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dc.contributorHouasli, Chafikaen_US
dc.contributorBencheqroun, Sanae Krimien_US
dc.contributorAgrawal, Shiv Kumaren_US
dc.contributorImtiaz, Muhammaden_US
dc.contributorMaalouf, Fouaden_US
dc.creatorIdrissi, Omaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-23T22:56:07Z
dc.date.available2017-07-23T22:56:07Z
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/CT7FiHzIen_US
dc.identifier.citationOmar Idrissi, Chafika Houasli, Sanae Krimi Bencheqroun, Shiv Kumar Agrawal, Muhammad Imtiaz, Fouad Maalouf. (29/3/2013). Status and prospects of food legumes improvement in Morocco. Cordova, Spain.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/7218
dc.description.abstractIn Morocco, faba bean, chickpea and lentil are being grown under rainfed conditions and play an important role in cereal-based cropping systems. Food legumes improve soil fertility through biological nitrogen fixation and have a special role in human nutrition in Morocco. In Morocco, while food legumes exports represented 45 to 60% by volume in the 1970’s, the failure of production to keep pace with the national overall demand, Morocco relies now on importing to supplement local production capacity. Productivity levels of food legumes have remained low and variable, mainly due to susceptibility of cultivars to environmental stresses, diseases, insect pests and parasites, poor seed multiplication systems, limited use of inputs, access to market, labor cost and availability and low degree of mechanization. Food legume improvement team at INRA, Morocco works in collaboration with ICARDA to address these constrains and develops improved varieties suitable for Moroccan conditions. In lentils, drought tolerance, earliness, ability for mechanization, seed quality, resistance to rust, Ascochyta blight and fusarium wilt, as well as high and stable seed yields are the most important traits being considered for improvement. Eight lentil cultivars with beneficial characteristics have been released and some other promising lines are included in yield trials and few others are ready to submit for registration. In chickpea, several lines with good level of resistance to Ascochyta blight and fusarium wilt have been identified and released for winter cultivation. Further efforts are in progress to develop drought tolerant and bold seeded type of chickpea lines. In faba bean, the improvement activities are focused on developing Orobanche, Chocolate spot, Ascochyta blight, rust, drought, heat and cold tolerant germplasm. Screening of ICARDA Faba Bean International Nurseries during 2009- 10 and 2010-11 resulted in identification of 18 and 11 lines moderate to high resistant respectively for Botrytis and Ascochyta blight diseases at Douyet station. Currently, molecular markers are being used for characterization of faba bean germplasm and Ascochyta blight pathogens of chickpea. Further integration of molecular markers in breeding programs would lead to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of genetic enhancement.en_US
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dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherPhytopathologia Mediterraneaen_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dc.subjectgender, equity and social differentiationen_US
dc.subjectascochyta blighten_US
dc.subjectfaba beanen_US
dc.titleStatus and prospects of food legumes improvement in Moroccoen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
dcterms.available2013-03-29en_US
dcterms.issued2013-03-29en_US
cg.creator.idAgrawal, Shiv Kumar: 0000-0001-8407-3562en_US
cg.creator.idMaalouf, Fouad: 0000-0002-7642-7102en_US
cg.subject.agrovocsoil fertilityen_US
cg.subject.agrovocmoroccoen_US
cg.subject.agrovocchickpeasen_US
cg.subject.agrovocFaba beanen_US
cg.subject.agrovocChickpeaen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerNational Institute of Agronomic Research Morocco - INRA Moroccoen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Fund for Agricultural Development - IFADen_US
cg.contributor.projectEnhanced small-holder wheat-legume cropping systems to improve food security under changing climate in the drylands of West Asia and North Africaen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.countryMAen_US
cg.contactomar.idrissi@inra.maen_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
mel.project.openhttps://mel.cgiar.org/projects/46en_US


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