محمد خالداحمدی

Drought is one of the most important abiotic stresses, which has the most contribution for declining crop production under dryland condition. Large seed size in chickpea is one of major factors for high market acceptance. Sameen cultivar (ILC1799) was received through Chickpea International Drought Tolerance Nursery (CIDTN) from ICARDA in 2002. Cultivar Sameen along with other lines and checks was evaluated in different experiments in moderate cold and cold regions during 2002- 2014 cropping seasons. The results showed that Sameen cultivar had 32 percent higher yield than checks during several years of evaluations. Average grain yield and 100-seed weight of Sameen cultivar during evaluations were 919 kgha-1 and 36 g, respectively. This cultivar is also resistant to fusarium wilt disease compared with checks. Therefore, spring planting of Sameen cultivar in Hamadan, Maragheh, Kordestan, Zanjan, Kermanshah, Oromieyeh and Northern Khorasan is recommended.