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Screeing of genetic ressources of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and grass pea (Lathyrus sativus): Adaption to climate change in Germany with alternative legumes for human nutrition
Project
Project code: 2820EPS010
Contract period: 01.12.2022
- 30.11.2025
Budget: 242,331 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: human nutrition, ingredients, climate protection, climate protection, sustainability, plant genetic resources, other legumes
Vorhabensziel engl. (max. 2000 Zeichen) The overarching goal is to test the genetic resources of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) for their suitability for cultivation in Germany in order to expand the range of crops for conventional and organic farmers. Both species are very well adapted to dry and warm climate conditions. They thus represent promising alternatives to widely cultivated legumes such as peas or field beans, which are showing increasingly lower yield stability due to climate change. In the project, genetic resources are therefore identified for both crops and tested for their suitability for regional cultivation in order to provide interested farmers with suitable genotypes. The selection of chickpeas is aimed for locations with high temperatures, while the grass pea is also suitable for cooler locations with sandy soils, where drought stress is to be expected in the future due to climate change. In this way, the various climate regions in Germany are included as comprehensively as possible in the project
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Plant Breeding
- Genetic Resources
- Organic Farming
Framework programme
Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture (BÖLN)
