Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Manoranjan Biswal, RS Solanki, Shailendra Sagar Prajapat, R Shiv Rama Krishnan and Anita Babbar

Abstract:
The cultivated chickpea is one of India's most significant pulse crops. Chickpea genotypes must be characterized, identified, and assessed for genetic purity before they may be used properly. Morphological characterization is the first step in the description and classification of the germplasm. An understanding of morphological characters facilitates the identification, selection of desirable traits, designing new populations and transferring their desirable genes into widely grown food legumes. Observations were recorded as per DUS guide lines and found large variation for different agro-morphological traits. Describing the characteristics of a crop species based on standard descriptors is effective for better utilization and conservation of germplasm.