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SUBMITTER: Kaashyap M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5684649 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaashyap Mayank M Ford Rebecca R Bohra Abhishek A Kuvalekar Aniket A Mantri Nitin N
Current genomics 20171201 6
<h4>Introduction</h4>The high protein value, essential minerals, dietary fibre and notable ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen make chickpea a highly remunerative crop, particularly in low-input food production systems. Of the variety of constraints challenging chickpea productivity worldwide, salinity remains of prime concern owing to the intrinsic sensitivity of the crop. In view of the projected expansion of chickpea into arable and salt-stressed land by 2050, increasing attention is being pl ...[more]