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Strategies for overcoming drought stress in chickpea

2002

Malhotra, R.S. | Saxena, M.C. (ICARDA, Aleppo (Syria))

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the third most important pulse crop in the world, and first in West Asia and North Africa (WANA). It is mainly grown in spring, taking advantage of conserved soil moisture. Because of large variations in seasonal rainfall, the crop suffers occasionally from drought. Although chickpea is known for its better drought tolerance than most other cool-season food legumes, drought does reduce yields, and can even lead to total crop failure. In 1999/2000, for example, the severe drought in WANA caused up to 75% yield losses in some spring-sown chickpea areas

AGROVOC Keywords

amélioration des plantes breeding methods cicer arietinum cultural methods drought drought resistance drought stress ensayos de variedades essai de variété estrés de sequia fitomejoramiento genetics genotipos genotypes genética génotype génétique irrigation mode de culture méthode d'amélioration génétique métodos de cultivo métodos de mejoramiento genético plant breeding resistencia a la sequía riego résistance à la sécheresse selección selection sequía stress dû à la sécheresse sécheresse sélection variedades varieties variety trials variété

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Published in

ICARDA Caravan (ICARDA)

Issue 17 ISSN 1025-0972

Pagination

pp. 20-22

Language

English

Note

1 ill. http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/Publications/Caravan/Caravan17/Focus/Strategies.htm

Type

Non-Conventional

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