%0 Journal Article
%@ 1023-861
%A Kumar, J
%A Pannu, R K
%A Rao, B V
%D 2001
%F icrisat:5059
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
%J International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter
%P 7-8
%T Development of a Short-duration Chickpea for the Subtropics
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/5059/
%V 8
%X A new short-duration, early chickpea cultivar ICCV 96029 was developed and tested in comparison with long duration control cultivars in Hisar, Haryana, India in 1997/98 and 1998/99. This cultivar flowered and matured earlier than the controls, and its reproductive phase was longer by 7-13 days, resulting in the development of better sink for higher harvest index. ICCV 96029 produced pods in January, while control cultivar Pant G-114 started podding only in February.