Evaluation of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) elite lines for adaptability under semi-arid climatic conditions
Aamir Raza, Ikram Ul-Haq
, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Mansoor Javaid, Samrin Gul, Ejaz Ashraf, Shayan Fatima, Umar Farooq
Abstract: Chickpea is a major pulse crop in Pakistan. It contributes more than 73% in terms of pulses area. It is mainly grown in arid and semi-arid climatic regions. The present study was conducted in Sargodha, Punjab region in semi-arid conditions. The study was done for the evaluation of elite genotypes collected from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. Experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The genotypes used for the experiment were UDC-02, UDC-04, UDC-06, UDC-08, UDC-10, UDC-12, UDC-14, UDC-20, UDC-30, UKC-03, UKC-05, UKC-1, UKC-15, and UKC-25. Among the genotypes, 9 were selected from desi and five genotypes from kabuli chickpea. Growth, yield components and yield were recorded to assess the performance of the studied genotypes. Statistical analysis was Analysis of variance, heritability for broad sense, least significant difference, and correlation among genotypes. All traits showed significant variation among genotypes. Genotypes UKC-01 and UDC-10 showed better results than other genotypes. Seed yield (g) has positive correlations with Plant height (cm) and No. of primary branches and negative correlations with days to flowering, days to pod initiation, No. of pods /m2, and No. of seeds per m2 with 73.3% heritability. Overall, Approximately UKC-1 showed 3431.8 kg seed yield per hectare and UDC-10 2904.5 kg seed yield per hectare and are good candidates for future breeding
programs as well as farmers of Sargodha and related climatic areas.
Keywords: adaptability; chickpea; climate resilience; correlation; heritability; yield
Citation: Raza, A., Ul – Haq, I., Asif, M., Javaid, M. M., Gul, S., Ashraf, E., Fatima, Sh. & Farooq, U. (2026). Evaluation of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) elite lines for adaptability under semi-arid climatic conditions. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 32(2), 411–417
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