Grafting wild and domestic chickpeas

By Shannon Beattie
Updated April 2 2020 - 4:58pm, first published 10:00am
Dr Maria Pazos-Navarro (left) and research technician Simone Wells (right) looking at the different floral developmental stages in domestic and wild chickpeas under controlled-environment conditions.
Dr Maria Pazos-Navarro (left) and research technician Simone Wells (right) looking at the different floral developmental stages in domestic and wild chickpeas under controlled-environment conditions.

CHICKPEA germplasm with potential improved tolerance to chilling temperature and acid soils are in the works as part of new research being conducted by The University of Western Australia (UWA) to cross wild and domestic varieties.

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