?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7722%2F&rft.title=Bangladesh-ICRISAT+collaboration+in+chickpea+improvement&rft.creator=Kumar%2C+J&rft.subject=Chickpea&rft.description=The+formal+collaboration+for+chickpea+improvement+between+Bangladesh+and+ICRISAT+was+initiated+in+1975.+Two+joint+teams+of+scientists+from+Bangladesh+and+ICRISAT+collected+170+local+germplasm+lines+in+Bangladesh+in+1979+and+1985.+International+chickpea+trials+and+nurseries+have+been+conducted+in+Bangladesh+since+1975.+Scientists+and+administrators+from+both+sides+have+made+frequent+visits+to+Bangladesh+and+ICRISAT.+ICRISAT+collaborates+with+scientists+at+the+Banladesh+Agricultural+Research+Institute+(+BARI+)%2C+Joydebpur+and+Bangladesh+Agricultural+University+(BAU)+and+Bangladesh+Institute+of+Nuclear+Agriculture+(BINA)%2C+Mymensingh.+The+collaboration+has+resulted+in+the+release+of+a+chickpea+cultivar+'Nabin'+in+1987.+A+number+of+other+promising+lines+have+been+identified+and+are+likely+to+be+released.+Asian+Grain+Legumes+Network+(AGLN)+supports+increased+cooperative+activities+through+in-country+coordinator+in+Bangladesh.+Tour+and+consultancy+reports+of+various+scientists+to+Bangladesh+during+1980-90+are+also+included+&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1990&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7722%2F1%2FRP-6358.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kumar%2C+J++(1990)+Bangladesh-ICRISAT+collaboration+in+chickpea+improvement.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Hyderabad%2C+Andhra+Pradesh.+++++