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