Pigeonpea for central Qld – agronomy, performance & system fit (original) (raw)
Winter, B., Agius, P. and Sands, D. J. (2024)Pigeonpea for central Qld – agronomy, performance & system fit. GRDC Update .
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Abstract
Take home message
- Pigeonpea is showing promise as a new option for growers seeking a hardy dryland summer pulse crop to fill a gap in their farming system.
- Demand is growing for high quality pigeonpea grain for human consumption in India, and among the Indian consumers in Western countries.
- DPI evaluated new experimental pigeonpea lines at eight sites across southern and central Qld in GRDC-funded trials in summer of 2023/24 and 2024/25. These lines showed good grain yield, were quick maturing, were a convenient height, had a short flowering window, and were easy to harvest using existing equipment. Given these encouraging results, efforts to commercialise pigeonpea are continuing.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Corporate Creators: | Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland |
| Business groups: | Crop and Food Science |
| Additional Information: | DPI authors: Bruce Winter; Peter Agius; Doug Sands |
| Keywords: | agronomy, performance, pigeonpea, summer pulse |
| Subjects: | Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agriculture and the environmentAgriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climateAgriculture > Agriculture (General) > Methods and systems of culture. Cropping systemsPlant culture > Field crops |
| Live Archive: | 10 Feb 2026 01:23 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2026 01:23 |
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