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Mechanical harvestable and high-yielding chickpea varieties are crucial for modern pulse production. They reduce labourer dependency, enable timely harvesting, and improve efficiency in large-scale farming. High yield ensures better profitability, food security, and resource use. Together, these traits support sustainable agriculture, enhance farmer livelihoods, and strengthen chickpea’s role in global nutrition and crop improvement. In this case of investigation twenty-five (25) genotypes of chickpea were evaluated for Genetic Variability, Heritability, Genetic Advance and Character Association for yield and mechanical harvestable traits. The experiment was carried out at the research farm of ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur during Rabi 2024-25. The research trial comprised of 25 chickpea genotypes (including checks) and were planted in Completely Randomized Block Design (CRBD) with three (3) replications. The phenotypic data was recorded on nine (8) quantitative characters like, Days to flower initiation, Days to 50% flowering, Days to pod initiation, Days to 50% Podding, Height of first podding or Ground clearance (cm), Plant height (cm), Days to maturity, 100-Seed weight (g) and Plot yield (g). Such investigation exposed the genetic variability for yield and mechanical harvestable characters, in the term of Phenotypic coefficient of variance (PCV) and Genotypic coefficient of variance (GCV). The maximum degree of PCV (86.69) and GCV (86.67), Heritability (99.97) and Genetic Advance (51.89) were recorded for Grain Yield/Plant. The maximum amount of highly significant and positive correlation was found for Plant height with Ground Clearance (0.8389**) and Path coefficient also revealed maximum direct effect towards yield by Day to 50% flowering (0.9526) and Days to maturity showed maximum indirect positive effect through Number of Pods/plant (0.5538). High genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance, and character association are vital for chickpea improvement. They provide diverse traits, ensure reliable selection, predict breeding progress, and identify correlated characters, enabling efficient development of Mechanical harvestable high-yielding, stress-tolerant, and sustainable varieties for long-term agricultural advancement.
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