The expression and influence on yield of the ‘double-podded’ character in chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.)

Sheldrake, A R and Saxena, N P and Krishnamurthy, L (1978) The expression and influence on yield of the ‘double-podded’ character in chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.). Field Crops Research, 1. pp. 243-253. ISSN 0378-4290

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Abstract

The number and percentage of nodes bearing two pods in ‘double-podded’ cultivars of chickpeas grown in northern India (at Hissar) and peninsular India (at Hyderabad) were compared. At Hissar 11% of the pod-bearing nodes were double-podded; at Hyderabad 28% were double-podded on early-sown and 49% on late-sown plants. In all cases the number of double-podded nodes per plant was similar, but different numbers of single-podded nodes per plant were formed, depending on the length of the growing season. At Hyderabad the percentage of double-podded nodes was not significantly affected by population-density nor by shading the plants throughout the reproductive phase. Partial defoliation of the plants reduced the percentage of double-podded nodes, as did the removal of all flowers from the plants for the first two to four weeks of the reproductive phase. The conversion of ‘double-podded’ plants to ‘single-podded’ plants by cutting off one of the flowers at every double-flowered node had no effect on yield at a location in the Himalayas where the double-podded character was poorly expressed, but at Hyderabad the yield of the ‘single-podded’ plants was significantly reduced compared with the ‘double-podded’ controls. The results indicate that the double-podded character can confer an advantage in yield of about 6 to 11% under conditions in which the character is well-expressed.

Item Type:	Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Chickpeas, Double-podded, Pods, Nodes, Flower
Subjects:	Mandate crops > Chickpea Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User:	Ms. Ishrath Durafsha
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2014 09:29
Last Modified:	14 Feb 2014 09:29
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/7519
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-4290(78)90029-1
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