Chickpea plant that is nitrogen-fixing and drought-tolerant blooming in a field - Sean Gallup/Getty Images Because they are primarily grown for food, you may not think of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum ...

Because they are primarily grown for food, you may not think of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) as a useful cover crop. Indeed, chickpea is the world's fourth largest grown legume crop, but it's ...