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