Pigeonpea for central Qld – agronomy, performance & system fit
2024
Winter, Bruce | Agius, Peter | Sands, Douglas J.
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.
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