Impact of Cluster Front line Demonstration on Productivity of Chickpea (Cicerarietinum Linn.) in farmer’s fields of Varanasi District
Introduction Chickpea (Cicerarietinum Linn.), a self-pollinating diploid (2n=2x=16) with a genome size of 740 Mbp, is the world’s third most important food legume. It is currently grown on about 11.5 million ha, with 96% of the area in developing countries [1-4]. Chickpea production has increased during the past 30 years from 6.5 million tons (1978-1980 …