Yield Stability and Selection Strategies for Chickpea in Portugal

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important grain legume crop worldwide.
In the Mediterranean regions, and under rainfed conditions, grain production depends on the climatic variability over years. Particularly important are rainfall amount and distribution, as well as high temperatures during the reproductive phase.

There is a lack of knowledge on the yield contributing traits as well as on
genotype x environment(GE) interaction for yield stability of chickpea under
Mediterranean conditions. This knowledge is required for the breeding of new chickpea cultivars with improved adaptation to the environmental constraints prevailing in this region.

Presented in 2017_Ação COST Serbia by:

Isabel Duarte1, Carla PINHEIRO, NUNO SIMÕES, Joaquim Miguel COSTA and Manuela CHAVES

Return to case study: Chickpea value chain with AICF Agro Inovação S.A. (Alentejo, Portugal)