TABLE 1.

Mean performance of chickpea RIL population for various morphological and physiological traits under irrigated (IR) and rainfed (RF) conditions (Ludhiana and Faridkot pooled).

Trait	Env	ILWC 292 (susceptible parent)	GPF 2 (tolerant parent)	Contrast analysis between parents	Mean (RILs)	CV	Range	Genotypic variance	G × L variance	H2 (broad sense)
DG	IR	12.34	8.12	44.33**	9.33	5.05	8.12–12.34	1.50**	0.51	56.40
	RF	13.70	8.53	194.89**	10.14	10.10	8.27–13.89	2.35**	0.15	42.40
DFI	IR	90.33	82.80	78.87**	85.99	2.01	78.91–90.33	1.96**	0.15	35.20
	RF	78.15	70.10	28.44**	72.14	9.45	55.53–87.61	15.24**	0.61	88.40
DFF	IR	94.26	86.46	171.50**	89.46	2.08	82.35–94.26	2.24**	0.14	25.10
	RF	82.14	73.57	28.91**	76.51	8.75	60.19–91.55	25.76**	0.52	88.60
DHF	IR	98.08	89.78	171.50**	93.10	1.96	86.67–98.08	2.28**	0.20	29.70
	RF	84.93	76.45	30.18**	80.33	8.20	64.44–95.80	16.30**	0.59	88.40
PH	IR	42.42	58.87	65.43**	45.68	10.47	33.82–58.87	4.05**	3.85**	79.40
	RF	23.55	48.52	538.06**	31.56	26.12	12.74–48.52	21.30**	4.58**	89.00
NPP	IR	43.53	68.54	133.10**	47.39	21.75	25.13–75.07	18.64**	5.82**	85.30
	RF	18.09	43.71	169.97**	27.25	35.25	12.69–50.09	37.02**	4.12**	89.50
BIO	IR	76.78	113.32	55.17**	81.33	15.47	51.55–113.70	10.35**	4.12**	84.20
	RF	40.72	77.51	450.56**	48.68	33.28	18.68–83.48	35.06**	6.58**	89.70
YLD	IR	27.91	49.74	232.07**	32.14	27.07	14.13–54.69	18.16**	6.12**	88.00
	RF	11.78	36.77	200.39**	17.94	50.90	7.31–45.79	30.72**	9.12**	89.20
HSW	IR	11.27	16.18	1,629.73**	14.22	16.11	9.79–18.42	20.41**	18.35**	90.40
	RF	10.33	16.09	714.84**	11.62	20.33	7.16–17.10	25.40**	9.89**	90.10
HI	IR	36.63	43.55	15.81**	38.98	16.48	22.49–52.86	12.52**	5.31**	86.40
	RF	28.89	47.96	54.76**	35.37	19.94	23.55–56.56	8.36**	7.53**	87.50
MPI	IR	42.23	28.81	150.71**	39.42	12.12	28.70–50.76	15.49**	8.51**	88.70
	RF	50.24	36.17	91.06**	47.12	13.02	31.56–58.10	19.61**	3.08**	88.70
RLWC	IR	65.28	88.31	178.91**	74.85	9.37	59.06–89.94	6.07**	10.17**	86.60
	RF	48.11	78.16	429.24**	60.23	15.97	44.80–79.65	14.39**	8.96**	88.90

**Highly significant at 1% probability level, DG, days to germination; DFI, days to flowering initiation; DFF, days to 50% flowering; DHF, days to 100% flowering; PH, plant height (cm); NPP, number of pods per plant; BIO, biomass per plant (gm); YLD, yield per plant (gm); HSW, 100-seed weight (gm); HI, harvest index (%); MPI, membrane permeability index; RLWC, relative leaf water content (%); Env, environment; CV, coefficient of variation; G × L, genotype by location interaction; H², broad-sense heritability.