tuberculated
3
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
LFLM_Est_1to2
RLD_Comp_cmcm3
L Krishnamurthy
ICRISAT
1
highly resistant
present
2
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
SDPD_Comp_sdpod
ABR_Est_1to9
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
desi
1
RTRatio_Comp_pct
L Krishnamurthy
ICRISAT
ICRISAT
CYSNR_Est_1to9
Pooran Gaur
Pooran Gaur
BPBR_Av_brnch
ICRISAT
resistant
2-3
ICRISAT
SDSRF_Est_1to3
Pooran Gaur
8-9
highly susceptible
PDPL_Comp_PodPlnt
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
RV_Comp_cm3
L Krishnamurthy
6-7
susceptible
LfChlorCt_Meas_SPAD
L Krishnamurthy
ICRISAT
RTKNR_Est_1to9
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
EIAR
NPDPL_Av_podPlnt
Asnake Fikre
Pooran Gaur
GRV_Est_1to3
ICRISAT
4-5
moderately resistant
8-9
highly susceptible
TST_Est_1to5
EIAR
Asnake Fikre
ICRISAT
SDNPL_Count_SdPlnt
Pooran Gaur
6-7
susceptible
TE_Comp_gkg
L Krishnamurthy
ICRISAT
Beige (greyed-orange group 165D)
10
highly susceptible
8-9
ICRISAT
SHSOD_Meas_pct
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
VRLR_Est_1to9
Pooran Gaur
attribute
Pooran Gaur
HTT_Comp_idx
ICRISAT
LFT_Est_1to3
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
SHWT_Wgh_g
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
SLA_Comp_cm2g
L Krishnamurthy
ICRISAT
high
1
ICRISAT
DRRR_Comp_pct
Pooran Gaur
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
ALTBR_Est_1to9
6-7
susceptible
6-7
susceptible
ICRISAT
TimMat_Count_day
Pooran Gaur
14
Orange yellow (greyed-orange group 168D)
single
1
L Krishnamurthy
ICRISAT
DTI_Comp_idx
ICRISAT
BSBR_Av_brnch
Pooran Gaur
Pooran Gaur
LMR_Est_1to9
ICRISAT
ICRISAT
BGMR_Est_1to9
Pooran Gaur
resistant
2-3
ASBR_Av_brnch
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
FLCOL_Est_1to5
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
3
multipinnate
ICRISAT
SYPL_Av_g
Pooran Gaur
serrated
2
excellent
5
L Krishnamurthy
ICRISAT
WUE_Comp_gkg
Pooran Gaur
SHPOT_Meas_pct
ICRISAT
ICRISAT
PLPUB_Est_1to3
Pooran Gaur
APBR_Av_brnch
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
L Krishnamurthy
CH_Comp_cm
ICRISAT
4-5
moderately resistant
Pooran Gaur
HI_Comp_pct
ICRISAT
L Krishnamurthy
RDp_Meas_cm
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
DOTSD_Est_1or2
ICRISAT
dark pink
1
acronym
Pooran Gaur
LFLN_Av_LfletLf
ICRISAT
highly resistant
1
1
absent
6
Greyish brown (brown group 200D)
ICRISAT
CID_Meas_PerThsnd
L Krishnamurthy
PLWTH_Av_cm
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
PLHGT_Av_cm
COLBR_Est_1to9
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
2
low anthocyanin
Pooran Gaur
TimeFlw_1stCount_day
ICRISAT
BY_Meas_gPlot
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
ICRISAT
PDWT_Av_g
Pooran Gaur
11
Yellow (greyed-orange group 164B)
ICRISAT
FLPED_Count_1to3
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
PRT_Meas_pct
CKT_count_min
EIAR
Asnake Fikre
ICRISAT
RSA_Comp_cm2
L Krishnamurthy
6-7
susceptible
Pooran Gaur
PDLTH_Av_mm
ICRISAT
19
Light green (greyed-green group 193B)
2
average
L Krishnamurthy
RL_Comp_cm
ICRISAT
L Krishnamurthy
ICRISAT
StemDW_Meas_g
Pooran Gaur
PLN_CountPerPlot_plnt
ICRISAT
Salmon brown (greyed-orange group 165C)
