Some Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Varieties Relations Betwen Features Correlation and Path Analysis

In this study, were examined relationship between grain yield with some traits of some chickpea varieties, have been registered in our country by using correlation and path analysis. This research was conducted in 2011-12 and 2012-13 growing seasons in ecological condition of Kızıltpe/Mardin. The study was designed according to randomized block with three replications and three cultivars (Azizye-94, Menemen-92, Yaşa-05, İzmir-92, ILC-482, Işık-05, Canitez-87, Er-99 Diyar-95, ve Gökçe chickpea variety) . According to the results; It were forund important and positive relationships between grain yield with grain number of per plant (0.927 **), number pods of per plant (0.916 **) and harvest index (0.728 **). Path analysis results showed that the number of seeds per pod (p= 0.822, 43.6 %), first pod height (p = 0.466, 30.7 %) and the number of pods per plant (p= 0.503, 26.3 %) had highly direct positive effects on grain yield, while plant height (p= -0.407, 30.9 %) was high and negative impact. It was concluded that the number of pods per plant, the number of seed in per pod and the first pod height may be used as selection criteria to achieve its high-grain yield potential in the chickpea breeding.