World chickpea collection variety testing in mountainous regions of the Republic of Armenia
2008
Sarukhanyan, N., Green Lane Agricultural Assistance NGO, Yerevan (Armenia) | Vanyan, A., Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan (Armenia). Agricultural Reform Support Project Implementation Unit SI
In Armenia, legume crops mostly cultivated local populations carrying the name of the given place or area and which are more adaptive to soil and climatic conditions. it needs to be noted anyhow that the populations cultivated are not homogeneous and contain diverse forms. This kind of diversification among populations creates difficulties in cultivation of legumes, generation of high yields, as well as in the introduction of new technologies. The generation and introduction of new, more productive varieties is henceforth more apt to time demands. Upon careful review of the issues highlighted above, the Green Lane NGO has been successfully running a series of research activities aimed at the application of new cultivation technologies for bean, chickpea, lentil and peanut, testing of new varieties and their introduction, as well as weed, pests and disease prevention and control measures. The main cultivars produced in Sissian region of Syuniq Marz (Armenia) are cereal crops. In the last years a drastic fall in their productivity was recorded, caused by the lack of crop rotation, as well as the use of old agricultural machinery, poor-quality seedling, reduced soil productivity and other factors. Taking into account that chickpea is ranked as a drought and frost resistant crop among other legumes, we considered it wise to organize their cultivation in Sissian region. The variety Leninakanskaya 313 and other 6 varieties selected from 120 species out of the world chickpea collection served as control samples for the use in trial plots. The mentioned varieties were offered by the Scientific Center of Agriculture and Plant Protection.
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