CHICKPEA, Cicer arietinum L., IRENKA

Year of registration: 1998

Description:
annual plant with a strong stem resistant to lodging, covered with glandular hairs branched root with nodule bacteria the flowers are red to pink the pods contain 1–2 brown seeds

Economic traits

• a legume with high protein content
• a crop suitable for food (flour, whole seeds are eaten cooked or roasted)
• for its high drought resistance and atmospheric N fixation potential it is suitable for improvement of sandy, podzol soils dump heaps and for increasing yields of subsequent crops on the arable land

Practical advice to growers:

• warm-loving crop productive in warm and drier regions
• sowing in early spring to retain moisture in the soil
• rate of sowing (80 – 120 kg/ha)
• the growing season, depending on climatic conditions, is 130 days