Integrated breeding approaches for improving drought and heat adaptation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

• Published in: Plant breeding Vol. 138; no. 4; pp. 389 - 400
• Main Authors: Gaur, Pooran M., Samineni, Srinivasan, Thudi, Mahendar, Tripathi, Shailesh, Sajja, Sobhan B., Jayalakshmi, Veera, Mannur, Durdundappa M., Vijayakumar, Adiveppa G., Ganga Rao, Nadigatla V. P. R., Ojiewo, Chris, Fikre, Asnake, Kimurto, Paul, Kileo, Robert O., Girma, Nigusie, Chaturvedi, Sushil K., Varshney, Rajeev K., Dixit, Girish P., Link, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2019
• Subjects: Adaptation; Breeding; Chickpeas; Cicer arietinum; climate change; Crop yield; Crops; Cultivars; Drought; Drought resistance; Dry season; early maturity; Heat; Heat stress; Heat tolerance; high temperature; Legumes; Moisture stress; molecular breeding; Quantitative trait loci; Rainy season; Recombination; Residual soils; Soil moisture

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a dry season food legume largely grown on residual soil moisture after the rainy season. The crop often experiences moisture stress towards end of the crop season (terminal drought). The crop may also face heat stress at the reproductive stage if sowing is delayed. T...