?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F361%2F&rft.title=International+Chickpea+and+Pigeonpea+Newsletter&rft.creator=ICRISAT%2C+-&rft.subject=Chickpea&rft.subject=Pigeonpea&rft.description=Traditionally+kabuli+chickpeas+(Cicer+arietinum)+were+not+grown+in+Maharashtra+state+of+India+because+the+then+available+genotypes+were+late+in+maturity+and+susceptible+to+fusarium+wilt+(Kumar+et+al.+1985).+Earliness+and+wilt+resistance+have+been+introgressed+from+desi+types+through+systematic+breeding+efforts.+The+first+ever+early-maturing+kabuli+genotype+ICCV+2+was+released+for+cultivation+in+Andhra+Pradesh+state+of+India+in+1989+and+in+Maharashtra+in+1992+(Kumar+et+al.+2001)+and+notified+by+the+Central+Variety+Release+Committee+(CVRC)+of+Government+of+India+in+1992.+Thereafter+it+became+popular+in+Maharashtra+and+was+grown+in+more+than+50%2C000+ha+during+1999%2F2000.+Better+market+price+for+kabuli+chickpea+was+one+of+the+major+considerations+for+the+growers+of+ICCV+2.+However%2C+during+the+last+few+years+the+price+of+ICCV+2+has+been+reduced+in+Indian+market+due+to+its+relatively+smaller+seed%2C+while+the+extra+bold+kabuli+chickpeas+are+being+sold+at+a+much+higher+price.+The+bold+kabuli+types+possess+100-seed+mass+of+more+than+40+g.+Indian+markets+get+such+bold+types+mostly+through+import.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F361%2F1%2FCO_0020.pdf&rft.identifier=++ICRISAT%2C+-++(2002)+International+Chickpea+and+Pigeonpea+Newsletter.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++