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. 2017 Feb 1;201:146–161. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.11.004

Table 4.

Genotype mean, trial mean and analysis of variance of crop phenology, shoot biomass, grain yield and harvest index of 12 diverse genotypes of chickpea both under drought stress and optimal irrigation in a Vertisol during 2009–10 and 2010–11 post-rainy seasons.

Genotypes/treatment Days to 50% flowering
Days to maturity
Shoot biomass (kg ha−1)
Grain yield (kg ha−1)
Harvest index (%)
2009–10 2010–11 2009–10 2010–11 2009–10 2010–11 2009–10 2010–11 2009–10 2010–11
Drought stress
ICC 4958 38 33 79 83 3507 3680 1915 1905 54.6 51.8
ICC 8261 48 52 97 95 4605 4133 1674 1131 36.3 27.3
ICC 867 48 47 90 90 3858 3871 2078 1878 54.9 48.6
ICC 3325 48 49 93 92 3480 3907 1752 1894 50.4 48.5
ICC 14778 52 52 96 93 4232 3822 2016 1911 48.2 50.0
ICC 14799 50 51 94 92 3844 3639 1734 1694 45.0 46.5
ICC 1882 45 43 89 93 3506 3636 1871 1797 53.6 49.4
ICC 283 45 41 87 86 3395 3198 1789 1535 52.7 48.0
ICC 3776 49 47 98 94 4091 3698 1628 1355 39.9 36.5
ICC 7184 50 44 100 91 3756 3339 1093 1078 29.1 32.3
Annigeri 41 35 82 87 3567 3554 1923 1873 53.9 52.7
ICCV 10 47 44 93 90 3669 3921 2069 2118 56.4 54.0



Mean 47 44.8 92 90.5 3792.5 3699.8 1795.2 1680.7 47.9 45.5
S.Ed (±) 0.800 0.480 2.20 0.820 285.0 134.3 102.4 71.1 2.29 1.21
α-level *** *** *** *** ** *** *** *** *** ***
Heritability (h2b) 0.945 0.991 0.839 0.922 0.425 0.681 0.807 0.935 0.902 0.971



Optimal irrigation
ICC 4958 49 47 111 103 7116 6582 1894 3141 26.7 47.8
ICC 8261 53 55 115 107 7529 6740 1308 2183 17.4 32.5
ICC 867 51 51 111 103 7348 7215 2158 3205 29.2 44.5
ICC 3325 51 53 113 104 6846 7277 2086 3174 30.8 43.6
ICC 14778 54 54 112 103 6404 6345 2035 3134 32.2 49.4
ICC 14799 53 54 113 105 7378 7928 1842 3161 25.0 39.9
ICC 1882 51 49 114 95 6578 6918 1949 3194 29.8 46.3
ICC 283 51 49 113 104 6935 6436 1982 3094 28.9 48.4
ICC 3776 53 53 110 106 7653 7205 1529 2485 20.0 34.5
ICC 7184 53 53 112 106 6171 5652 1309 1876 21.2 33.2
Annigeri 50 50 114 103 7233 7280 1993 3597 27.6 49.6
ICCV 10 50 50 115 103 7682 7527 2362 4202 30.7 55.8



Mean 51.7 51.4 112.7 103.5 7072.7 6925.6 1870.5 3037.2 26.6 43.8
S.Ed (±) 1.04 0.540 0.930 1.92 369.0 381.3 149.6 89.87 2.12 1.89
α-level ** *** *** *** * *** *** *** *** ***
Heritability (h2b) 0.519 0.931 0.624 0.567 0.463 0.581 0.741 0.969 0.752 0.907



Genotype × Drought treatment
α-level * * * * ns ns ns * ns ns

S.Ed (±) = Standard error of the difference.