The Effect of Seed Size on Vegetative, Agronomic Traits and Seed Protein Content of Different Chickpea Cultivars

In order to study the effect of seed size on the vegetative, agronomic and seed protein of chickpea cultivars, an experiment was carried out in 2016 in the Baghchele village of the Divandarreh County in the form of a split-plot design in the form of a randomized complete block design with three replications. the main factor was seed size (small, medium and large) and the secondary factor chickpea cultivars: Pirouz, Kaka, Hashem, Azad, Arman, Bivanij and ILC482 were considered. The results showed that the traits of days to emergence, days to flowering, seeds per pod, seeds per plant, weight of 100 seeds, yield and seed protein showed a significant difference under the influence of seed size. So that with the increase of the seed size, the values of the above traits increased. Seed yield and in large seeds compared to medium and small seeds, increased 7.74 and 1.9 percent, respectively. Also, all investigated traits showed a significant difference at the 1% under the influence of cultivars. the number of days to the emergence , The number of seeds per pod, the number of seeds per plant, the weight of 100 seeds and the seed yield of Bivanij and in terms of the number of days to flowering, days to maturity and the percentage of protein, Hashem was superior. The results showed that the weight of 100 seeds under the influence of the interaction of the seed size and cultivar showed a significant difference at the level of 1%, and the maximum value was obtained in the large seed and Bivanij.