1 Division of Soil Science, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Hathazari, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Laboratory of Tropical Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-01, Japan.
Online published on 29 October, 2012.
Performance of 28 chickpea cultivars was evaluated for yield, flowering, stress tolerance and vegetative and fruiting characteristics in a plastic green house study under need-based watering and water stress conditions during April, 1994. Grain yield of all the cultivars reduced significantly except cultivar ICC 10448 and Bheema with and grains (g/pot), respectively. Degree of yield reduction varied with cultivars and it was less with ICC 10448, Bheema, Hyprosola and, more with ICCN 12464, ICCL 83228 and Nabin, Significantly, the highest correlation (r=0.902) of yield was observed with pod number (r2=0.810) followed by harvest index (r=0.745, r2= 0.547). Water stress delayed flower initiation, reduced root-shoot dry weight and yield components in all the cultlvars.
