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Evaluate Introgression Lines (ILs) of chickpea cultivars JAKI 9218 and JG 16 carrying “QTL-hotspot” for drought tolerance traits at multi-locations
•Flowering time of introgression lines (ILs) was in the range of 48-56 d under both rainfed and irrigated conditions. However, the maturity time was prolonged by one week under irrigated conditions (107 d) compared to ...
Towards Appraising the Impact of Legume Research
This Impact Brief (No 44) is based on the Legumes Synthesis Report that documents the most important cases of farmers adopting new varieties, and the economic, social and environmental impacts of legume technologies developed ...
CACILM II Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia: Achievements at a glance
This magazine summarizes the key activities and achievements of the IFAD-funded regional project Knowledge Management in "Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management" Phase II (CACILM II), initiated and led by ...
Turning the tide on pulses production in Ethiopia - Chickpea
Chickpea crop is the third most widely grown legume crop (after soybean and bean) and of
particular significance in developing countries, as providing an important source of farmer
income and nutrition to poor farmers. ...
Tapping Rice Fallows to Boost Pulses Production in India
India is globally the largest consumer of pulses with millions, particularly the poor, dependent on them for food and nutrition. It is also the largest importer of pulses and faces increasing dependence on imports as pulses ...
Heat tolerant superior lines
• 18 Advanced breeding lines of kabuli chickpea were evaluated for their performance under normal and summer (heat stress) conditions during Nov-Jan 2016 and Feb to Apr 2016, respectively. Experiments were conducted in RBD ...
Harnessing food legumes for climate-smart agriculture
Food legumes are particularly suited to sustainable agriculture. ICARDA is developing and disseminating improved varieties and production technologies so farmers can benefit from the increasing demand for these climate-smart ...
Study the response of eight chickpea genotypes to drought, heat and drought x heat interaction
• The experimental material consisted of eight lines (two drought tolerant, ICC 14778 and ICCV 10; two drought sensitive, ICC 3776 and ICC 7184; two heat tolerant, ICC 1205 and ICC 15614; and two heat sensitive, ICC 4567 ...
Strengthening the capacity of early-career researchers: Investments to secure the future productivity and resilience of dryland agriculture
Capacity strengthening is central to ICARDA’s mission: it delivers quality research and development impact and ensures that agricultural investments are sustainable over the long-term. Targeting young scientists is especially ...
Winter chickpea - improving rural livelihoods The impact of improved varieties and technologies in Syria
In partnership with the Syrian national program, ICARDA's research on winter chickpea has made important contributions to household economies.After lentil, chickpea is the most important rainfed pulse crop in Syria by area ...