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Rapid generation advancement in chickpea

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Title Rapid generation advancement in chickpea
 
Creator Gaur, P M
Samineni, S
Gowda, C L L
Rao, B V
 
Subject Chickpea
 
Description Development of homozygous lines from segregating
populations following hybridization takes several years if
one generation is taken every year. Plant breeders have
used various methods to accelerate generation turnover.
In chickpea (Cicer arietinum), many breeding programs
successfully take two generations per year – one in the
field during the crop season and the other in off-season
either in greenhouse or in an off-season nursery. In India,
chickpea is grown in winter season and sowing generally
starts in October. The length of crop season varies from
90 to 160 days depending on latitude, altitudes and
growing conditions (soil type, irrigation, etc). The offseason
crop is taken during summer in the high latitude
areas, eg, Lahaul and Spiti in Himalayas (latitude 31°44’
to 32°59’ N, longitude 76°46’ to 78°41’ E, altitude 5,480
to 6,400 m). Similar off-season nurseries are available in
many other countries, eg, Terbol in the Beqaa valley in
Lebanon (latitude 33°47’ N, longitude 35°59’ E, altitude
1220 m)...
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/1244/1/replace1.pdf
Gaur, P M and Samineni, S and Gowda, C L L and Rao, B V (2007) Rapid generation advancement in chickpea. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 3 (1).