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Registration of FLIP 2005‐8C and FLIP 2005‐9C, Chickpea Germplasm Lines Resistant to Chickpea Cyst Nematode
Author(s) -
Malhotra R. S.,
Greco N.,
Di Vito M.,
Singh K. B.,
Saxena M. C.,
Hajjar S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of plant registrations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1940-3496
pISSN - 1936-5209
DOI - 10.3198/jpr2006.09.0574crgs
Subject(s) - biology , germplasm , horticulture , humanities , art
Two chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm lines, FLIP 20058C (Reg. No. GP-273, PI 645462), and FLIP 2005-9C (Reg. No. GP-274, PI 645463) resistant to chickpea cyst nematode (CCN) (Heterodera ciceri Vovlas, Greco and Di Vito) were jointly developed by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria, and the Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (IPP-CNR), Italy, in August 2006. Chickpea cyst nematode is widely distributed and is an important pest in West Asia, where it often causes severe damage to chickpea. Although nematicides and soil solarization are highly effective for the control of nematodes, they are not economical and so are seldom used. Exploitation of host resistance seems to be the best alternative for control. The evaluation of a large number of chickpea germplasm accessions at ICARDA indicated that cultivated chickpea had no resistance to the chickpea cyst nematode (Di Vito et al., 1988). Thus, we evaluated wild Cicer accessions for cyst nematode resistance as well as Cicer accessions belonging to different species previously observed to possess resistance. Out of these, only one accession, ILWC 292 belonging to C. reticulatum, was crossable with the cultivated chickpea (Singh et al., 1996). The lines FLIP 2005-8C and FLIP 2005-9C were developed from the cross ILWC 292/ILC 482. One of the parents, ILWC 292, belongs to the annual wild species, C. reticulatum, and is prostrate in growth habit and exhibits purple fl owers, purplish leaves and stems, and dehiscent pods. The second parent, ILC 482 is a widely adaptable Kabuli-type cultivar, released by national programs in Algeria, France, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, and Turkey Registration of FLIP 2005-8C and FLIP 2005-9C, Chickpea Germplasm Lines Resistant to Chickpea Cyst Nematode