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Evaluation of annual wild Cicer species for drought and heat resistance under field conditions

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About 90% of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in the world is grown under rainfed conditions where it is subjected to drought and heat stress. Unlike the cultivated chickpea, annual wild Cicer species possess sources of resistance to multiple stress; annual wild Cicer species were therefore evaluated for resistance to drought and heat stress. Eight annual wild Cicer species (Cicer bijugum, C. chorassanicum, C. cuneatum, C. echinospermum, C. judaicum, C. pinnatifidum, C. reticulatum, and C. yamashitae) were compared with special checks, the cvs ICC 4958 and FLIP 87-59C (drought resistant) and ICCV 96029 (very early double-podded). ILC 3279 and 8617 as drought susceptible checks were sown after every 10 test lines. Yield losses due to drought and heat stress in some accessions and susceptible checks (ILC 3279 and ILC 8617) reached 100%. Accessions were evaluated for drought and heat resistance on a 1 (free from drought and heat damage)−9 (100% plant killed from drought and heat) visual scale. Four accessions of C. reticulatum and one accession of C. pinnatifidum were found to be as resistant to drought and heat stress (up to 41.8°C) as the best checks. C. reticulatum should be taken account in short term breeding programs since it can be crossed with the cultivated chickpea.

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This study is a part of an unpublished Ph.D. thesis of the first author and it was supported by Akdeniz University Scientific Research Projects Management Unit and the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), which are gratefully acknowledged. We are grateful to Prof. F. J. Muehlbauer (Washington State University, Pullman, USA), Prof. A. Graner (IPK, Gatersleben, Germany), Drs. W. Erskine, A. Sarker and B. J. Furman (ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria), Drs. B.V. Rao and Hari D. Upadhyaya (ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hydeabad, India) and Dr. A. E. Firat and A. Tan (Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Menemen, Izmir, Turkey) for kindly supplying seeds of Cicer species.

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Canci, H., Toker, C. Evaluation of annual wild Cicer species for drought and heat resistance under field conditions. Genet Resour Crop Evol 56, 1–6 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-008-9335-9

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