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One of the new pigeonpea varieties developed by QAAFI (Photo: Megan Pope)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 18, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Queensland has developed five new commercial varieties of pigeonpea as a step towards the legume being grown more widely in Australia.<\/p>\n

A program at UQ\u2019s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) has developed the drought-resistant pigeonpea varieties for tropical conditions.<\/p>\n

Project lead Dr Mahen Sabampillai said the project could trigger a new industry in Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese pigeonpea varieties released by Woods Group will be the first commercial varieties registered for human consumption in Australia,\u201d Dr Mahen said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile maintaining yield potential, these varieties have a significantly shorter crop cycle, maturing in 100 to 120 days compared to the traditional 150 to 200 days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also reduced the height of these varieties to 80 to 120 centimetres tall to enable machine harvesting of the crop.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur seeds are the optimum size of 10 to 12 grams per hundred seeds, and the seeds are easy to split.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pigeonpea is widely consumed in India, Iraq, the Philippines, south-east Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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