7
highly susceptible
8-9
1
Black (black group 202A, 202B, brown group 200A)
Good
3
Pooran Gaur
BYPL_Wgh_gPlnt
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
SY_Meas_gPlot
ICRISAT
highly resistant
1
high anthocyanin
3
4-5
moderately resistant
12
Light yellow (greyed-orange group 164C)
2-3
resistant
Pooran Gaur
DFPD_Count_day
ICRISAT
TRBR_Av_brnch
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
Pooran Gaur
VGRP_Est_1to3
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
ICRISAT
TimeFlw_50Count_day
3
Light brown (greyed-orange group 177C)
6-7
susceptible
highly susceptible
8-9
owls head shaped
3
Orange (greyed-orange group 168C)
15
Pooran Gaur
PBR_Comp_pct
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
SDWT_100Wgh_g
ICRISAT
LeafDW_Meas_g
L Krishnamurthy
ICRISAT
FDPN_Count_DblPod
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
2-3
resistant
13
Yellow brown (greyed-orange group 165C)
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
RTWT_Wgh_g
2
kabuli
highly susceptible
8-9
6-7
susceptible
4
blue
2
moderate pubescence
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
GRH_Est_1to5
Grey (greyed-green group 196A)
8
9
Brown beige (greyed orange group 173D)
FWR_Comp_pct
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
Pooran Gaur
FLD_Count_cm
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
SY_Comp_kgha
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
CT_Comp_idx
ICRISAT
2
double
3
high pubescence
1
normal
Black brown mosaic (black group 202A,greyed-orange group 177E)
21
Reddish brown (greyed-orange group 166C)
5
4
spreading (61-800 from vertical)
Pooran Gaur
SDCOL_Est_1to21
ICRISAT
smooth
1
1
erect (0-150 from vertical)
ICRISAT
SDSHP_Est_1to3
Pooran Gaur
highly resistant
1
ICRISAT
L Krishnamurthy
PLSTD_Count_PlntPlot
entity
1
bad
semi-spreading (26-600 from vertical)
3
resistant
2-3
4
Dark brown (greyed-orange group 177A)
highly susceptible
8-9
1
entire and smooth
2
rough
highly susceptible
8-9
4-5
moderately resistant
3
low
moderately resistant
4-5
1
highly resistant
dark blue
3
2-3
resistant
Yellow beige (orange-white group 159C)
16
pink
2
Pooran Gaur
PLPIG_Est_1to3
ICRISAT
5
white
3
intermediate
SALT_Comp_idx
ICRISAT
Pooran Gaur
1
highly resistant
1
highly resistant
5
prostrate (branches flat on the ground)
18
Green (greyed-green group 191A, grey group 201A)
1
low pubescence
2
Brown (greyed-orange group 177B)
2-3
resistant
2
simple
highly resistant
1
6-7
susceptible
1
no anthocyanin
4
very good
Ivory white (orange-white group 159C)
17
Pooran Gaur
COLRR_Comp_pct
ICRISAT
angular
1
Fair
2
triple
3
Chickpea ontology
Pooran Gaur
SDDIA_Meas_mm
ICRISAT
Variegated
20
resistant
2-3
moderately resistant
4-5
4-5
moderately resistant
4-5
moderately resistant
2
semi-erect (16-250 from vertical)
pea shaped
2
pods/plant
%
Visual observation of the extent of anthocyanin pigmentation on stem and leaves at flowering
Plant pigmentation - Method
Transpiration efficiency
Ratio of shoot biomass produced per unit of transpired water
Transpiration efficiency
TE
seeds/plant
%
Cyst nematode resistance
Cyst nematode resistance
Causative agent: Heterodera spp. Syncytia are formed on the roots which become necrotic.
