Accessing the Performance of Promising Germplasm of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under Red and Black Soil Conditionss

Abstract

About 550 germplasm accessions were evaluated in Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Jhansi Research farm for quantitative traits during rabi 2019-20, among them twenty germplasm accessions were selected based on their seed yield. During rabi 2020-21, these selected germplasm accessions are raised in red and black soil conditionss for accessing their performance through direct (variability, heritability, and genetic advance) and indirect selection parameters (correlation and path coefficient analysis). About seventeen quantitative traits were studied in both soil conditions Under red and black soil conditions, chlorophyll content, pods per plant, 100 seed weight, biological yield, and seed yield showed high Phenotypic and Genotypic Coefficient of Varience. In red soil conditions, chlorophyll content, plant height, 100 seed weight, biological yield, and seed yield showed high heritability and genetic advance, while in black soil conditions leaf area index, chlorophyll content, primary branches, and 100 seed weight showed high heritability coupled with genetic advance. By considering indirect selection parameters in the red soil conditions leaf area index, the number of primary branches and biological yield per plant were the major direct contributors to seed yield. Similarly, under black soil conditions leaf area index, leaflet size, and biological yield per plant were the major direct contributors to seed yield. By comparing the performance of twenty genotypes most of the genotypes perform well under red soil conditionss than black soil conditions.