TY - BK TI - Food legume improvement program. Annual report for 1989 U1 - 92-103288 PY - 1990/// CY - Aleppo (Syria) PB - ICARDA, KW - Adaptation KW - Agronomy KW - Arid zones KW - Cicer arietinum KW - Cooperative activities KW - Disease control KW - Entomology KW - Evaluation KW - Germplasm KW - AGROVOC KW - Insect control KW - Lens culinaris KW - Mechanization KW - Microbiology KW - Middle east KW - North Africa KW - Orobanche KW - Pisum sativum KW - Plant diseases KW - Plant nematodes KW - Plant physiology KW - Quality KW - Research KW - Training KW - Training courses KW - Vicia faba KW - Genetic resources KW - Plant breeding N1 - tables; fig N2 - The work of the Food Legume Improvement Program of ICARDA in 1989 is reported on the improvement of Kabuli chickpea, lentil, and faba bean within the framework of the Medium-term Plan of the Center. The work is reported on kabuli chickpea improvement including use of improved germplasm by NARS, screening for multiple stresses, screening genotypes for response to supplemental irrigation, improved germplasm for wheat based system, genetic study, evaluation of germplasm, application of biotechnology, diseases, entomology, microbiology, physiology and agronomy, and quality; lentil improvement including breeding, crop physiology, harvest ER -