CYSNR
Number per experimental unit
Plant number per experimental unit
PLN
Number of plants per experimental unit
Fertile pod number
Number of pods with seed
NPDPL
No. of fertile pods per plant
Visual estimation of the resistance to the disease
Cyst nematode resistance - Method
Using SPAD chlorophyll meter
SPAD chlorophyll meter readings - Method
g kg-1 water
Average length of 9 randomly chosen pods, 3 each from 3 randomly-selected plants at mid-pod filling stage
Pod length - Method
TRBR
Tertiary branches number per plant
Tertiary branches number per plant
Number of tertiary branches per plant
Height
Height of the plant described as the distance between the soil and the plant canopy
PLHGT
Plant height
Leaf dry weight taken after seperation and oven drying at 80∞C for at least 3 days
Leaf dry weight - Method
Leaf miner resistance
Leaf miner resistance
Causative agent: Liriomyza cicerina. The leaflets are mined, have a reduced photosynthetic capacity and senesce prematurely.
LMR
Resistance to Ascochyta blight
Ascochyta blight resistance
ABR
Causative agent:Ascochyta rabiei. It causes dark brown lesions at the base of the stem of emerging seedlings, seen during the flowering and podding phases of blighted plants in the field, affected seedlings die
Root dry weight
Dry weight of the root
Dry weight
RTWT
Color of the flower
Flower color
Color
FLCOL
Disease resistance scale
HI
Harvest index
Biomass partionning to seed
Proportion of grain yield over total biomass yield
Root surface area - Method
Calculated through length and diameter measured through winrhizo software
cm2 g-1
At 10-15 days after emergence, observe the growth vigor visually
Early growth vigor - Method
Causative agent:Botrytis cinerea. It causes water soaked and irregular lesions on the pod that contain either small shriveled seeds or no seeds at all, lesions girdle the stem completely
Botrytis grey mold resistance
BGMR
Botrytis grey mold resistance
Visual assessment
Variety group - Method
Ascochyta blight resistance - Method
Visual assessment of the resistaance to the disease
SHWT
Shoot dry weight
Dry weight
Weight of the shoot without roots
Tasting the Seed with at least 10 Persons
Taste - Method
Seed weight
Weight
SDWT
Weight of a seed
Pod length
Length of pods
PDLTH
Length
Basal primary branches number per plant
Basal primary branches number
BPBR
Number of basal primary branches per plant
branches
Drought tolerance index
Drought tolerance
Standard residual after removing the effects of flowering time and yield potential advantages from the drought yields
DTI
Flower color category
day
%
Root dry weight/total plant dry weight
Root dry weight/total plant dry weight
RTRatio
Ratio of Root Dry weight to that of the whole plant dry weight
Shoot biomass is harvested and weighed and the water used during the growing time is calculated using initial and final soil weights plus the rainfall
Water use efficiency - Method
Visual observation of the surface of the seed (e.g., rough, smooth, tuberculated)
Seed surface - Method
Plant pigmentation category
Visual observation
Leaflet margin - Method
Pod weight - Method
Average weight from 3 or 5 randomly-selected plants at maturity
Type of growth habit categories
FDPN
Filled double pod number
Filled double pod number
Is a count of the number of filled chickpea double pods produced by a double podded line.
Disease resistance scale
RTKNR
Causative agent: Meloidogyne spp. It causes formation of galls on the root
Root knot nematode resistance
Root knot nematode resistance
The extent of damage caused by the pod borer. Causative agent:Helicoverpa armigera. The insect feeds on all green parts and defoliate young crops, large larvae cut round holes in the pod wall and devour the seed inside.
