Heritability of Productivity Elements of Chickpeas and its Importance for Practical Breeding

This study examined the genetics of variability in quantitative traits and showed possibility selecting hybrids with a new, more favorable combination traits, which is practical interest for breeding. The main goal our research was to determine coefficients heritability by mass seeds number beans per plant hybrid combinations chickpeas, allowed establishing potential parental varieties transfer valuable genes responsible productivity offspring expanding spectrum genetic diversity. experiments were conducted fields educational experimental farm Omsk State Agrarian University southern forest-steppe region 2016-2018. included 6 chickpea samples complex from Federal Research Center All-Russian Institute Plant Genetic Resources named after N.I. Vavilov (VIR, St. Petersburg) 8 obtained on their basis. It found that characterized low (H2 = 22.8%) high 54.0%). largely paratypical influenced environmental conditions; due factors indicated diversity studied splitting populations. Selection based highly effective even early generations hybrids. ineffective; it should be carried out later under growing conditions. selection genotypes most successful populations seed weight plant: C-35 x ILC-2394, C-80 C-27 ILC-2402
 Keywords: heritability, selection, genetics,