 1979 dry season at four sites in Trinidad. Crop grown under unmitigated dry sea on moisture stress were compared with crop which were supplied with supplemental irrigation. The effect of moisture stress was generally to reduce the yield of both vegetative and reproductive material.

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Research Papers