Variation in osmotic adjustment (OA) among chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars has been observed when exposed to terminal drought, but some studies suggest that this benefits yield while others suggest it does not benefit yield in water-limited environments. In the present study, parents differing in OA were crossed and a set of advanced breeding lines (ABLs) developed for yield testing. Th...

Drought, particularly terminal drought, reduces the yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Terminal drought tolerance and water use patterns were evaluated under controlled conditions in 10 genotypes of desi chickpea. Withholding water from early podding reduced vegetative growth, reproductive growth, seed yield, and water use efficiency for seed yield in all genotypes. The genotype Neelam, wh...

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is a major abiotic stress that negatively impacts plant growth and crop productivity. Al ions are released into soil solutions as function of pH, which in turn determined by combination factors, including local geology, historic vegetation land-use patterns. Selection use Al-tolerant crops preferred method to address the problem toxicity. The present study evaluated moder...

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of micronutrients on growth and yield performance chickpea. The consisted using two factors- variety treatments. Two local cultivars viz. BARI Chola-5 Chola-9 five treatments e.g. T0 = control, T1 2 kg B/ha, T2 Mo/ha, T3= seed priming with Mo (1g/l water), T4 foliar spray B (0.5 g/l water) + T5 B/ha were considered for this study. A randomized com...

A field experiment was conducted aiming to study the influence of Sulphur and Zinc on growth yield chickpea during Rabi season 2021/22. The treatments were T1 (20 kg sulphur h-1 + 10 zinc h-1), T2 15 T3 20 h-1),T4 (30 T5 T6 T7 (40 T8 h-1) T9 h-1). findings show that treatment recorded highest plant height (44.11 cm), maximum number nodules/plant (42.40), dry weight (8.05 g/plant), pods/plant (3...

• Response to low temperature during early growth in cultivated chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and its wild progenitor C. reticulatum was investigated to clarify the evolutionary processes under domestication in this crop. • Parental lines and their F2 and F3 progeny were exposed to cold treatment (4°C) for 30°d after seed imbibition and compared with controls. • Cold treatment caused a 19-d advanc...

A set of 14 plant lectins was screened in a binary choice bioassay for inhibitory activity on cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) oviposition. Coating of chickpea seeds (Cicer arietinum L.) with a 0.05% (w/v) solution of plant lectins caused a significant reduction in egg laying. Control experiments with heat inactivated lectin and BSA indicated that the observed deterrent effects are s...