Pigeon pea is one of the most popular tropical and subtropical legumes It is fastgrowing and also known to be drought resistant The pigeon pea exporter in India exports tonnes of pigeon pea each year Pigeon peas are used to many cuisines across the world including India and Indonesia Thus the pigeon pea export from India has been on the rise Due to its uses in animal feeding and so on Indian pigeon pea exporter is earning good profits Many varieties are included in pigeon pea export from India INGREDIENTS Nutrients Calories 343 calories Dietary Fiber 15 g Fat 15g Carbohydrate 63 g Protein 22g Minerals Thiamin Magnesium Phosphorus Potassium Copper Manganese PIGEON PEA VARIETIES WE EXPORT Pigeon pea import from India includes various varieties of pigeon peas The arhar exporter in India exports UPAS120 IPCL 87 Pusa Ageti and such other varieties of pigeon peas The major varieties involved in the export of pigeon pea from India are 1 UPAS120 UPAS120 is known to be evolved at Pantnagar and is an extra early maturing selection The plants of this variety of Pigeon Pea are medium tall open and of semispreading type Generally it is yellow in color with red streaks on it The seeds are small and light brown in color 2 PANT A3 Pant A3 is a variety of pigeon peas which takes around 120130 to mature after transplanting These plants are semierect and determinate Dwarf in size these plants have 34 seeds per pod 3 ICPL 87 PRAGATI ICPL 87 is a shortduration wilttolerant highyielding variety of pigeon pea This variety is known to be suitable for both single and multiple harvest systems It was released as the Pragati variety in the peninsular zone of India in 1986 It was developed by pedigree selection from a cross ICPX 73052 T 21 x JA 277 4 PUSA AGETI Pusa Ageti is another variety of pigeon pea The plant is dwarf compact determinate and bold seeded It has 45 seeds pod potential and the average yield of this variety is around 25 t ha The time to maturity is 150160 days 5 PUSA 84 The Pusa 84 variety plants are usually medium tall and semispreading The time to maturing is around 140150 days for this variety of pigeon pea Release in 1980 Pusa 84 plants are brown seeded 6 HY 3A The HY 3A plants are erect tall plant with a green stem They are white and bold seeded with the average yield of about 1620 t ha The time to maturity for these plants is around 160170 days 7 GWALIOR 3 Gwalior 3 is a latematuring variety of pigeon pea The plants are usually tall and bushy The stem of this variety is generally greenishred in colour The grains of this plant are medium in size and light brown in color 8 LAXMI Laxmi is another variety of pigeon peas exported from India This is a perennial variety and is semispreading This variety is known to be tolerant to wilt and has a potential yield of around 2 t ha 9 BDN 1 This BDN 1 variety is known to be moderately resistant to wilt and resistant to sterility mosaic It was released for the general cultivation in Western Maharashtra and Marathwada region for low rainfall areas light and medium soils The genotype matures in around 150155 days