Collection Strategies for Food Legumes

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Food legumes are consumed as dry seeds, green seeds or the green pods
\nwith irmture seeds inside. They are rich i n protein and thus form a
\nnatural supplement to carbhydrate-rich foods. This paper addresses
\nthe principles of germplasm collection, with reference mainly to one
\nimportant cool season food legume, chickpea (-Cicer a rietinum L.). Th i s
\nspecies is known to have originated in Turkey, 'and the crop i s now
\ncultivated under a much wider range of climatic conditions than occurs
\nin that country, i.e., from temperate to subtropical. Chickpea is a
\nself-pollinated crop. Germplasm accessions of chickpea are collected
\nfrom dry seeds. Collection strategies and some guidelines are
\ndiscussed in this paper. Other crops are referred to as examples of
\nspecial cases or uses.

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