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