Evaluation of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Genotypes Based on Morphological Traits in Agro-climatic Regions of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2023-2024 at the experimental farm of Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding ,Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh .A Randomized Block Design With three Replications was conducted for the study.22 Characters were observed and recorded which included ten qualitative traits and twelve quantitative traits days to 50 percent flowering, Days to pod initiation ,days to 50% pod setting ,plant height ,number of primary branches , number of secondary branches, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, seed yield per plant, biological yield, harvest index, seed index. Among all the genotypes ICCV-10 recorded best performance for seed yield per plant, days to pod initiation, days to 50 percent pod setting followed by among all genotypes. Followed by PG-06102 among all the genotypes. High PCV and GCV where recorded in number of seeds per pod, number of primary branches. The number of seeds per pod recorded high heritability. High seed index is recorded under genetic advance.