Fig. 1.

Direct effect of shoot biomass (a), specific leaf area (b) and leaf area index (c) measured at different days after sowing (DAS) on grain yield at maturity of 12 diverse genotypes of chickpea both under (A) drought stressed and (B) optimally irrigated conditions in a Vertisol during 2009–10 and 2010–11 post-rainy seasons. The different filling colors of bars denote different levels of significance of correlations between various shoot traits and grain yield. The correlation coefficient value of each trait with the grain yield associations were mentioned on the top of each bar.