Mutation Breeding in Chickpea: Perspectives and Prospects for Food Security

• Main Author: Kozgar, M. Imran (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2014
• Subjects: pulse crops; effectiveness of mutagenic treatments; mutation breeding; bioavailability of minerals; chickpea; physiological parameters of mutant lines
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The book by M. Imran Kozgar aims to cover the problems of mutation breeding in pulse crops in the light of issues related to food insecurity and malnutrition, which according to FAO are the major threats at the present time. So far the research on induction of mutation in pulse crops is negligible c...