An innovative natural speed breeding technique for accelerated chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) generation turnover.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The slow breeding cycle presents a significant challenge in legume research and breeding. While current speed breeding (SB) methods promise faster plant turnover, they encounter space limitations and high costs. Enclosed environments risk pest and disease outbreaks, and supplying water and electricity remains challenging in many developing nations. Here, we propose an innovative natural speed breeding (nSB) approach to achieve two generation cycles per rabi season under natural open field conditions in chickpea. This cost-effective, environmentally friendly method offers a location-specific alternative to prevalent SB techniques.

Results

Two field experiments were conducted. First, 11-day-old fresh immature green (FIG) seeds exhibited an 80% germination rate, redu

SUBMITTER: Gurumurthy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11583528 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature