Effect of intermating in early segregating generations on character association in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

In self pollinated crops like chickpea (Gicer arietinum L.), the conventional methods of handling segregating populations like pedgree or bulk methods do not provide any opportunity for reshuffling of genes. Hence, any unfavourable associations observed in early segregating generation like in F2 are likely to persist through the filial generations. Whereas, biparental mating in early segregating generations like F2 helps in breaking unfavourable associations [1, 2]. Keeping this in view, the present investigation was planned to compute and compare the nature and magnitude of correlations among various characters in the biparental progenies (BIPs) and the corresponding selfed generation viz., F3 .