Arhar (pigeon pea) is commonly known as ______

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Pigeonpea (Arhar) is commonly known as red gram or tur.
Botanical Name – Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp
It is mainly eaten in the form of the split pulse as ‘dal’.
Seeds of arhar are also rich in iron, iodine, essential amino acids like lycine, threonine, cystine, and arginine, etc.
It is predominantly a crop of tropical areas mainly cultivated in semi-arid regions of India
It is very sensitive to low radiation at pod development, therefore flowering during the monsoon and cloudy weather leads to poor pod formation.
It is successfully grown in black cotton soils, well-drained with a pH ranging from 7.0-8.5.
It responds well to properly tilled and well-drained seedbeds.
Three systems of sowings are practiced for pigeon pea. The common is flat sowing, the other methods are broad bed-furrow (BBF) for the extra-early group and ridge-and-furrow for the late maturity group.
The seeding rate of pigeon pea depends on the desired plant density for a genotype (early, medium, or late), cropping system (pure crop, mixed crop, or intercrop), the germination rate of seed, and mass of seed.