Inheritance of some morphological characters in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

The present investigation was undertaken to generate information on the inheritance of fower colour, leafet size and pigmented stem in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L). Parents, F₁'s, and F₂'s of crosses Vijay x PKV-4, Digvijay x PKV-4 and BDNG-797 x PKV-4 were evaluated during rabi, 2018–19. The monogenic inheritance was confrmed for two traits, pink vs. white fower colour and pigmented vs. non pigmented stem pigmentation. Leafet size, small vs. broad was controlled by duplicate gene action. The genetic inheritance of these morphological traits is essential for the selection of superior and desirable transgressive segregants for the genetic improvement of the crop. These results are of essential signifcance because these traits are used as visual markers in chickpea breeding for early recognition of the hybrid nature of plants.