Research Objective
To assess carbon (C) footprint of chickpea germplasm while increasing soil C sequestration and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Objective 4To select new chickpea germplasm with higher levels of tolerance to heat stress with an emphasis on elucidating the whole-plant, cellular, or molecular mechanisms that account for optimal seed set.
To broaden the resistance of chickpea to herbicides with different modes of action to combat environmental contamination by noxious weed species.
Objective 5To characterize and adapt high yielding, profitable chickpea germplasm for use in rotation in western Canada leading to reduced fertilizer consumption.
To assess carbon (C) footprint of chickpea germplasm while increasing soil C sequestration and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; to broaden the resistance of chickpea to herbicides with different modes of action to combat environmental contamination by noxious weed species; to select of new germplasm that requires less pesticide application due to higher levels of resistance to ascochyta blight; to select new chickpea germplasm with higher levels of tolerance to heat stress with an emphasis on elucidating the whole-plant, cellular, or molecular mechanisms that account for optimal seed set; to characterize and adapt high yielding, profitable chickpea germplasm for use in rotation in western Canada leading to reduced fertilizer consumption.