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Seed protein content was determined in several genotypes of chickpea grown at different locations in India in different years. Statistical analysis showed that locations had the greatest influence on seed protein content. The effects due to cultivars although significant were of low magnitude. Cultivars × location interactions were found to be nonsignificant and there were good correlations among locations suggesting that breeding for improved seed protein content in chickpea could be effectively carried out at a single location.
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Submitted as Journal Article No. 228 by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
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Singh, U., Kumar, J. & Gowda, C.L.L. The protein content of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) grown at different locations. Plant Food Hum Nutr 32, 179–184 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091338
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091338