<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Core Collection of Chickpea as a Means to Enhance Utilization of Genetic Resources in Crop Improvement&#13;
</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">H D</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Upadhyaya</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a major food legume in many countries. It is cultivated mainly in Algeria,&#13;
Ethiopia, Iran, India, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Pakistan, Spain, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Turkey.&#13;
In 1997 it was cultivated worldwide on 11.33 million ha, with 8.80 million t production. Of the total world&#13;
production 91% is produced in Asia, and in Asia, India accounts for 74.8% production. The average world&#13;
productivity of 0.78 t ha-1 is rather low.&#13;
</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Chickpea</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2000</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>