Developing climate-resilient chickpea involving physiological and molecular approaches with a focus on temperature and drought stresses

A Rani, P Devi, UC Jha, KD Sharma… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chickpea is one of the most economically important food legumes, and a significant source
of proteins. It is cultivated in more than 50 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia …

Impact of high temperature and drought stresses on chickpea production

V Devasirvatham, DKY Tan - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
Global climate change has caused severe crop yield losses worldwide and is endangering
food security in the future. The impact of climate change on food production is high in …

[HTML][HTML] The potential impact of climate change on the micronutrient-rich food supply

RD Semba, S Askari, S Gibson, MW Bloem… - Advances in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Micronutrient deficiencies are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-and middle-
income countries worldwide. Climate change, characterized by increasing global surface …

Impact of drought stress on simultaneously occurring pathogen infection in field-grown chickpea

R Sinha, V Irulappan, B Mohan-Raju, A Suganthi… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Drought stress and pathogen infection simultaneously occur in the field. In this study, the
interaction of these two stresses with chickpea, their individual and combined effect and the …

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

PM Gaur, S Samineni, M Thudi, S Tripathi… - Plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Physiological and molecular approaches for developing thermotolerance in vegetable crops: a growth, yield and sustenance perspective

S Chaudhary, P Devi, B HanumanthaRao… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vegetables are a distinct collection of plant-based foods that vary in nutritional diversity and
form an important part of the healthy diet of the human being. Besides providing basic …

Molecular mapping of QTLs for heat tolerance in chickpea

PJ Paul, S Samineni, M Thudi, SB Sajja… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), a cool-season legume, is increasingly affected by heat-stress
at reproductive stage due to changes in global climatic conditions and cropping systems …

Dry root rot of chickpea: a disease favored by drought

A Rai, V Irulappan, M Senthil-Kumar - Plant Disease, 2022 - Am Phytopath Society
Chickpea is an essential crop for protein nutrition and is grown around the world in rain-fed
conditions. However, chickpea cultivation is under threat due to emerging diseases favored …

Recent breeding programs enhanced genetic diversity in both desi and kabuli varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

M Thudi, A Chitikineni, X Liu, W He, M Roorkiwal… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
In order to understand the impact of breeding on genetic diversity and gain insights into
temporal trends in diversity in chickpea, a set of 100 chickpea varieties released in 14 …

Marching towards self-sufficiency in chickpea

GP Dixit, AK Srivastava, NP Singh - Current science, 2019 - JSTOR
Chickpea is a major pulse crop of India accounting for more than 40% of the total pulses
area and production. From a mere 3.86 million tonnes (mt) during 2000-01, chickpea …