A NEWLY APPROVED KABULI CHICKPEA VARIETY “ROHI-CHANA-21”: A BOOST UP IN THE EXISTING YIELD POTENTIAL OF CHICKPEA

Rohi Chana-21’ is the newly released kabuli chickpea variety with good yield potential and drought tolerance. It was approved in 2021 by Punjab Seed Council for general cultivation irrigated rain-fed areas of Southern Punjab. The evolved through a local selection exploited pure-line method subsequent stages development at Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. owes average (>2000 kg ha-1). takes 80-100 days to 50% flowering 135-147 90% pod maturity. seed size bold, while seeds pod-1 ranged from 01 02. has 100-seed weight 28-35 g, no pods plant-1 ranges 60 70, plant height (65-85cm) grain color off–white. As as quality concerned, protein percentage high enough (23%) desirable ash (3.73%) crude fat contents (3.42%). expresses when planted during October keeping rate 25-30 acre-1 fertilizer dose 90-100-00 NPK ha-1. Rohi-Chana-21 also tested under rainfed conditions, which gave encouraging results, exhibiting itself drought-tolerant variety. This variety's inclusion will boost (kabuli) farmer’s field