http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/17 2016-10-26T08:13:52Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/17/ Genomics and Physiological Approaches for Root Trait Breeding to Improve Drought Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Varshney, R K Pazhamala, L T Kashiwagi, J Gaur, P M Krishnamurthy, L Hoisington, D A Chickpea Chickpea ranks third among pulses, fifth among grain legumes, and 15th among grain crops of the world. In 2006, the world chickpea cultivation area was 10.7 Mha with over 8 Mha grown in India, Pakistan, and Iran, with a further 1 Mha grown in other countries of Asia, the Middle East, and Canada. Total production was 8.4 Mt, and the average yield was 772 kg/ha (FAOSTAT 2006). Although chickpea is cultivated in about 50 countries, 95% of its area is in the developing countries where South Asia alone covers almost 71% of the world chickpea harvested area. Most of the chickpea harvested is consumed locally and the global trade is about 12% of the total production. The global demand for chickpea is projected to be 11.1 Mt in 2010. Under optimum growing conditions, the yield potential of chickpea is 6 t/ha (Singh 1987), which is much higher than the current global yield average of ~0.8 t/ha (Ahmad et al. 2005). Springer de Oliveira, Antonio Costa Varshney, R K 2011 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/17/1/rkv-bookchapt.pdf application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/17/5/Varshney.Pl__Genomics_2011.pdf Varshney, R K and Pazhamala, L T and Kashiwagi, J and Gaur, P M and Krishnamurthy, L and Hoisington, D A (2011) Genomics and Physiological Approaches for Root Trait Breeding to Improve Drought Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). In: Root Genomics. Springer, Germany, pp. 233-250. ISBN 9783540855453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85546-0_10 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage