PJB-2022-529
EVALUATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EXOTIC CHICKPEA LINES
Usman bacha
Abstract
ABSTRACT
An experiment on evaluation and characterization of exotic chickpea lines was carried out at Agronomy Research Farm, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan, during Rabi season 2021-2022. The experiment included 10 chickpea lines (Ulzet, Aksin-91, Goktork, Sari-98, Unzunlu-99, Ardogan, Bahadir, Gokce, Azkan and Inci) with two local check (Fakhri thal and KK-1) in RCB design with three replications. The plot size was 6 m2 having 4 rows 3 m long with row to row and plant to plant distance of 50 cm and 10 cm, respectively. Results indicated that the local check KK-1 took less days to emergence (10), flower initiation (81), 50% flowering (88), 50% physiological maturity and had maximum emergence (18 m-2) and more number of seeds pod-1 (1.83). While exotic chickpea line Ulzet produced higher seedling length (11.2 cm), number of leaflets (16), number of pods plant-1 (57), pod beak length (6.08 mm), seed length (1.13 cm), seed width (0.83 cm), 1000 seed weight (405 g), biological yield (4127 kg ha-1) and grain yield (1639 kg ha-1) as compared to the local checks. Likewise, Unzunlu-99 line resulted in higher rachis length (8.5 cm), leaflet length (1.6 cm), leaflet width (1.03 cm), plant height (94 cm), number of primary branches plant-1 (4), number of secondary branches plant-1 (8), number of tertiary branches plant-1 (4), pod length (2.84 cm) and pod width (1.5 cm) as compared to the local checks. Exotic line Aksin-91 line recorded higher harvest index (53%). It is concluded that exotic lines Ulzet and Bahadir performed better than the local checks in terms of yield and yield components.
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