S. Sharma ¹, A. K. Saxena ¹, J. S. Sandhu ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141 004, IN

Abstract

Chickpea is world's third most important grain legume after beans and peas with over 73 per cent of production coming from South-East Asia. It is a good source of carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, trace elements and its protein quality is similar to or better than other legumes such as pigeon pec, black gram and green gram.

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