Management of Germplasm Collections in Chickpea

Management of Germplasm Collections in Chickpea



Kuldip Kumar, S. Sardana, M. Singh, N.K. Gautam



Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important pulse crop and ranks
second in area and third in production among the pulses in the
world.About 150 accessions were desi types and remaining 10 kabuli
types. Similarly, kabuli germplasm maintained at International Centre
for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) was screened for 29
traits including reaction to major biotic and abiotic stresses and
promising donor sources have been identified. Collaborative efforts
among different research institutes through national network should be
made to evaluate chickpea germplasm systematically at several locations.
To narrow down the gap between germplasm available and the germplasm
utilized in the breeding programmes, it is imperative to document the
germplasm providing a complete spectrum of genetic variability in the
collection. Efforts should also be made towards germplasm enhancement
through incorporation of genes from secondary and tertiary gene pools
into a suitable genetic background. A good number of accessions
conserved in various genebanks may be duplicates and efforts are
required to identify and eliminate them using molecular markers.Over
13,500 accessions were evaluated for resistance to race 1 of Fusarium
oxysporum f. sp. ciceri at ICRISAT resulting into identification of 160
accessions with stable resistance (Haware et al., 1992). 



10.22161/ijeab/1.3.39



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