Inheritance of protein content and its relationships with seed size, grain yield and other traits in chickpea

Gaur, P M and Singh, M K and Samineni, S and Sajja, S and Jukanti, A K and Kamatam, S and Varshney, R K (2016) Inheritance of protein content and its relationships with seed size, grain yield and other traits in chickpea. Euphytica, 209. pp. 253-260. ISSN 1573-5060

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Abstract

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), the second largest grown pulse crop of the world, is an important source of protein for millions of people, particularly in South Asia. Development of chickpea cultivars with further enhanced levels of protein is highly desired. This study was aimed at understanding the genetic control of protein content and its association with other traits so that suitable breeding strategies can be prepared for development of high protein content cultivars. A high protein (29.2 %) desi chickpea line ICC 5912 with pea-shaped small seed, grey seed coat and blue flower was crossed with a low protein (20.5 %) kabuli line ICC 17109 with owl’s head shaped large seed, beige seed coat, and white flower. The F2 population was evaluated under field conditions and observations were recorded on protein content and other traits on individual plants. The protein content of F2 segregants showed continuous distribution suggesting that it is a quantitative trait controlled by multiple genes. The blue flowered segregants had pea shaped seed with grey seed coat, while the white flowered segregants had owl’s head shaped seed with beige seed coat indicating pleiotropic effects of gene(s) on these traits. On an average, blue flowered segregants had smaller seed, lower grain yield per plant and higher protein content than the pink flowered and the white flowered segregants. The protein content was negatively correlated with seed size (r = −0.40) and grain yield per plant (r = −0.18). Thus, an increment in protein content is expected to have a negative effect on seed size and grain yield. However, careful selection of transgressive segregants with high protein content along with moderate seed size and utilizing diverse sources of high protein content will be usefull in developing chickpea cultivars with high protein content and high grain yield.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	RP-Grain Legumes
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Chickpea, Cicer arietinum, Correlations, Flower color, Inheritance, Protein content, Seed size
Subjects:	Mandate crops > Chickpea
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	01 Apr 2016 06:29
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2016 09:34
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9399
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10681-016-1678-2
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	This study was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India under Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize (ISOPOM).
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