@article{icrisat292, year = {1980}, title = {Variability in the seed coat content of desi and kabuli chickpea cultivars}, pages = {18--18}, author = {U Singh and J Kumar and R Jambunathan and J B Smithson}, volume = {3}, journal = {International Chickpea Newsletter}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/292/}, abstract = {In trials with (a) 21 desi [small-seeded] and (b) 19 kabuli [large-seeded] chickpea cv., seed coat in seeds of (a) and (b) was in the range 9.7-17.3\% (av. 14.2\%) and 3.7-7 (4.9)\%, resp., seed coat thickness 115-205 u (av. 144) and 37-106 mu (58.5) and 100-seed wt. 11.6-33.6 g (av. 16.4) and 11.3-43.9 g (25.4). The seed coat percentage was positively correlated with seed coat thickness and was negatively correlated with 100-seed wt. Seed coat thickness was not associated with seed wt.} }