PHENOTYPIC STABILITY OF ADVANCE GENERATION POPULATIONS OF CHICKPEA FOR YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS

Abstract

Nineteen advance generation populations of chickpea and a standard checkvar. Avarodhi were evaluated at three locations and stability parameters were studied for grain yield, seeds/pod, and harvest index. Significant differences were observed among the genotypes and environments. No genotype showed average stability for all the traits. Cv. G 105 was observed to have stable performance for grain yield and harvest index, and G 104 for pods/plant and harvest index. Cv. G 107 for grain yield and G 101 were stable genotypes for pods/plant with numericalIy better yield and significantly more pods/plant, respectively. The environmental conditions at Bharari were the best for the expression of all the traits except harvest index.