Growth attributes at flowering and yield components at
maturity of six chickpea cultivars/lines grown in 25/15oC day/night
thermal regime. Mean ± SEM (n = 30)
| Growth/Yield attribute |
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| Annigeri | ICCV 88502 | ICCV 88503 | Pant G 114 | ICCV 88510 | ICCV 88514 | |
| At anthesis | ||||||
| 1. Emergence to anthesis (days) |
27.2 ± 1.41
|
28.5 ± 0.78
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28.2 ± 1.14
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33.6 ± 1.68
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31.7 ± 1.58
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34.8 ± 2.32
|
| 2. Plant height (cm) |
25.8 ± 1.08
|
27.4 ± 1.12
|
26.5 ± 1.74
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29.5 ± 2.08
|
30.8 ± 1.68
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28.7 ± 2.14
|
| 3. Branch number plant-1 |
1.8 ± 0.12
|
1.9 ± 0.18
|
1.8 ± 0.14
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2.2 ± 0.21
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2.1 ± 0.13
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1.9 ± 0.18
|
| 4. Node number plant-1 |
12.8 ± 0.64
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13.7 ± 0.82
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13.8 ± 0.61
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14.5 ± 0.58
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13.9 ± 0.71
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14.1 ± 0.52
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| 5. Dry matter production (g plant-1) | ||||||
| Leaf |
0.62 ± 0.04
|
0.59 ± 0.05
|
0.64 ± 0.04
|
0.74 ± 0.09
|
0.69 ± 0.08
|
0.71 ± 0.05
|
| Stem |
0.29 ± 0.03
|
0.27 ± 0.03
|
0.29 ± 0.02
|
0.32 ± 0.04
|
0.31 ± 0.03
|
0.35 ± 0.04
|
| Root |
0.77 ± 0.11
|
0.61 ± 0.04
|
0.72 ± 0.05
|
0.83 ± 0.08
|
0.76 ± 0.05
|
0.68 ± 0.05
|
| During flowering | ||||||
| 1. Flower number plant-1 |
13.5 ± 0.88
|
12.6 ± 0.92
|
12.9 ± 0.89
|
14.8 ± 1.12
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14.1 ± 0.89
|
15.3 ± 0.94
|
| 2. Abscised flowers plant-1 |
6.6 ± 0.48
|
5.9 ± 0.46
|
6.3 ± 0.51
|
7.5 ± 0.64
|
7.2 ± 0.43
|
8.0 ± 0.55
|
| 3. Duration of flower opening to pod set (days) |
6.5 ± 1.04
|
6.1 ± 0.57
|
6.2 ± 0.49
|
6.4 ± 0.42
|
5.2 ± 0.91
|
6.4 ± 0.62
|
| At maturity | ||||||
| 1. Pod number plant-1 |
6.2 ± 0.47
|
6.7 ± 0.52
|
6.6 ± 0.49
|
7.3 ± 0.61
|
6.9 ± 0.58
|
7.2 ± 0.59
|
| 2. Seed number plant-1 |
8.2 ± 0.68
|
8.5 ± 0.72
|
9.5 ± 0.64
|
9.7 ± 0.71
|
9.0 ± 0.75
|
9.2 ± 0.82
|
| 3. Seed number pod-1 |
1.2 ± 0.08
|
1.3 ± 0.06
|
1.4 ± 0.11
|
1.3 ± 0.07
|
1.3 ± 0.08
|
1.3 ± 0.09
|
| 4. Mean seed mass (mg) |
131 ± 12.2
|
155 ± 11.6
|
138 ± 10.3
|
126 ± 11.2
|
127 ± 10.6
|
137 ± 10.3
|
| 5. Seed yield (g plant-1) |
3.2 ± 0.21
|
3.9 ± 0.34
|
3.9 ± 0.32
|
3.7 ± 0.23
|
3.4 ± 0.28
|
3.8 ± 0.26
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