Variation in Seed-Quality Traits of Chickpea and Their Correlation to Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides Concentrations

Wang, R and Gangola, M P and Jaiswal, S and Baga, M and Gaur, P M and Chibbar, R N (2017) Variation in Seed-Quality Traits of Chickpea and Their Correlation to Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides Concentrations. Crop Science (TSI), 57 (3). pp. 1594-1602. ISSN 0011-183X

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Abstract

Genetic resources with desired seed composition are needed to improve nutritional quality of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) seeds. A germplasm collection of 171 chickpea genotypes (desi and kabuli types) was characterized for selected seed quality traits (thousand-seed weight [TSW], starch, protein, and amylose) in one greenhouse and two field trials. Kabuli-type chickpea genotypes (115.7 to 537.4 g and 36.2 to 49.0%) had higher TSW and starch concentrations than desi types (114.6 to 332.4 g and 32.4 to 42.9%), respectively. Desi type chickpea genotypes (16.7 to 27.5%) showed a higher range for protein concentration than kabuli types (17.1 to 24.8%). However, amylose concentration did not vary significantly between desi (29.7 to 34.4%) and kabuli (29.2 to 35.0%) type chickpea genotypes. Genotype, environment, and their interaction showed a significant impact on selected seed-quality traits. Among the chickpea seed-quality traits studied, seed weight was the most heritable trait, and it showed significant positive correlation with starch concentration. Protein, amylose, and total raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFO) had significant negative correlation with TSW. However, total RFO concentration showed significant positive correlation to both starch and protein concentrations. The identified desi and kabuli genotypes can be used as new genetic resources in chickpea improvement programs to develop chickpea varieties with enhanced nutritional composition.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : Asia
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Seed-Quality Traits, Chickpea, Chickpea improvement programs, Chickpea varieties, Nutritional Quality, Genetic resources, Desi and Kabuli types
Subjects:	Others > Crop Improvement Mandate crops > Chickpea Others > Genetics and Genomics Others > Germplasm
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2017 11:00
Last Modified:	14 Jun 2018 09:16
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10284
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2016.08.0710
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	This work was financially supported by Canada Research Chairs Program and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Internationalization program. The core research grant of International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT, Patancheru, India) is acknowledged for providing the germplasm collection, two replicated trials over two years, and seeds from the respective harvests that were used for analyses in this study. Runfeng Wang is a grateful holder of a Ph.D. fellowship from the China Scholarship Council.
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