Pod borer resistance
Pod borer resistance
PBR
Length per volume of soil
Root length density
RLD
The length of roots present in a unit volume of soil
LFT
Leaf type
Type
Type of leaf of the plant e.g., normal/simple/multipinnate
Time to maturity
TimeMat
Time elpased from sowing to maturity
Maturity time
%
Taste
Taste of seed for Consuming
TST
Taste
mm
Water use efficiency
Ratio of shoot biomass produced per unit of water lost from the field through both transpiration and evaporation
WUE
Water use efficiency
g
Proportion of grain yield over total biomass yield by dividing the weight of harvested grain by the weight of harvested biomass
Harvest index - Method
Protein content
Seed protein content
Protein content of the whole seed
PRT
Causative agent:Sclerotium rolfsii. It causes constriction of collar region and rotting. White strands grow over affected tissue. Sclerotia, small round fungal structures that look like mustard seeds, are seen on the dead tissues
Collar rot resistance
Collar rot resistance
COLRR
Index
Disease resistance scale
g
g/plot
Weight of seed per unit of area
Seed yield
Yield
SY
Classification of leaf type based on visual observation
Leaf type - Method
cm
Carbon isotope discrimination
CID
Carbon isotope discrimination
Ratio of carbon isotope in tissue relative to the air
cm2
Seed per plant - Method
Number of seeds counted per plant
Tertiary branches number - Method
Number of tertiary branches from 3 or 5 randomly selected plants at maturity
Vigor
GRV
Growth vigor
Vigor of the plant growth charaterized by the plant height and shoot biomass
Growth habit
Growth habit
GRH
Growth habit of the plant
Measuring of the plant canopy spread, average fronm 3 or 5 plants randomly selected plants at maturity
Plant width - Method
Time to flowering
Flowering time
TimeFlw
Time elpased from sowing to flowering
branches
Disease resistance scale
Visual observation at mid-pod filling stage of the angle of primary branches
Growth habit - Method
%
day
Seed shape
Shape of the seed e.g., angular/pea shaped/owls head
SDSHP
Shape
Plant stand - Method
Count taken within a plot
Dry root rot resistance
Causative agent:Rhizoctonia bataticola. It causes drying up of plants. Roots become brittle and minute sclerotia are seen on the exposed roots
DRRR
Dry root rot resistance
Flowering duration - Method
Counting the number of days from first flower to end of flowering
Pod borer resistance - Method
Damage at pod stage measured by counting total pods and damaged pods and calculating proportion of damaged pods
Pubescence categories
Root dry weight/total plant dry weight - Method
Calculated using both root and shoot dry weights.
Seed color category
Time to pod formation
DFPD
Time elapsed between sowing and pod formation
Pod formation time
Surface of roots
Root surface area
RSA
Surface area
Flower color - Method
Visual observation
Salinity tolerance
Degree of tolerance to soil salinity
SALT
Salinity tolerance
?
SPAD units
Botrytis grey mold resistance - Method
Visual estimation of the resistance to the disease
Carbon isotope discrimination - Method
Ratio of C13/C12 in leaf in relation to the air
Growth vigor category
branches
Mean number of apical primary branches from 3 or 5 randomly selected plants at maturity
Apical primary branches number - Method
Diameter of fully dried seed is measured using vernier caliper
Seed diameter - Method
Count 100 well-developed whole air-dried seeds and weigh
100-seed weight - Method
day
Mean number of apical secondary branches from 3 or 5 randomly selected plants at maturity
Apical secondary branches number - Method
Colletotrichum blight resistance
COLBR
Colletotrichum blight resistance
Causative agent:Colletotrichum capsici. It causes elongated, sunken, dark brown spots on the lower part of the stem, wilting and drying due to severe infection
Shoot potassium - Method
Determination of potassium content by using nitric acid digestion method (AAS & ICP-OES) at vegetative stage
Volume
Root volume
Volume of root
RV
Disease resistance scale
%
Transpiration efficiency - Method
Shoot biomass is harvested and weighed and the water used during the growing time is calculated using initial and final weight of the containers
Number of leaflets in a fully developed leaf
Leaflet number
Number of leaflets per leaf
LFLN
%
Number of basal secondary branches per plant
Basal secondary branches number
BSBR
Basal secondary branches number per plant
leaflets/leaf
Rooting depth
Rooting depth
Rooting depth of the plant
RDp
Taste categories
Averaged weight of air-dried seeds harvested from each plant
Seed yield per plant - Method
cm
g/plant
Days to first pod formation - Method
Counting the number of days from sowing to first pod formation
Number of flowers per peduncle - Method
Visual observation of the number of flowers per peduncle
g kg-1 water
Visual observation (present, absent)
Dots on seed coat - Method
Seed yield per plot - Method
Weight of seed harvested from each plot
Leaflet margin
Margin
LFLM
Type of leaflet margin e.g., smooth, serrated
Salinity tolerance index calculated by dividing the biomass or grain yield of the plants grown under saline conditions by that of the control plants.
