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Legumes such as chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) are sources of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, folic acid, b-carotene and fatty acids that promote health; therefore, its integral use is necessary. The objective of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition, functional properties and antioxidant capacity of chickpea formulations with heat treatments and to identify its potential for developing new products. Formulations were cooked grain and flour made from raw chickpea and flour made from cooked chickpea. The evaluations included pH, Aw, chemical composition, absorption capacity, water retention, emulsification, foaming, foam stability and antioxidant capacity. A completely randomized experimental design was utilized, the data were analyzed with a one-way ANOVA and differences between average values were evaluated with the Tukey (p£0.05) test. Aw remained constant in the flours, but in cooked grain moisture content was affected (p£0.05), which limits its use in commercial food production. In protein content, fiber and fat were reduced little by the heat treatment. The capacity of water absorption and retention and gelation increased with the heat treatments, while foam stability and emulsification capacity decreased. Antioxidant capacity of the extracts (total phenols, DPPH and TEAC) was not significantly affected by the heat treatments in the flour, but in cooked grain antioxidant capacity was lower (p£0.05) because of its higher moisture content. Because of its chemical characterization and antioxidant capacity, cooked chickpea flour can be used to enrich foods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A study on the behavior of five lines of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), from the Dry Areas Research Institute (ICARDA), (Syrian Arab Republic), for Los Palacios´s municipality conditions was carried out. Sowing was done in December of 2008. A randomized block experimental design with three replications using three cuban varieties as control treatments was employed. The plant height (cm), number of branches/plant, number of sheaths/plant, filled and empty sheaths/plant, 100-grain weight (g), crop yield (t.ha-1) and disease incidence (%) were evaluated. The obtained values were analyzed using a simple ANOVA and means were compared by Tukey's test. The results indicated that all lines responded to the edaphoclimatic conditions of the site. Nevertheless, lines 1 and 3 showed the best behavior in all evaluated characters even the yield, which exceeded 2 t.ha-1. Also they were highly resistant to disease caused by Fusarium sp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A field experiment, in order to evaluate the performance of 11 chickpea (Cicer arietinum, L.) cultivated varieties was carried out in the La Estrella farm, Cooperative of Credit and Service “Eduardo Pérez Sánchez", Las Tunas municipaliaty during december 2010 to march 2011. The cultivars evaluate were N-5 HA, NAC-6, NAC-24, NAC-29, NAC-30 NAC-31, NAC-37, J-96, Mocorito-88, L-25 and JP-94, (local genotype as control). A random block design with four replicates was employed for evaluating physiological and field indicators. The dry plant mass, number pots and grain by plant, and weight of 100 grains of Mocorito-88 cultivar were larger. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Use of herbicides to weed control is an available option in irrigated chickpea crop at the region Cienega of Chapala, Jalisco State, Mexico; thus, it is necessary generate technology since information available is very limited. In this work we evaluated the effectiveness of five herbicides: Alachlor, Oxyluorfen, Pendimethalin, Prometryn and Triluralin were evaluated and applied in pre-emergenge to determine their effectiveness in controlling the species of broadleaf weeds Amaranthus sp., Chenopodium spp., Portulaca oleracea, Physalis costomati and Euphorbia heterophylla in kabuli chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under irrigation conditions during the seasons 2003-04 and 2004-05. Treatments were tested in a randomized complete block design with four replications, plot size consisted on four rows 5 me long and 76 cm between rows. For each herbicide was calculated the percentage of each weed control. For each weed carried out analysis of variance and statistical test. Results: Statistical differences among herbicides treatments over the weed species were found, both different percentages of control. The most effective herbicides were pendimethalin 3,5 L/ha and triluralin 3,5 L/ha, with percentages of control from 77 to 95. There were not visual effects of toxicity by herbicides over the chickpea crop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Areas of production at the Livestock Enterprise of Marti in Matanzas province, Cuba were sampled from December 2013 to February 2014 to determine the species of noxious insects associated with the chickpea crop (Cicer arietinum L.). Nine species belonging to three orders and families were found, among which Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner and Euschistus sp. were reported for the first time for the crop. Helicoverpa zea Hubner showed the highest frequency of occurrence and caused serious damages on pods and grains; thus, it was recognized as the main pest affecting this crop in our province. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study was to construct the life table of Plodia interpunctella Hübner on chickpea. The experiment was conducted at the Laboratory of Entomology, National Center for Plant and Animal Health (CENSA), under average conditions of temperature and relative humidity of 26.6 ± 1.0°C and 78.2 ± 6.5%, respectively. For the study, a cohort of 133 eggs was selected. After egg hatching, the number of larval instars and mortality in each of the insect stages were determined. With the results, the life table was constructed and several population parameters calculated. This lepidopteron showed high fecundity (mx) with an average of 463 ± 34.28 eggs per female. The larval period passed through five instars, with the largest number of deaths in the first instar, which allowed that 57.53% of the total of the hatched larvae reached the adult stage. In the population parameters, a generation time (T) of 40.57 days and a high net reproductive rate (R0) (252.71) were obtained, assuring replacement in a high number. The intrinsic rate of increase (rm) was of 0.14 and the finite rate of increase (ë) 1.15. The high population