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Evaluation of Helicoverpa and drought resistance in desi and kabuli chickpea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2007

S. S. Yadav ,
J. Kumar ,
S. K. Yadav ,
Shoraj Singh ,
V. S. Yadav ,
Neil C. Turner  and
Robert Redden
S. S. Yadav*
Affiliation:
Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
J. Kumar
Affiliation:
Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
S. K. Yadav
Affiliation:
Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
Shoraj Singh
Affiliation:
Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
V. S. Yadav
Affiliation:
Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
Neil C. Turner
Affiliation:
Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, M080, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
Robert Redden
Affiliation:
Department of Primary Industries, Grains Innovation Park, Private Mail Bag No. 260, Horsham, Vic 3400, Australia
*
* E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

A chickpea collection of 1600 desi and 1400 kabuli were evaluated for yield losses arising from pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera) infestation under rainfed conditions by spraying half the plots to prevent pod borer infestation and allowing the other half to be infested. From these lines, 82 were selected for further detailed evaluation of Helicoverpa resistance and drought resistance under irrigated and rainfed conditions. The yield losses from Helicoverpa damage varied from 10 to 33% depending on the chickpea type and the growing environment. Spreading types were more susceptible to Helicoverpa damage than erect types, as were kabuli types compared to desi types. Yield losses due to Helicoverpa infestation were always greater in the irrigated than in the rainfed materials. Terminal drought reduced yields by 13–37% depending on plant type. The yields in the kabuli c“hickpea lines were more severely reduced than were the desi types, due to a greater reduction in the number of branches and pods per plant in the kabuli compared to the desi lines. It appears that the extent of pod borer damage varies between the chickpea types, and that desi types have greater drought resistance than kabuli ones. These characteristics should be informative for the population improvement of chickpea for environments in which terminal drought and Helicoverpa damage occur frequently.

Keywords

Cicer arietinumgermplasmHelicoverpa armigeramoisture stresspod borerseed yieldsupplemental irrigation
Type
Research Article
Information
Plant Genetic Resources , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , December 2006 , pp. 198 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © NIAB 2006

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