2024-04-13 02:51:39
The commercial exchange between 2019 y 2022 of the Mexican chickpea managed to grow up to 33.1%, going from 160 million dollars to 213 million dollars, revealed the Secretary of Agriculture.
In addition, it was reported that a variety of the legume with greater tolerance to drought y disease resistant and for the purposes of climate change.
The seed is grown in Mexico, mainly in the northwest regions y central west, and it is an attractive production alternative due to its low water consumption.
That is why the variety Seri was developed as a planting option for the producing regions of our country, especially in land with infestations of fungi of the genus Fusarium –causing root diseases.
To confirm the resistance of the new variety, specialists from INIFAP evaluated the legume in fields infested with root diseases.
On these surfaces they recorded an average grain yield of origin of two thousand 582 kilograms per hectare, higher figure than the Blanco Sinaloa-92 and Blanorwhich produced 2 thousand 41 and 2 thousand 5 kilograms per hectare, respectively.
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2024-04-13 02:51:39