Susceptibility of chickpea varieties to seed markings – Tamworth and Trangie 2013–2015

Abstract

Key findings •• The 2013 Tamworth and 2014 Trangie environments were not conducive to high levels of seed markings, with all varieties having <5% tiger stripe/blotches. •• The later sown chickpeas had a lower incidence of seed markings in two of the three environments. •• The 2015 Tamworth experiment was conducive to seed markings for the first sowing date (SD1). In this case, the most susceptible commercial varieties were PBA Pistol[PBR] and PBA Boundary[PBR], with 9.7% and 6.7% of individual seeds having tiger stripe/blotches respectively. •• All five kabuli varieties did not display any seed markings in any of the three environments. •• All desi varieties showed at least low levels of tiger stripe/blotch type markings in one or more of the three environments and two sowing dates.