Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

Warm Season

Chickpea is an upright bushy annual legume. It’s claim to fame is drought resistance. It will not tolerate salinity. Moderately tolerant of shading.

Seeds/pound: 3300-6600 Seed/sq ft/pound of seed: 0.1-0.2

Uses:

  • Nitrogen builder
  • Intercropping
  • Erosion control
  • Grazing potential

Strengths:

  • Drought resistance

Concerns:

  • Poor disease resistance
  • Seed size

Grazing:

Has potential.

Hay:

Has potential with warm season grasses.

Mycorrhizal support? Yes