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 | | The cultivated chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) belongs to the genus Cicer, which comprises an additional eight wild annual species. |
 | | The wild Cicer species, in general, possess higher levels of tolerance to many key biotic (ascochyta blight, fusarium wilt, nematodes, bruchids, leaf miner, pod borer) and abiotic (cold, heat, drought) stresses than the cultivated species. |
 | | The other wild Cicer species of interest are C. bijugum, C. pinnatifidum and C. judaicum, which possess high levels of tolerance to various biotic and abiotic stresses (ascochyta blight, bruchids, leaf miner, nematodes, drought, and cold). |
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