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Planting chickpea in October shows promise in the cold winter desert climate of Uzbekistan

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Tashkent, Uzbekistan ;

Pages 1p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The publication explores the plantation of cold tolerant chickpea variety in Chuya village, Uzbekistan. Through collaboration with ICARDA, cold tolerant chickpea varieties have been released in Uzbekistan which can be planted in October-November. Such Improved variety of chickpea is less likely to fail due to dry conditions in late springs. The chickpea crop planted on 20 October germinated well and survived the winter temperatures.

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