PJB-2007-13
HIGH YIELDING DESI CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.) VARIETY "NIFA-2005"
G. S. S. KHATTAK, M. ASHRAF*, ROSHAN ZAMIR AND I. SAEED
Abstract
The seeds of a local chickpea variety Pb-91 were irradiated at 0.30 KGy doses of gamma rays using 60Co gamma cell and raised M1 generation at Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) during 1994-95. M2 to M6generations were raised along with parents and standard varieties from 1996 to 2000 and made selections on the basis of more pods and branches per plant, large seed size and good plant type. Performance of the line CMN-257 along with standard varieties was evaluated in various replicated yield trials and screened for diseases from 2000-2004. The proposal of the mutant CMN-257 was submitted for approval as commercial variety for NWFP to the Provincial Seed Council meeting held on 19th September 2005 at NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar. The Provincial Seed Council approved the mutant CMN-257 as a commercial variety under the name "NIFA-2005" for general cultivation in NWFP.
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