Breeding high nutritional varieties of chickpea and pigeonpea just got easier. With new technology, genomic processes that could have taken years, have been completed in just a few months. This has been possible by work of scientists from the...
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Original article by mongabay The chickpea gene expression atlas could help deploy genetic information to raise productivity and boost climate resilience in chickpea and other food legumes. The atlas can be applied for identification of genes that...
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Research also maps the center of origin and migration route of chickpea Original post: ICRISAT Press release Hyderabad, 30 April 2019: In a major breakthrough, scientists from 21 research institutes globally, have successfully completed...
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Original Post: ICRISAT Happenings India and Australia have joined hands in a multi-institutional project to enhance drought tolerance in chickpea. The project, ‘Functional Genomics of Chickpea to enhance drought tolerance’, will see The...
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Original Post: Crop Science Society of America Chickpeas are a very important crop and food in India. They are used almost every day in meals and snacks. India is the largest producer, consumer, and importer of chickpeas. And with good reason —...
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