STUDY OF GENETIC DIVERGENCE FOR YIELD DETERMINANTS IN Cicer arietinum

The present investigation on Variability, heritability, genetic advance, Correlation coefficient and path analysis suggested that the characters viz., Day to maturity, Plant height, Number of primary branches, Number of pods per plant, Number of seeds per pod, 100-seed weight, Harvest index and Grain yield per plant should be taken into consideration while making selection breeding programme In order to bring about substantial improvement in chickpea. On the basis of studies made on genetic divergence it was suggested that the crosses between the genotypes of cluster III and VI may give fruitful results in hybridization programme.