Open AccessFood legumes breeding program in eastern Mediterranean region and Turkey
Author(s) -
Dürdane Mart,
Meltem Türkeri
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.53040/gppb7.2021.97
Subject(s) - agronomy , cultivar , biology , ascochyta , blight , legume , mediterranean climate , breed , agriculture , abiotic component , sowing , drought tolerance , crop , fusarium wilt , salinity , plant breeding , breeding program , horticulture , fusarium oxysporum , ecology , paleontology , genetics
Breeding is aimed to breed for varieties that are tolerant against disease, suitable for mechanized cultivation and harvest, and also offer them to the farmers as promising varieties. Since the purpose of legumes production is to obtain grain products of high yield and quality, developing suitable varieties for target regions where they will be grown is an important factor that needs to be considered. This breeding program aimed to develop new variety of recommended legumes varieties for different regions and will stimulate an increase in cultivation area. In Turkey chickpea is traditionally sown in spring and subjected to drought and heat stresses. Chickpea can be sown in autumn with new cultivars but winter-sown chickpea cultivars are not available for highlands. Some abiotic stresses (drought, heat, freezing etc.) and some biotic stresses (ascochyta blight, Fusarium wilt, and weeds) are common and important stresses, whereas nutrient imbalance includ-ing salinity are localized challenges. Lentil is usually traditionally sown in autumn and Central Anatolia green lentil, South Eastern Anatolia red lentil regions in Turkey. As a result of Turkish food legume Program, 48 chickpea, 41lentil, 49 beans, 3 faba beans, 3 pea and 4 cowpea varieties were registered.