Affiliation:
1. Archarya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology
2. : Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology
3. UP Council of Agricultural Research
4. National Botanical Research Institute CSIR
5. Advertising Standards Council of India
6. ICAR - Indian Institute of Seed Science
Abstract
Abstract
Genetic diversity among 43 genotypes of chickpea for 11 quantitative characters; in which Seed yield/plant exhibited positive and highly significant correlations coefficients with biological yield/plant (0.9447), pods/plant (0.7559), seeds/pod (0.5475), harvest index (0.5400) and secondary branches/plant (0.3766). Path coefficients analysis identified biological yield/plant (0.7963g) followed by harvest index (0.2792%), pods/plant (0.0435), 100 seed weight (0.0430g) and days to maturity (0.0417) important direct components for seed yield/plant. Pods/plant (0.6259), seeds/pod (0.4434), secondary branches/plant (0.3307), primary branches/plant (0.3132), days to 50% flowering (0.2431) and days to maturity (0.2339) via biological yield/plant were found important indirect components for seed yield/plant. The characters identified above as important direct and indirect components merit due to consideration in the formulation of effective selection strategy in chickpea for developing high yielding varieties. So, plant breeder can utilize this germplasm for further crop improvement.
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