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Heritability and predicted gain from selection in components of crop duration in divergent chickpea cross populations

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Genetic analysis of ten quantitative traits related to crop duration in chickpea was carried out using three F 2 sib-populations; 272-2 × CDC Anna, 298T-9 × CDC Anna and 298T-9 × CDC Frontier. F 3 and F 4 families from these populations were further evaluated for traits found important in the initial study. Also, 112 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of chickpea cross ICCV 2 × JG 62 were evaluated for days to flowering, days to maturity and reproductive period. An analysis of the F 2 population data using the mixed model approach revealed that the additive component of variance was significant for days to flowering, days to first podding and days to first pod maturity, while dominance genetic variance was significant for morphological components of crop duration such as height to first pod and height at flowering. Comparatively high heritability estimates (39–48%) were obtained for days to flowering, days to first pod maturity, percent pod maturity at four months after planting and days to maturity based on offspring-parent (F 4 and F 3 generations) regression and/or analysis of variance for the RIL population. The predicted gain from selection as a percentage of the population mean was low (5% or less) for these key components of crop duration owing to the low variability detected within the populations, the exception being percent pod maturity. To maximize gain from selection in these traits, it is therefore, essential to increase genetic variability among the progenies, potentially through multi-parent crosses that may involve gene introgression from across desi and kabuli types of chickpea and from wild progenitors.

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Abbreviations

DF:

days to flowering

DFP:

days to first podding

PEP:

pod establishment period

DFPM:

days to first pod maturity

PFP:

pod filling period

PPM:

percent pod maturity

DM:

days to maturity

RP:

reproductive period

NNFP:

number of nodes to first pod

HFP:

height to the first pod

HF:

height at flowering

IH:

increase in height after flowering

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  1. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada

    Yadeta Anbessa, Tom Warkentin & Albert Vandenberg

  2. Crop Diversification Centre South, S.S. #4, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Brooks, AB, T1R 1E6, Canada

    Manjula Bandara

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Anbessa, Y., Warkentin, T., Vandenberg, A. et al. Heritability and predicted gain from selection in components of crop duration in divergent chickpea cross populations. Euphytica 152, 1–8 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-006-9163-y

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