Sowing Date Affects the Timing and Duration of Key Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Growth Phases.

ABSTRACT: Chickpea is the main legume rotation crop within farming systems in northern New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and is grown mainly under rainfed conditions. Recent expansion of chickpea growing areas in southern and central western NSW expose them to abiotic stresses; however, knowledge about how these stresses affect overall crop development is limited. This study aimed to examine the influence of sowing time on the timing and duration of key chickpea phenological growth phases in southern and central western environments of NSW. Experiments were conducted over two years in southern NSW (Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Yanco (one year)) and central western NSW (Trangie) to identify phenology responses. Climatic, phenology and experimental site data was recorded, and the duration of growth phases

SUBMITTER: Richards MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7598726 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature