Farooq, Muhammad Awais and Sarwet Jehan
Michigan State University
Presented at the All Scientist Meeting and Investigators Field Tour (2017-10-06 to 2017-10-07 )
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is third most important pulse crop in the world after dry beans and peas. Selection of high yielding cultivars require genetic variability in the yield and its related components. To assess genetic diversity on morphological basis in the yield and its related components an experiment was designed in the department of plant breeding and genetics in the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad during the year 2014. Fourteen elite breeding lines including three commercial varieties were selected and sown in randomized complete block design. Data was recorded for days taken to flowering, days taken to maturity, plant height, primary branches, secondary branches, total weight of plant, pods per plant, seeds per plant, 100-grain weight and grain yield per plant. Analysis of variance unveiled that there lies a significant variability in the characters. Seed yield per plant had significant and positive correlation with the days taken to 50% flowering, total weight, pods per plant, seeds per plant and 100 grain weight while primary and secondary branches per plant had negative correlation. Path coefficient analysis indicated that seed yield got direct and positive contribution from seeds per pod, plant height and days taken to 50% flowering. In the nutshell, it was established that seeds per pod can be used effectively to enhance the yield in future breeding program to bolster the yield of chickpea.
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