Identification of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) breeding lines tolerant to high temperature

In context of climate change, yield potential chickpea is hampered by heat stress. Increasing area rice fallows, shifting in cropping system and global warming, needs to identify the genotypes tolerant high temperature. With this objective an experiment was conducted during winter (rabi) season 2020–21 at seed breeding farm Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications. Forty two were grown under timely (E I), late II) very planting (heat stress condition-E III). Selection based on BYPP, HI 100 SW will be more effective for constructing plant type suited sown conditions. On basis different indices, genotype JG 2020-27, 2020-32 E I II 24, 2020-1, 2020-27 III recorded higher YI, MP GMP, respectively. Promising lines recognized various indices would utilized improvement programme current changing climatic