Salinity tolerance - Method
Average of 9 leaves (from the median part of the plant), 3 each from 3 randomly-selected plants at mid-pod filling stage.
Number of leaflets per leaf - Method
Taking weight of oven or sun dried plant (excluding roots) of a plot
Biomass yield per plot - Method
Number of apical primary branches per plant
Apical primary branches number per plant
APBR
Apical primary branches number
Counting number of plants per plot
Plant number per plot - Method
g
seeds/pod
Shoot dry weight - Method
Measuring the weight of the total shoot above ground
StemDW
Stem Dry Weight of a sample
Dry weight
Stem dry weight
Number of Minutes taken for seed to cook
Cooking time - Method
Cooking time
Cooking time
CKT
Cooking time for dry seed without soaking
Weight
Pod weight
Weight of pods from a plant
PDWT
Seed color - Method
Visual observation of the color
Dry root rot resistance - Method
Proportion of dead plants in a plot due to dry root rot
g/plot
SDPD
Seed number
Number of seeds per pod from a plant
Seeds per pod
High temperature tolerance
HTT
High temperature tolerance
Degree of tolerance to high temperature
SYPL
Weight of seeds obtained from a plant.
Seed weight
Seed yield per plant
Disease resistance scale
Average canopy height of three/five representative plants of an accession.
Canopy height - Method
Calculated through length and diameter measured through winrhizo software
Root volume - Method
Pods per plant - Method
Average number of pods from 3 or 5 randomly selected plants
VRLR
Viral (stunt) resistance
Causative agent: Pea leaf roll virus. It causes stunted growth and discoloured (yellow, orange or brown) foliage
Viral (stunt) resistance
cm3
Plant pubescence - Method
Visual observation on intensity of trichomes on the shoot
Surface
Seed surface
SDSRF
Surface of the seed e.g., rough, smooth, tuberculated
VGRP
Variety group
Variety type
Type of chickpea e.g., desi, kabuli or intermediate
Colletotrichum blight resistance - Method
Visual estimation of the resistance to the disease
plants
PLPUB
Extent of hairiness of the shoot
Pubescence
Plant pubescence
Alternaria blight resistance
Causative agent: Alternaria alternata. It causes water-soaked purple lesions on leaflets which later turn brown to dark brown
ALTBR
Alternaria blight resistance
Weight of harvested seeds on a plot divided by the surface of the plot
Seed yield - Method
RL
Length
Cumulative root length of a sample
Root length
Chlorophyll content
Chlorophyll content in the leaf
Leaf chlorophyll content
LfChlorCt
Proportion of dead plants in a plot due to fusarium wilt
Fusarium wilt resistance - Method
Cold tolerance - Method
Cold tolerance index calculated by dividing the percentage of filled pods of the cold-stressed plants by that of the control plants.
Presence scale
mm
Root dry weight - Method
Weight of oven-dried roots from a plant
SHSOD
Sodium content
Shoot sodium content from plants/subset of plants.
Shoot sodium
Determination of Sodium content by using nitric acid digestion method (AAS & ICP-OES) at vegetative stage
Shoot sodium - Method
Root length - Method
Usually measured through winrhizo software from scanned image files or maually using a measuring scale
variety group scale
Leaf Dry Weight of a sample
LeafDW
Leaf dry weight
Dry weight
Color
Seed color
SDCOL
Color of the seed coat. It can describe the main color of the seed coat (e.g., black, brown, green, yellow, white), its different color shades, its combination of colors
Number of pods counted per plant
Pods per plant
PDPL
Pod number
ASBR
Apical secondary branches number
Number of apical secondary branches per plant
Apical secondary branches number per plant
Trait indicating the presence or absence of dots on the seed coat.
