Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) belongs to the family Leguminosae. It is widely cultivated in India, Australia, Pakistan, Turkey, Myanmar, and Ethiopia. It is an important cool season pulse crop and is also called Bengal gram. In terms of pulse production, India contributes about 25% to the total global pulses production. In India chickpea grows on about 106 lakh ha area producing 111.58 lakh tone with the average year of 1056 kg ha-1. In UP its total area is 6.11 lakh ha, production 6.84 lakh tonnes, and productivity 1120 kg/ha.

El autor de este libro de investigación Sandeep Yadav completó todo su trabajo de investigación bajo la supervisión del Dr. Suresh Kumar, Profesor Asociado (Ciencia del Suelo), ANDUAT, Ayodhya, actualmente, está llevando a cabo un doctorado en Ciencia del Suelo