values make of this insect species an important pest for chickpea under storage conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Systematic samplings were conducted in the chickpea varieties Nacional 29 and JP-94 in three production units of Las Tunas province, Cuba, with a weekly frequency during each crop growing season from 2008–2011. The relative abundance and frequency of Heliothis virescens (F.) and Spodoptera frugiperda Smith were evaluated on 50 plants per plot in each sampling. S. frugiperda populations were observed to decline in favor of H. virescens. The carrying capacity, the intrinsic rate of increase and the coefficient of competition of both species were determined using the Lotka-Volterra model of interspecific competition. The isoclines generated by the logistic model were determined. It was corroborated that the differences in the abundance of these species on the crop are a response to an interspecific competition for exploitation of resources. The results obtained were the base for the estimation of 0.5 to 1 larva per plant as a signaling index of H. virescens in chickpea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Heliothis virescens (F.) is the main pest of the chickpea considered in Cuba, and your action constitutes losses in the yields. The present work had as objective to determine the biology of H. virescens in leaves and sheath chickpea. The studied was carried out in the Laboratory of Entomology, of the Center of Agricultural Researches. For the breeding of the insect was used a food was obtained starting from larva coming from the field. When obtaining the settings and to emerge the leaves, dish of Petri of 100 x 15 mm were used, where the larva were placed individually, 20 for each food, which were renewed daily. The change of instar was evaluated by those that they lapsed the leaves feed with the used diets, time duration since larva to adult, the weight of the pupa and the relationship male-female. It was obtained that the leaves of H. virescens feed with fresh leaves of chickpea lapsed for seven to instar, and those feed with fresh fruits by six to instar, the time of duration of the larval instars was of 27.93 days and of 14.5 days respectively, while in the pre-pustule state and pustule did not have differences among them. The larva development to adult was of 40.23 days in the leaves that fed with fresh leaves, what overcame in 15.29 days the development of those feed with fruits and the relationship male: female was of 1.2:1 and of 1:1 respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chickpea rust (Uromyces ciceris-arietini (Grognot) Jacz. & Boyd.) is an important foliar disease in all areas where this legume is cultivated. The present work was carried out during two consecutive years (2009 and 2010), with the objective of evaluating, under field conditions, the incidence (I) and severity (S) of chickpea rust on 28 genotypes and its relationship with leaf types (TH) uni-imparipinnate (A) and multipinnate (B). In the time studied, rust manifested massively late, with I = 92.14 % and S = 61.10 %, corresponding the highest infection levels to genotypes with leaf type A, compared to leaf type B; three lines B and one A presented better behavior to rust. Severity and incidence was correlated with each other and with the TH. This work constitutes the first study carried out in Cuba about genotypes response to rust and represents an advance step in the genetic improvement related with the selection, adoption and dissemination of chickpea cultivars with a better disease behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The insecticidal effect of products from Piper aduncum subsp. ossanum (C.DC.) Saralegui (Piperaceae) and zeolite, as an inert material, was determined on Lasioderma serricorne (F.) on chickpea under laboratory conditions. Four treatments (PAO-1, PAO-2, zeolite, and a control), were studied in a completely randomized design with four replications. The chickpeas (100 g) were mixed with the products or zeolite in glass jars. The highest values of mortality and reduction of adult emergence were observed with PAO-2. All the products tested showed a repellent effect against the pest with the best result obtained with PAO-1. No significant differences were found in the germination of chickpea grains in any of the treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the present research was to evaluate the agroproductive response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under different soil humidity conditions. For that purpose, an experiment was carried out in areas of the UBPC "El Sordo", municipality Martí, Matanzas. Three treatments were studied: control (the watering was applied to indicate the Technical Handbook for the cultivation of chickpea on the Cuba conditions), unirrigated conditions and unirrigated + Trichoderma sp. At the moment of harvest, it was determined the number of legumes per plant, number of empty legumes per plants, number of seeds per legumes, number of seeds per plant, weight of 100 seeds (g) and yield (t ha-1). A total randomize design was used and data was processed with the statistic software STATGRAPHIC plus 5.1. The analyzed treatments affected the yield and their attributes on chickpea, variety JP 94. Control (with watering) showed the best response. The application of TRICOSAVE 34 based on Trichoderma harzianum strain A-34 unirrigated, did not increased the yield parameters evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this work was to characterize the raw and roasted grains that are used in the Cuban coffee factories. The grains were natural Arabica Cuban coffee and Robusta coffee from Brazil, pea (Pisum sativum L.) from Canada and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) harvested in Cuba. The following determinations to the raw and roasted grains were made: hardness, apparent density, diameter and weight and content of aflatoxin B1, vitamin C, moisture, minerals, proteins, fiber, ash, total and assimilable carbohydrates and energy value. In general, the roast temperature influenced negatively on the nutritional composition of the grains and it was observed a significant decreasing of weight of the grain, apparent density, hardness and moisture. The loss for coffees and pea were according with to dayness of torrefaction process under the Cuban technological conditions. The Arabica coffee tolerates the thermal treatment better than Robusta coffee and the chickpea better than the pea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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