DOTSD
Dot presence
Dots on seed coat
plants/plot
Biomass yield per plant
The dry weight of the whole plant (excluding roots)
Biomass weight
BYPL
branches
cm
g
cm cm-3
SHPOT
Potassium content
Shoot potassium
Shoot potassium content from plants/subset of plants.
FWR
Resistance to Fusarium blight
Fusarium wilt resistance
Causative agent:Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceris. It causes seedlings to die, seedlings collapse and lie flat on the ground, when uprooted plants show uneven shrinking of the stem above and below the collar region
Flowering duration
Period during which plants continue to flower
Flowering duration
FLD
kg/ha
g
Leaf miner resistance - Method
Visual estimation of the resistance to the disease
Number of flowers per peduncle
Number of flowers per peduncle
FLPED
Flower number
Visual observation
Seed shape - Method
BY
The dry weight of the plant (excluding roots) harvested from an area
Biomass yield
Biomass yield
index
Measure the height of the plant from the soil surface to the canopy at the end of flowering and calculate the mean canopy height of five representative plants
Plant height - Method
Counting the number of days from sowing to 50% of plants started flowering
Days to 50% flowering - Method
At harvest, weigh an oven or sun dried plant (excluding roots)
Biomass yield per plant - Method
Height of the canopy
Height
CH
Canopy height
index
Stem dry weight taken after seperation and oven drying at 80∞C for at least 3 days
Stem dry weight - Method
Ratio of area to the weight of leaves. Leaf area is measured using leaf area meters and leaf weight using precision balances
Specific leaf area - Method
Width of the plant i.e., the spread of the plant canopy
PLWTH
Width
Plant width
double pods
SDDIA
Seed diameter of fully dried seed
Seed diameter
Diameter
Rooting depth - Method
Measured in field pits or containers
g
Flowering type
leaf type categories
Specific leaf area
Area per weight
SLA
Leaf area per dry weight of leaves
Type of seed shape
Plant stand
Number of plants in a productive unit
PLSTD
Number per area
In laboratory, analyse the whole seed crude protein content
Protein % - Method
Days to maturity - Method
Counting the number of days from sowing to maturity
Visual estimation of the resistance to the disease
Viral (stunt) resistance - Method
Degree of tolerance to cold
Cold tolerance
Cold tolerance
CT
%
Visual estimation of the resistance to the disease
Alternaria blight resistance - Method
cm
Mean number of basal primary branches from 3 or 5 randomly selected plants at maturity
Basal primary branches number - Method
Extent of anthocyanin pigmentation in the plant
Pigmentation
Plant pigmentation
PLPIG
cm
variable_of
Root length density - Method
Calculated using both root length measured and soil volume from where the root comes.
%
High temperature tolerance - Method
Heat tolerance index calculated by dividing the percentage of filled pods of the heat-stressed plants by that of the control plants.
index
Mean number of basal secondary branches from 3 or 5 randomly selected plants at maturity
Basal secondary branches number - Method
Disease resistance scale
day
Seeds per pod - Method
Ratio between seed number per plant and pod number per plant.
branches
Disease resistance scale
fertile pods/plant
day
Average number of pods with seed from 3 or 5 randomly selected plants
No. of fertile pods per plant - Method
Counting of number of filled double pods produced by a double-podded genotype
Filled double pod number - Method
Days to first flower - Method
Counting the number of days from sowing to appearnce of first floewer
Drought yield is assumed as a function of days to flowering, yield potential and residual in a multiple regression approach. The standardized residual is considered as drought tolerance index
Drought tolerance index - Method
method_of
g
Surface categories
Minutes
Root knot nematode resistance - Method
Visual estimation of the resistance to the disease
scale_of
SDNPL
Number of seeds per plant
Seed per plant
Seed number
Proportion of dead plants in a plot due to collar rot
Collar rot resistance - Method
Margin type categories