Pigeonpea hybrids and their production a manual for researchers authors dr a n tikle senior scientist plant breeding genetics rafi ahmed kidwai college of agriculture sehore 466 001 mp dr k b saxena ex principal scientist program leader pigeonpea international crops research institute for the semi arid tropics. The new hybrid breeding technology is capable of substantially increasing the productivity of pigeonpea and become a trigger for pulse revolution in the country the development of cms based hybrid rvicph 2671 has paved a new way for easy development and identification of high yielding hybrids the book will encourage researchers in adoption of newer technologies to achieve food security . Pigeonpea hybrids and their production by author a n tikle kb saxena and hs yadava isbn 9789383305957. Distribution of pigeonpea worldwide pigeonpea was grown in about 423 million hectares with a production and productivity of 468 million tons and 751 kg ha respectively pal et al 2016 india is the largest producer of pigeonpea accounting for 66 percent of total production other major pigeonpea producing countries are myanmar 1709 malawi 615 kenya 436 and united republic of tanzania 529 pigeonpea ranks second after chickpea among all the pulses in the country and