Practice Name:

Pigeon Pea Seed Storage

Details
Category	Seed Conservation
Crop	Pigeon pea
Crop Family	Leguminoceae
Scientific Name	(Cajanus cajan)
Vernacular Name	Tuver
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	chaff of the (Cajanus Cajan) crop
Details of Innovation	After the harvest of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), the first developed pods of the crop are selected for seeds. These are removed from the pods. At the same time, big chaff is removed and petty chaff retained with the seeds. The first seeds, along with petty chaff, is then stored in a drum or granary. In this condition, the seeds are protected from insects. While doing so, it will be much better if ash from the hearth is mixed with the seed, and an earthen pot can also be used to store the seed. The benefit of the practice is that the seed of the pulses so stored do not decay. This practice of storing seed for planting has become a habit with most of the farmers of the Dahod area. (This practice has been rechecked by Purushottambhai B. Patel in June 2004).

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Valiben Abhaysingh Ratva
City / District	Dahod
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Dahod
Address	Dahod ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389380

PAS_1	"Redgram."http://www.ikisan.com/ka-redgram-harvesting-storage.html
PAS_2	"Traditional Method of Storing Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.) Seeds Using Red Soil."https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1082.5158&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Madhya Bharat plateau Western Malwa plateau, Eastern Gujarat plain, Vindhyan and Satpura range and Narmada Valley hot, moist semi-arid eco-subregion (5.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) , Agro-Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Zone (GJ-3)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000002961
Reference	Dahod/99/7
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1020
Reference	Dahod/99/7
Scout	HBN