World’s First Heat-resilient Pigeon Pea, India sets world record
Hyderabad, India--In a major leap for Indian agriculture, scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have developed ICPV 25444, a pigeon pea variety that is both extremely heat-tolerant and photo- and thermo-insensitive; this variety matures in just 125 days and thrives even in extreme summer...
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