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The author expresses his sincere thanks to Mr Gopinath Shinde for typing and putting the manuscript into shape; Dr R K Srivastava, Mr R Vijaya Kumar, and Mr Rachit K Saxena for technical assistance in preparing this manuscript. The author is grateful to Dr Rupakula Aruna for her suggestions in improving this manuscript.

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Saxena, K.B. Genetic Improvement of Pigeon Pea — A Review. Tropical Plant Biol. 1, 159–178 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12042-008-9014-1

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