A catalog of kabuli chickpea germplasm :|ban evaluation report of winter-sown kabuli chickpea land races, breeding lines and wild Cicer species

412 Pages·1991·16.4 MB·English

by  Singh, K. B

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A Catalog of
Kabuli Chickpea Germplasm
K.B. Singh, L. Holly and G. Bejiga
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y International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- Arid Tropics
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Areas (ICARD
Aleppo, Syria,
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representatives v1 wuner agencies, emment agricultural scientists, and institutional
administrators from developed and developing countries who guide and support its
work.
The CGIAR seeks to enhance and sustain food production and, at the same
time, improve socioeconomic conditions of people, through strengthening national
research systems in developing countries.
ICARDA focuses its research efforts on areas with a dry summer and where
precipitation in winter ranges from 200 to 600 mm. The Center has a world
responsibility for the improvement of barley, lentil, and faba bean, and a regional
responsibility--in West Asia and North Africa-- for the improvement of wheat,
chickpea, and pasture and forage crops and the associated farming systems.
Much of ICARDA’s research is carried out on a 948-hectare farm at its head-
quarters at Tel Hadya, about 35 km southwest of Aleppo. ICARDA also manages
other sites where it tests material under a variety of agroecological conditions in Syria
and Lebanon. However, the full scope of ICARDA’s activities can be appreciated only
when account is taken of the cooperative research carried out with many countries in
West Asia and North Africa.
The results of research are transferred through ICARDA’s cooperation with
national and regional research institutions, with universities and ministries of
agriculture, and through the technical assistance and training that the Center provides.
A range of training programs are offered extending from residential courses for
groups to advanced research opportunities for individuals. These efforts are supported
by seminars, publications, and by specialized information services.
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The variation of seed size and color in chickpea.
A CATALOG OF KABULI CHICKPEA GERMPLASM
(An Evaluation Report of Winter-sown Kabuli
Chickpea Land Races, Breeding Lines and Wild Cicer Species)
K.B. SINGH
Principal Chickpea Breeder (ICRISAT)
L. HOLLY
Legume Germplasm Curator
G. BEJIGA
Post-doctoral Fellow (Chickpea Breeding)
International Center for Agricultural Research
in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
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Foreword
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Searching the data base
Availability of seed
Passport Information
Descriptors used
Donor organizations
Collecting organizations
Collectors
Countries of origin
Evaluation
Introduction
Evaluation procedures
Criteria for selection of elite germplasm
Elite germplasm
Descriptors
ihe Days to 50% flowering
2s Flowering duration
36 Days to maturity
4. Plant height
52 Canopy width
. Growth habit
. Biological yield
. Seed yield
. Harvest index
Seeds per meter square
Pod dehiscence
. Hundred seed weight
. Protein content
. Callosobruchus chinensis
Cyst nematode
Cold
Iron deficiency
24 Herbicide
Germplasm useful for multiple characters
Listing of Passport Information
Land races
Breeding lines
Wild Cicer species
Evaluation data
Land races
Breeding lines
Wild Cicer species
References

Foreword
The world mandate for the improvement of chickpea rests with the
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT), India, while the International Center for Agricultural
Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria, has the regional mandate in
West Asia and North Africa. Research on the desi type chickpea is
carried out by ICRISAT, and on the kabuli type by both centers jointly
from ICARDA’s base in Syria.
ICARDA and ICRISAT first published a Kabuli Chickpea Germplasm
Catalog in 1983 with the major emphasis on morpho-agronomic and
phenological characters. In the present Catalog, emphasis has been
placed on the evaluation of biotic and abiotic stresses, in the belief
that a breakthrough in chickpea production could only be made by the
use of resistant cultivars. The earlier Catalog included evaluation
data on land races only, whereas this Catalog contains information on
breeding lines and wild species of Cicer as well. Since chickpea is
traditionally grown in spring in the Mediterranean region, the former
Catalog contained information on morphological, phenological and seed
Characters evaluated during spring. However, in view of the recent
successes with winter sowing in increasing chickpea _ production,
evaluation of the germplasm reported in this Catalog was carried out
with winter-sown accessions.
It has been a_ long-standing policy of the International
Agricultural Research Centers to freely distribute germplasm and
breeding lines. To date, thousands of lines have been distributed to
scientists working in the National Agricultural Research Systems
(NARS). We are indeed gratified that NARS scientists have made good
use of this material; have identified sources of resistance to
different biotic and abiotic stresses; and released a large number of
superior cultivars in many countries derived from germplasm provided by
the Centers.
Both ICRISAT and ICARDA contributed equally to this Catalog,
which is a good example of partnership in research between the
International Agricultural Research Centers within the Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research. In placing it in the
hands of chickpea scientists, the two centers hope that it will
motivate greater efforts towards increasing chickpea production.
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Te: ale Nasrat R. Fadda
Director General Director General
ICRISAT TCARDA