Analysis of Gene Effects for Yield and Certain Yield Traits in Crosses Between Cicer Arietinum L. and C. Reticulatum Ladz

Inheritance of eight agronomic traits, namely, leaf length, primary branches, days to flower, days to maturity, pods/plant, seeds/pod, yield/plant and 100-seed weight were studied in four interspecific crosses involving two chickpea varieties and C. reticulatum using the generation means analysis. For leaf length, primary branches, days to flower and days to maturity both additive and nonadditive gene effects were recorded. For yield/plant and 100-seed weight, d, j, and i interactions were more important than other gene effects. For pods/plant, dominance and i interaction effects were recorded. The preponderance of nonadditive gene effects indicates that a poor gain under selection may be expected in these crosses.