@manual{icrisat524, publisher = {International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics}, year = {1990}, type = {Documentation}, title = {Chickpea Kabuli Variety ICCV 2}, author = {- ICRISAT}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/524/}, abstract = {This new variety, named Swetha and released in 1989, was selected from the cross F3 ((K850 X GW5/7) X P458) X F3 (L550 X Guamuchil)-2. It has Fusarium oxysporum resistance, tolerates drought, salinity and heat stress and is less sensitive to daylength variations than common varieties. It has a spreading growth habit and flowers 2 weeks and matures 1 week earlier than Annigeri. Its seed protein content, biological value, true digestibility, net protein utilization and utilizable protein were 23.4\%, 79.0\%, 83.8\%, 66.2\% and 14.3\%, respectively, compared with 19.4\%, 72.7\%, 80.1\%, 58.3\% and 10.5\% for Annigeri. Its 100-seed weight was 24.0 g. It yielded up to 3.3 t/ha in Maharashtra in 1988-89 with irrigation and fertilization.} }