ESTIMATES OF BROAD-SENSE HERITABILITY FOR YIELD AND YIELD CRITERIA IN CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.)
Hüseyin ÇANCI, Tolga YILDIRIM, Cengiz TOKER
Abstract
Forty-one chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes were tested for following traits and broad-sense heritabilities (H) were estimated, plant height (PH), first pod height (FPH), number of pods per plant (P/P), seed yield (SY), biological yield (BY), harvest index (HI), 100-seed weight (SW), days to flowering (DF) and days to maturity (DM). Based on the Analysis of variance (ANOVA), significant genotypic differences were found all traits except P/P and SY. Almost no genotype x year interactions were detected except SW and DM. Based on the heritability values, SW (94%) and DF (96%) were the most stable traits; while P/P (68%), BY (68%), and SY (69%) were the most affected traits. It was concluded that SW and DFcould be used as selection criteria in early generation in chickpea breeding programs due to their stability.
Effects of Different Water Stress Levels on Biomass Yield and Agronomic Traits of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Varieties under Semi-Arid Conditio
Erdal GONULAL, Suleyman SOYLU, Mehmet SAHIN