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Pigeonpea for central Qld – agronomy, performance & system fit

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Winter, B., Agius, P. and Sands, D. J. (2024) Pigeonpea for central Qld – agronomy, performance & system fit. GRDC Update .

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Article Link: https://grdc.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0038/62...

Abstract

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.

Item Type:Article
Corporate Creators:Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Business groups:Crop and Food Science
Additional Information:DPI authors: Bruce Winter; Peter Agius; Doug Sands
Keywords:agronomy, performance, pigeonpea, summer pulse
Subjects:Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agriculture and the environment
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Methods and systems of culture. Cropping systems
Plant culture > Field crops
Live Archive:10 Feb 2026 01:23
Last Modified:10 Feb 2026 01:23

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