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Regional Shift in Chickpea Production in India

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Title Regional Shift in Chickpea Production in India
 
Creator Gowda, C L L
Rao, P P
Tripathi, S
Gaur, P M
Deshmukh, R B
 
Subject Chickpea
 
Description Chickpea (Cieer arietinum L.) is one of the earliest grain crops cultivated by
man. Even today, chickpea continues to play an important role in agricultural
systems, ranking third behind dry beans (Phaseolus spp.) and field pea (Pisum
sativum L.) in terms of world pulses production. It is a low input-requiring crop,
deriving over 70% of its N requirement through symbiotic N fixation. Being a
legume, it is particularly important to the farmers as a rotation or second crop
after cereals, often maturing in the driest and hottest part of the year...................
 
Publisher Indian Institute of Pulses Research
 
Date 2009
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5558/1/BOOKCH_Regional_Shift_in_Chickpea.pdf
Gowda, C L L and Rao, P P and Tripathi, S and Gaur, P M and Deshmukh, R B (2009) Regional Shift in Chickpea Production in India. In: Milestones in Food Legumes Research. Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India, pp. 21-35.