Evaluation of tall chickpea breeding lines for their suitability to machine harvesting

Abstract

• 100 breeding lines (including 2 checks JAKI 9218 and NBeG 47) contributed from different locations were evaluated for their suitability to machine harvesting under rainfed conditions during post-rainy 2015-16 season at Patancheru, ICRISAT. Experiment was conducted in alpha lattice design with replications (5 blocks in each replication). • 2 rows of 4m long plots were used. Observations were recorded on first pod height (cm), angel of primary branches and seed yield (kg/ha) traits.