INHERITANCE OF RESISTANCE TO IRON DEFICIENCY CHLOROSIS IN CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.)

• Published in: Journal of plant nutrition Vol. 33; no. 9; pp. 1366 - 1373
• Main Authors: Toker, Cengiz, Yildirim, Tolga, Canci, Huseyin, Inci, Nisa Ertoy, Ceylan, Fatma Oncu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, NJ Taylor & Francis Group 23.06.2010; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; chickpea; chlorosis; Crop diseases; Economic plant physiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics; inheritance; iron deficiency; Metabolism; Metabolism. Physicochemical requirements; Nutrition. Photosynthesis. Respiration. Metabolism; Plant physiology and development; resistance; Vegetals; Deficiency; Group VIII metal; Iron chlorosis; inheritance; Transition metal; Iron; chickpea; chlorosis; Resistance; Grain legume; Leguminosae; Cicer arietinum; Plant nutrition; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; iron deficiency; C3-Type
• ISSN: 0190-4167; 1532-4087
• DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2010.484096

Iron (Fe)-deficiency chlorosis causes considerable yield losses in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) when susceptible genotypes are grown in calcareous soils with high pH. The most feasible method for alleviating Fe deficiency is the selection of suitable cultivars resistant to Fe deficiency chlorosis. ICC 6119 (desi type), which is Fe-deficient chlorosis, was crossed with CA 2969 and Sierra (kabuli types), resistant to Fe deficiency chlorosis. Inheritance of resistance to Fe deficiency in chickpea revealed that the resistance was controlled by a single dominant gene in these genotypes crossed. A negative selection for resistance to Fe deficiency chlorosis will be effective after segregating generations.