Chickpea by Mohar Singh, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Chickpea: Crop Wild Relatives for Enhancing Genetic Gainsexplores aspects related to critical analysis on factors responsible for narrow genetic base of chickpea productions including domestication bottleneck, the level of diversity present in different cultivated and wild species, the uniqueness and usefulness of potential gene sources available and maintained in production systems across the globe, the level of genetic erosion both at landrace and species level over time and space etc. Despite considerable international investment in conventional breeding, production of chickpea has not yet been significantly improved beyond that achieved through its normal single domestication event and high self-pollination rate. Total annual pulse production of | Chickpea by Mohar Singh, Paperback | Indigo Chapters