QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.) CULTIVARS IN DRY LAND AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
HAFIZ SAAD BIN MUSTAFA *
Oilseeds Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
IQTIDAR HUSSAIN
Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.
MUHAMMAD ZUBAIR AL- FAISAL
Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.
HAFIZ BASHEER AHMAD
Sugarcane Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
MUHAMMAD NAEEM KHAN
Agronomic Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
JAFAR SALIM
Statistical Section, AARI, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
ASRAR HUSSAIN SHAH
Institute of Soil Chemistry and environmental Science Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan.
ALI AFZAL
Institute of Soil Chemistry and environmental Science Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan.
MUHAMMAD RASHID
Institute of Soil Chemistry and environmental Science Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan.
ABDUL WAKEEL
Soil Salinity Research Institute, Pindi Bhattian, Pakistan.
ALLAH NAWAZ
Soil Salinity Research Institute, Pindi Bhattian, Pakistan.
MISBAH ZULFQAR
Oilseeds Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
RIZWAN KHURSHEED
Oilseeds Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
MUHAMMAD ALTAF
Oilseeds Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
IDREES AHMAD
Oilseeds Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Chickpea is an important pulse and main crop of water scarce areas. At the research field of Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan), a study was undertaken during 2017-2018 to evaluate nine different chickpea genotypes in a randomized complete block design laid out in four replicates. Five Desi varieties (Karak-1, Nifa-2005, Bhakkar-2011, Thal-2006 and Punjab-2008) and four Kabuli varieties (Noor-91, Hassan-2000, Noor-2009 and CM-2008) of chickpea were used in the trial. Analysis of variance showed significant variation for all the studied attributes excluding 50% flowering and number of grains pod-1. The pair wise comparisons also indicated significant difference among varieties for most of yield contributing factors. Among Desi varieties studied in the trial, NIFA-2005 had maximum branches (14.20), pods plant-1(81.2), grains pod-1 (1.13), grain yield (2178.40 kg ha-1), harvest index (35.22 %) and benefit-cost ratio (4.75). In case of Kabuli chickpea varieties, CM-2008 had highest grains pod-1 (1.11), grain yield (1696.80 kg ha-1), harvest index (28.62 %) and benefit- cost ratio (4.68). Therefore, it is recommended that NIFA-2005 for Desi and CM-2008 for Kabuli can be cultivated to get better yield performance under agro-climatic conditions of Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan).
Keywords: Chickpea, Cicer arietinum, desi, harvest index, kabuli