Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVII, Issue 1
Written by Petre Marian BREZEANU, Mariana CALARA, Andreea Beatrice CATANÄ‚ Denisa SEVERIN, Andreea ANTAL TREMURICI, Creola BREZEANU
The paper aimed to present different genomic approaches and the role of Cicer arietinum diversity in breeding. The chickpea is one of the promising pulse crops in Europe. Recent European strategies focused on imperative need of safety and secure food and clean environment highlighted the importance of new and performant pulses genetic resources available for farmers. Despite the nutritional, agronomic and environmental benefits of chickpea, this crop remains insufficient explored. The low level of European plant protein self-sufficiency is due to: the lack of breeding resources and knowledge gaps (low agronomic expertise, insufficient cooperation between stakeholders, non-competitive management of PGR), poor adaptation of protein plant cultivars in Europe. The study presents: (1) modern breeding approaches based on genomic approaches, (2) the diversity of chickpea by screening of the vast volume of accessions available in gene banks, (3) the role of inclusion of wild genetic material in current breeding programs, thanks to their feature to imprint tolerance/ resistance to different abiotic and biotic stressors.
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