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An Overview Of Chickpea Research: From Discovery To Delivery

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Title An Overview Of Chickpea Research: From Discovery To
Delivery
 
Creator Thudi, M
Roorkiwal, M
Kudapa, H
Chaturvedi, S K
Singh, N P
Varshney, R K
 
Subject Plant Breeding
Agricultural Research
Chickpea
Drylands Agriculture
Food Legumes
Climate Change
Food Security
African Agriculture
Legume Crops
Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Description Rapid changes in climate coupled with population explosion
and limited arable land are the greatest challenges before
the humanity in attaining future food and nutritional security
across the globe. In this context, being rich in grain protein,
food legumes play an important role in reducing hunger and
malnutrition especially in developing countries along with
major cereals like maize, rice and wheat. Among more than a
dozen legumes, chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), a cool season
crop, is the most important food legume in India...
 
Date 2017
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10202/1/Pulse%20India%20-%20May-Jun%202017.pdf
Thudi, M and Roorkiwal, M and Kudapa, H and Chaturvedi, S K and Singh, N P and Varshney, R K (2017) An Overview Of Chickpea Research: From Discovery To Delivery. Pulse India, 2 (5). pp. 22-25.