Article
Natural variation in the chickpea metabolome under drought stress.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Dec 2024
Chaturvedi Palak, Pierides Iro, López-Hidalgo Cristina, Garg Vanika, Zhang Shuang, Barmukh Rutwik, Bellaire Anke, Li Jiahang, Bachmann Gert, Valledor Luis, Varshney Rajeev K, Ghatak Arindam, Weckwerth Wolfram
Abstract excerpt
Chickpea is the world's fourth largest grown legume crop, which significantly contributes to food security by providing calories and dietary protein globally. However, the increased frequency of drought stress has significantly reduced chickpea production in recent years. Here, we have performed a field experiment with 36 diverse chickpea genotypes to evaluate grain yield, photosynthetic activities and molecular...
Topics
- Cicer
- Metabolome
- Droughts
- Genotype
- Stress, Physiological
- Plant Leaves
- Genome-Wide Association Study