Effect of Seeds Size on Yield and Yield Components of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

Abstract

The study was carried out during the chickpea growing season to study the effect of seed size on yield and yield components of chickpea. Ten chickpea genotypes NKC-5-S13, NKC-5-S24, NKC-5-S17, NDC-122, NDC-4-20-6, NKC-5-S16, KARAK-2, NDC-4-20-1, NIFA-88 and NIFA-95 were used in this study. Randomized complete design (RCBD) was used with three replications. Data were recorded on days to 50% flowering, plant height, primary branches plant-1, secondary branches plant-1, pods plant-1, seeds pod-1, number of seeds plant-1, 100 seed weight, biological yield plant-1, harvest index, leaf area, leaflet leaf-1, seed yield plant-1, seed yield plot-1. Significant differences were observed for all traits. Ranges of different parameters were recorded as 138-149.3 for days 50% flowering, 53.3-67.8cm for plant height, 1.6-4.5 for primary branches plant-1, 4.1-9.7 secondary branches plant-1, 25-69.2 for pods plant-1, 1-1.7 for number of seeds pod-1, 34.8-69.5 for number of seed plant-1, 18.4-31.1g for 100-seed weight, 9.9-40.5g for biological yield plant-1, 29-51.1g for harvest index, 290.1-716g seed yield plot-1, 4.5-20.5g for seed yield plant-1, 3.8-8cm for leaf area and 12-14.9 for number of leaflets leaf-1.The effect of seed size on yield and yield components was significant for most of the traits.