Relative Performance of Promising Chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.) Lines under Drought Stress Milieu

Sustained drought, uneven rain falls, progressively depleting soil moisture and predominant cultivation of chickpea under residual soil moisture condition are major causes of drastic decline in chickpea productivity in Pakistan. Systematic breeding efforts are required for evaluation of available ge...

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Published in:Pakistan journal of agricultural research 2021, Vol.34 (4), p.672
Main Authors: Akhtar, Muhammad, Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq, Cheema, Kaiser Latif, Ahmad, Mushtaq, Khalid, Muhammad Jahanzaib, Amin, Amir, Shah, Javed Anwar, Qadeer, Zeeshan, Ali, Zeshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Chickpeas
Correlation analysis
Crop yield
Cultivars
Drought
Drought index
Drought resistance
Genetic improvement
Germplasm
Legumes
Moisture stress
Plant breeding
Productivity
Rain
Reduction
Residual soils
Soil conditions
Soil moisture
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Summary:Sustained drought, uneven rain falls, progressively depleting soil moisture and predominant cultivation of chickpea under residual soil moisture condition are major causes of drastic decline in chickpea productivity in Pakistan. Systematic breeding efforts are required for evaluation of available genetic material to evolve drought tolerant chickpea cultivars for drought prone regions of the country. For this purpose, a research experiment was conducted in moisture stress (drought) and non-stress conditions (irrigated) at Gram Breeding Research Station, Kallurkot, Pakistan during 2019-20. Mean performance of various traits revealed significant differences among all the included chickpea advance lines. Drought indices i.e. drought tolerance efficiency (DTE), drought susceptibility (DSI) and yield reduction percentage were calculated to identify the drought tolerant chickpea lines. Correlation analysis showed that the strains possessing higher number of pods plant-1, more root length and maximum grain weight were comparatively least susceptible to moisture stress along with higher yield potential. Results regarding drought indices also indicated that relatively higher DTE, less DSI and minimum yield reduction percentage were revealed by KK-10001, KK-10015, KK-10019 and Bhakkar-2011. Therefore, these advance lines possess best genetic constitution for moisture stress tolerance and may be utilized further for chickpea genetic improvement program.
ISSN:0251-0480
0251-0480
2227-8311
DOI:10.17582/journal.pjar/2021/34.4.672.677