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Chickpea Breeding
Chickpea is the major pulse crop of India, and it accounts for about 45% of the total area and production of pulses grown in the country. Impressive...
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Designing chickpea for a hotter drier world
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most important grain legumes in the world, but its current and future production is threatened due to the...
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Effect of Foliar Application of Amino Acids on Grain Yield and Physiological Traits of Chickpea under Drought Stress
This study aimed to investigate the effects of foliar application of proline, valine, alanine and commercial amino acids on physiological traits and...
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Antioxidant Potential and Osmotic Adjustment Modulate Growth and Yield Formation in Kabuli-Type Chickpea Genotypes Under Freezing Stress
Understanding the physiological and biochemical basis of plant tolerance to freezing stress is very critical in in breeding plants tolerant to...
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Management of ascochyta blight (Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labrouse) using chickpea-based mixed crop** systems through different combinations of companion crops
The companion crop** system is practiced in many countries and has several advantages including minimizing the destructive effects of diseases....
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Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia
Improved cultivars and agronomic practices have significantly increased chickpea production in Ethiopia in recent decades. Enhanced availability of...
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Transgenic chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) harbouring AtDREB1a are physiologically better adapted to water deficit
BackgroundChickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) is the second most widely grown pulse and drought (limiting water) is one of the major constraints leading...
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Regulation of Plant Responses to Temperature Stress: A Key Factor in Food Security and for Mitigating Effects of Climate Change
Among the many threats to food security, extremes of temperature, and unpredictable changes in temperature such as unseasonal frost or snowfall...
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Evaluation of PRE and POST Herbicides on Growth Features, Nodulation, and Nitrogen Fixation of Three Cultivars of Chickpea (Cicer aritinium L.)
It is exceptionally difficult to have productive farming without the use of herbicides. It has been found that they create difficulties in the growth...
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Effectiveness of Wheat Straw Biochar in Aqueous Zn Removal: Correlation with Biochar Characteristics and Optimization of Process Parameters
The adsorption performance of biochar was investigated for the removal of Zn from the aqueous solution. Biochar was produced from three different...
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Host Resistance, Current Status, and Emerging Advances
Plant parasitic nematodes are among the most important biotic constraints with potential for causing crop yield losses of 8–15% across a wide range...
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Traditional Breads in Bulgaria
The chapter presents traditional Bulgarian breads from different regions in the country, with recipes and preparation methods transferred through...
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Climate Change and Its Impact on Agriculture in India
The global population is projected to be around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 10.4 billion in 2100 (UN DESA, Department of Economic and Social Affairs...
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Rhizobium as Biotechnological Tools for Green Solutions: An Environment-Friendly Approach for Sustainable Crop Production in the Modern Era of Climate Change
Modern and industrialized agriculture enhanced farm output during the last few decades, but it became possible at the cost of agricultural...
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Grain and Forage Legumes in an Arsenic-Polluted Agricultural Scenario
Grain and forage legumes have the potential to be a key component of climate-smart agriculture, even under arsenic (As) stress. Recent publications...
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Soil Water and Plant Growth
Water is the key input in agriculture. Plants require water continuously from germination until maturity and that too in huge amounts. All the growth...
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Legume–Rhizobium Symbiosis and Beyond: Producing Synthetic Communities for Increasing Crop Production Under Climate Change Challenges
Rhizobia are a polyphyletic group of soil bacteria, belonging to alpha- and betaproteobacteria classes, able to colonize the rhizosphere and...
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DNA methylation-mediated ROS production contributes to seed abortion in litchi
Although there is increasing evidence suggesting that DNA methylation regulates seed development, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood....
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The unbalanced development among legume species regarding sustainable and healthy agrifood systems in North-America and Europe: focus on food product innovations
Increasing legume diversity in food will significantly contribute to sustainable and healthy agrifood systems. But this seems difficult to achieve...
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The effect of exogenous spermine application on some biochemichal and molecular properties in hordeum vulgare l. under both normal and drought stress
Drought, which is increasing day by day with the effect of global climate change, is one of the most common environmental stresses that prevent the...
