Genetic analysis to identify potential parents and crosses for yield improvement in chickpea

A seven parent diallel analysis excluding reciprocals revealed the predominance of additive variance for pods/plant and seeds/pod and both additive and nonadditive variance for 100-seed weight and seed yield/plant. The parentll A-1 and Phule G-2 were found to be good general combiners for seed yield and loo-seed weight, while Simblapur and P-1631 were good general combiners for seeds/pods and pods/plant, respectively. Four heterotic hybrids, viz., Phule G-2 x P-1631, A-1 x P-3720, A-1 x Parmer 4–141, and A-1 x Phule G-2, were identified as potential crosses and the way in which they should be handled is discussed.