The yielding ability and adaptability of chickpea cultivars under rainfed conditions of Kurdistan

In order to determine the high yielding and adaptable chickpea cultivars to rainfed conditions of Kurdistan province, a trial was conducted for three years (1996-1998) at Kharke Experimental Station of Kurdistan. In this experiment twelve genotypes of Kabuli type chickpea were compared in a Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications. Yield and some yield - related characters were measured at proper times and statistical analysis such as simple and combined ANOV A and estimation of correlation coefficients were done and final results were obtained. Seed yield was negatively correlated with plant height and 100 seeds weight and positively with number of seeds per pod. Stability parameters based on Eberhart and Russell method and also comparisons of average yield of each entry using Duncan's Multiple Range Test showed that, cultivars ILC 482 and line 5-61-53 with yield means of 1040 and 1002 kgha-1, performed more stable yield and were found to be adaptable to Kurdistan region.