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 Grain Legume Crops

Common Name:

 Chickpea

Latin Name:

 Cicer arietinum

Variety:

 Myles

Crop Origin:

 Turkey

Type:

 Annual grain desi type

Date Planted:

 16 June, 2005

Growth Stages in Ohio

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January February March April May June
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Cultivation in Ohio

Primary Uses:

 Grain, food

 Planting:

 Plant 1 inch deep for small seeded types and 2 inches deep for larger types into moist, firm soil.

 Seeding Rate:

 80 to 100 lb/acre for desi type and 125-150 for large kabuli type

Fertility:

 Does not require N application, P should be applied at the same rates used for wheat production.  Chickpea must be inoculated with a specific Rhizobium strain for Cicer species to ensure effective nodulation and N fixing activity.

Insects:

 Cutworms and wireworms.

Diseases:

 Ascochyta blight is the most serious threat.

Harvest:

 Direct harvesting is possible, but requires an experienced combine operator as pod height is typically 4 inches above the ground.

Comments:

                                                                                                                                       MVB

Identification

Leaf:

 Chickpea leaf flower.JPG (1901108 bytes)

Flower:

 Chickpea_ flower.JPG (1927398 bytes)

Seeds:

 Chickpea_desi_seed.JPG (1195026 bytes)

Distribution:

 chickpea distribution map.jpg (31720 bytes)

  More Information  

Links:

 http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/plantsci/crops/a1236w.htm