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Adaptation of chickpea genotypes to the Mediterranean basin
Duarte, I; Imtiaz, M; Simões, N; Silva, LL; Lourenço, E; Chaves, MMChickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), the third most important pulse crop in the world, is a spring crop in the Mediterranean traditional agricultural systems. It is sown during March-April and is extremely affected by long periods of drought during the reproductive phase. As a consequence, there is a need to develop chickpea germplasm with resistance to abiotic stresses mainly drought. . Chickpea requires around 150 ...
Evaluating chickpea genotypes for abiotic stress tolerance
Duarte, I; Silva, LL; Simões, N; Imtiaz, M; Lourenço, E; Chaves, MMBeing a leguminous crop chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is important for the establishment of sustainable and economically viable farming systems. Chickpea is grown and consumed across five continents, making this crop more important in international markets than other food legumes. Adaptation trials of 15 accessions of chickpea, 13 from the ICARDA collection and 2 from the Portuguese national catalogue, took pla...