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