Abstract:
Nineteen chickpea genotypes were evaluated at Shambat, College of
Agricultural studies, Sudan University of Science and Technology in the
period from Dec. 2012 to Feb.2013 .The experiment design was a
Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications. Nine growth and
yield characters were measured. Genotypic Coefficient of variation,
heritability, genetic advance and phenotypic correlation were determined for
the nine characters. The results showed highly significant differences for all
the studied characters except number of branches per plant. The highest GCV
was given by of number pods per plant and the lowes was recorded for 100-
seed weight (g). High estimates of heritability (h2 50) were obtained
for days to 50% flowering and the lowest estimates of (h2 ≤ 20) was
obtained seed yield (kg/ha) .There were significant positive phenotypic
correlations between grain yield (kg/ha) and days to 50% flowering. Based on
the result obtained, it could be concluded that days to 50% flowering was the
effective character to select for improving the crop genotypes. The genotype
Salwa scored the highest seed yield 22.35(kg/ha) among the studied
genotypes.
