Pigeon pea cultivation

Pigeonpea (Arhar) commonly known as red gram or tur is a very old crop of this country. After gram, arhar is the second most important pulse crop in the country. It is mainly eaten in the formof split pulse as ‘dal’. Seeds of arhar are also rich in iron, iodine, essential amino acids like lycine, threonine, cystine and arginine etc.Crop StatusIndia ranked first in area and production in the world with 79.65% and 67.28% of world’s acreage and production respectively. In productivity, Saint Vince