'The Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding'
Abstract
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) plant is generally erect,
semi-erect, spreading, semi-prostrate or prostrate
(mainly wild annual Cicer species) in growth habit
depending on the angle of branches arises from the
vertical axis. Spontaneous mutations are the source of
genetic variability and have resulted into dwarf erect
compact type plants with high number of branches
arising from base, commonly called as “bushy mutants”
in chickpea [1-3]. In a study [4], it was reported that
mean yield of the lines with bushy growth habit, across
all environments, was higher than that of the erect habit
lines..
