Ecological variety testing of chickpeas in a changing climate in the West of Kazakhstan

Abstract

This research was carried out within the framework of the scientific and technical program BR10765000 “Creation of highly productive varieties and hybrids of leguminous crops based on the achievements of biotechnology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry of plants for their sustainable production” under the budget program 267 “Increasing the availability of knowledge and scientific research”. The article presents the results of ecological variety testing of chickpeas in the arid conditions of Western Kazakhstan. The West Kazakhstan region sharply differs in soil and climatic conditions from other regions of Kazakhstan. Naturally, in such difficult environmental conditions, varieties that will be able to fully solve the problem of overcoming the negative complex influence of limiting environmental factors that are strictly specific to a particular zoning zone become crucial. Among leguminous crops, chickpea occupies a leading position as a source of vegetable protein and has very high nutritional value. Moreover, its value lies in its ability to improve soil fertility by enriching it with nitrogen. Chickpea is an excellent precursor to spring durum wheat. The main goal of this scientific work is to systematically study chickpea breeding material, identifying sources of valuable traits and properties through ecological selection, and creating new competitive and patentable varieties adapted to the agroecological conditions of our region. The article presents a summary of the results of ecological variety testing of chickpea breeding carried out by various research institutes including the Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Breeding, Krasnokutsky Breeding and Experimental Station, Volgograd State Agricultural Academy, Krasnovodopadsky Agricultural Experimental Station, and the Scientific and Production Center of grain economy named after A.I. Baraev.