Introduction

Introduction

    Red gramis commonly known as pigeon pea ortur orarhar and is a very old crop of this country. It is the second most important pulse crop after bengal gram.Red gramis a backbone of nutritional security of our country. It supplements the important component of protein particularly to Indian population where their diet is based on cereal itself. It is like otherpulse is considered a subsidiary crop. It is often grown on marginal lands and is usually intercropped with other crops. As a crop of secondary importance, it receives little or no purchased inputs. However, farmers in some red gram growing areas are growing more sole crops of red gram and the crop is increasing gaining status as a cash crop.

      Fig: Red gram plant.
    Fig: Red gram plant.


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