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Chickpea Seed Production Manual

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Title Chickpea Seed Production Manual
 
Creator Gaur, P M
Tripathi, S
Gowda, C L L
Ranga Rao, G V
Sharma, H C
Pande, S
Sharma, M
 
Subject Chickpea
Seed Systems
 
Description Although a wide range of improved chickpea cultivars are now available, many farmers
still continue to grow old varieties and landraces. Thus, the achievements of chickpea
improvement research have not fully translated into increased productivity at the
farm level. The productivity of chickpea can be substantially enhanced by adoption of
improved cultivars and associated improved production technologies. It is often seen that
the farmers who do not adopt improved cultivars are also reluctant to adopt improved
crop production technologies. Thus, improved cultivars provide an effi cient vehicle for
transfer of other improved crop production technologies. Studies show that farmers’ lack
of access to seed of new varieties is a major cause of non-adoption of new cultivars.
There is an urgent need to enhance seed production of improved cultivars to ensure
adequate availability of quality seed to the farmers at local level and at affordable price.
Because of the minor role of the private sector in seed production of legumes, the informal
seed system (seed production by non-government organizations, farmers’ groups and
individual farmers) plays a signifi cant role in increasing availability of quality seed and
adoption of improved cultivars. This manual provides comprehensive information on
improved seed production technologies for growing a healthy seed crop of chickpea
and storage of chickpea seed. The manual will be useful to all chickpea seed growers
involved in formal and informal seed systems.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2010
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10276/1/ChickpeaManual_full.pdf
Gaur, P M and Tripathi, S and Gowda, C L L and Ranga Rao, G V and Sharma, H C and Pande, S and Sharma, M (2010) Chickpea Seed Production Manual. Technical Report. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad.