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Pod volume and pod‐filling percentage as additional traits for the characterization of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.)
Author(s) -
Pundir R. P. S.,
Reddy G. V.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1996.tb00949.x
Subject(s) - point of delivery , germplasm , biology , agronomy , horticulture , botany
Thirty short‐ to medium‐duration chickpea germplasm accessions from diverse geographic origins and with a wide range of physiological and morphological traits were grown in three environments at ICRISAT Asia Center, Patancheru, during 1992/93. Data were recorded on time to flowering, leaf area, 100‐seed mass, pod volume, and pod‐filling percentage. Quantitative data on the last two traits were recorded for the first time to examine their relevance to the characterization of germplasm accessions and their use as selection criteria in breeding. The accessions exhibited considerable variation for the traits. The broad‐sense heritabilities were 0.98 for pod volume and 0.85 for pod‐filling percentage. The two traits showed consistent relationships with other morphological characters indicating that the pod volume and pod‐filling percentage traits can be utilized in genotype characterization of chickpea.