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Identification of High-Temperature Tolerant Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Genotypes through Leaf and Pollen Traits
Rising temperatures are proving detrimental for various agricultural crops. Cool-season legumes such as lentil (Lens culunaris Medik.) are sensitive to even small increases in temperature during the reproductive stage, ...
India-Morocco Initiative celebrates Pulse Feast Day in Rabat
The India-Morocco South-South Initiative kicked off celebrations for the 2016 International Year of Pulses (IYP) with a highspirited
meticulously organized feast in Rabat on Pulse Feast Day on January 6, 2016. The event ...
Extra Early Varieties of Chickpea and Lentil
Participating Institutions: ICRISAT, ICARDA, NARS and ARIs
Focus crops: Chickpea and Lentil
Focus regions: South Asia and East Africa
Description:
Vast area left fallow after rice harvest in rainfed regions of ...
Crop breeding for the development of climate resilient crops: Approaches at ICARDA
Crop production has been challenged by abiotic and biotic constraints since its inception. However, the magnitude and intensity of these stresses are increasing dramatically due to climate change causing recurrent droughts, ...
Temperature sensitivity of food legumes: a physiological insight
Of the various environmental stresses that a
plant can experience, temperature has the widest and most
far-reaching effects on legumes. Temperature extremes,
both high (heat stress) and low (cold stress), are injurious ...