Recovery of rare interspecific hybrids of gram Cicer arietinum × C. cuneatum L. through tissue culture

The genus Cicer has a total of 43 species of which only one, Cicer arietinum L., is cultivated while the rest are wild. C. arietinum (chickpea) crosses readily with only C. reticulatum. Attempts to hybridize it with other wild Cicer species have so far been unsuccessful. An attempt was therefore made to cross chickpea with C. cuneatum