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