Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Correspondence: bhupendra. Chickpea Cicer arietinum L. By , the world population can cross 9 billion, and in order to feed the teaming millions, chickpea production should also be increased, as it is a healthy alternative to wheat flour and a boon for diabetics.
Moreover, it is an important legume that is crucial for food, nutrition, and health security and the livelihood of the small-scale farmers with poor resources, in developing countries. This review focuses on the origin and distribution, nutritional profile, genomic studies, and recent updates on crop improvement strategies for combating abiotic and biotic stresses in chickpea. Keywords: QTL, marker-assisted breeding, molecular marker, transgenic, biofortification.
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It is the third-largest food legume produced worldwide, after Pisum sativum L. They are cultivated in sub-tropical, tropical, and temperate regions including Madagascar, the Canary Islands, Mediterranean region, north-eastern tropical Africa, and western and central Asia. They are cultivated in more than fifty countries, 0.
Since the s, India has increased its production of chickpea seeds, from 4 million tonnes in to 9 million tonnes in FAO, In India, the area harvested for chickpea cultivation accounts for In the past 20 years, world production of chickpea has improved at an annual rate of 1.
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Looking into the increasing population, it is expected that by the domestic requirement for chickpea will increase from 0. Cicer arietinum is the sole cultured species in the genus Cicer 43 species. Chickpea plant grows quickly, branch, and attains a height of 20 to 60 cm, or even 1 m.
