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The short note describes the morphology and chromosome number of Cicer canariense Santos Guerra & Lewis. This taxon has been found to have a meiotic chromosome number of 2n<16 and not 2n<24, as reported earlier. At ICRISAT Center, while other perennial Cicers did not perform well, Cicer canariense flowered and produced seeds. The species grew vigorously and had multi-podded peduncles and multi-seeded pods. Such traits of Cicer canariense can be very useful in the genetic improvement of chickpeas.
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Pundir, R.P.S., Mengesha, M.H. & Reddy, G.V. Morphology and cytology of Cicer canariense, a wild relative of chickpea. Euphytica 69, 73–75 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00021727
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