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Table 41. Chemical composition of some chickpea cultivars, expressed on a moisture-free basis.
Soluble
Crude
Cultivar and Source Protein Starch sugars Fat fiber Ash Total
(%)
Desi types
JG-62 (India) 22.0 47.2 4.1 3.8 10.1 3.1 90.3
Pyroz (Iran) 19.7 52.5 5.6 3.5 7.1 3.2 91.4
NEC-240 (USSR) 22.3 47.5 4.0 3.8 7.9 3.1 88.6
NEC-1639
(Pakistan) 24.0 47.5 4.2 4.0 10.0 3.4 93.1
USA-613 (USA) 20.9 48.0 4.8 3.8 7.4 3.2 88.1
Kabuli types
L-550 (India) 19.4 59.7 4.3 5.7 3.2 3.1 95.4
NEC-34 (Iraq) 21.0 57.9 5.5 5.3 6.0 3.1 98.8
Lebanese Local 21.5 57.6 5.2 5.0 5.6 3.1 98.0
(Lebanon)
NEC-10 (Jordan) 21.4 58.6 4.6 5.3 5.1 3.3 98.3
NEC-143 (Sudan) 24.4 56.1 5.3 4.8 5.6 3.1 99.3
We considered each location as a replicate,
and analyzed the results received. One line in the
early group and five lines in the late group yielded
significantly higher than the check when averaged
over all locations. Lines with high average
yields from each set will be offered for testing in
the all-India coordinated trials. Lines performing
best at some of the locations are being further
tested by the local breeders.
Other sets of material distributed include the
observation nursery containing cultivars for use
as parents in crossing, yield trials of desi and
kabuli cultivars, and disease observation nurseries.
Results of the trials and disease observations
are summarized and distributed to
cooperators.
Breeding populations supplied on request are
usually sent in the F 3 generation for local
selection. A summary of all materials supplied to
cooperators over the past two years is listed in
Table 42.
Communication is supplemented by exchange
of visits with cooperators. We have visited 15 of
the 28 countries with whom we are cooperating,
and have had scientists from 13 of the countries
visit ICRISAT.
Two trainees from Ethiopia and one from
Sudan completed a course in chickpea breeding.
L o o k i n g A h e a d in Chickpea
Improvement
A catalog of chickpea germplasm will be published
soon. Filling of gaps in the collection will
continue, with high priority areas being the
Bundelkhand region, Rajasthan, and Madhya
Pradesh in India, as well as Ethiopia, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, and Turkey.
Work will be intensified on evaluation and
utilization of wild Cicer species.
Additional emphasis will be given to breeding
more productive plant types, and responsiveness
to fertilizer plus irrigation will be investigated in
late-planted material at Hissar.
Field screening for Ascochyta blight will be
initiated to supplement laboratory tests, and
field-screening techniques for resistance to stunt
will be investigated.
Selected germplasm lines will be resurveyed at
ICRISAT Center and Hissar to identify those
which form large numbers of active nodules. A
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