INTRODUCTION Pigeon pea, Cajanus cajan (L) Mill sp. is the second most important pulse crop in India after chickpea. India is the largest producer and consumer of Red gram in the world. India occupies 90 per cent of world pigeon pea area and accounts for 80 per cent of world production [26]. In the Karnataka …
INTRODUCTION These days, aside from the coronavirus, the cost of edible oil in India has climbed snappily in recent months. In the past five years, India’s production of oilseed has expanded by more than 44 percent, from about 25.3 million tonnes in 2015-16 to near 36.6 million tonnes in 2020-21. Nevertheless, even this fulfils less than half India’s …
INTRODUCTION Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa willd.) is an annual herbaceous plant in the Amaranthaceae (amaranth family, but formerly placed in Chenopodiaceae) that originated in the Pacific slopes of the Andes in South America and was cultivated since 5000 B.C. It is cultivated in the world with an area of 126 thousand hectares with a production of …
