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Phenology of Chickpeas (Cicer Arietinum) in Contrasting Aerial Environments†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

E. H. Roberts ,
R. J. Summerfield ,
F. R. Minchin  and
P. Hadley
E. H. Roberts
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, Plant Environment Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AD, UK
R. J. Summerfield
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, Plant Environment Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AD, UK
F. R. Minchin
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, Plant Environment Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AD, UK
P. Hadley
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, Plant Environment Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AD, UK
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Summary

Effectively nodulated plants of 3 cultivars of chickpea, classified as early, mid-late and late-maturing, were grown to reproductive maturity in 12 factorial combinations of simulated tropical environments in growth cabinets. Cultivars varied in sensitivity but all responded as quantitative long-day plants and flowered earlier in longer photoperiods. Differences in temperature had important consequences, especially on the duration of the reproductive phase and overall crop longevity; they also induced plants to flower at the same time in different photo-periods. Early flowering plants did not necessarily mature early; others taking twice as long to come into flower had short reproductive periods and came to maturity at the same time. Relations between phenology, morphology and seed yield are described and compared with similar data for field-grown plants. Screening for ‘adaptation to environment’ in chickpeas is discussed.

Type
Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 1980 , pp. 343 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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