Description
Chickpea is predominantly an indeterminate plant and tends to generate vegetative growth when the soil is conducive for soil moisture, temperature, and certain other environmental conditions. The semi-determinate (SDT) types are comparatively early, resistant to lodging and found to be similar in their yield potential to Indeterminate (IDT) lines. IDT and SDT genotypes are found to be similar during early stage which makes difficult to distinguish between them at early stage. Thus, there is a need to identify molecular marker linked to either IDT or SDT. The present study was carried out to study genetics of semi-determinacy and identification of molecular markers linked to stem growth habit. Genetics of semi-determinacy was studied in the cross-involving BG 362(IDT) × BG 3078-1(SDT).