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