Abstract
In order to identify a biotype (s) which could withstand drought as well as blight stress, twenty genotypes of chickpea (CMC211S,
NCS 9917, CMC5 99S, CMC186M, AZC-06, SL-01-13, SL-02-23, SL-03-64, 3CC113, 3CC116, 96A4504, 96A4580, BRC-61,
CH23/00, CH24/00, 01032, 01067, 93127, 98154, and Bittal-98) developed by different research institutes of Pakistan, were evaluated
against the prevalent biotic and abiotic stresses at 13 different locations, for various agronomic traits. In this study, 20 different lines
developed by various institutes at federal as well as provincial level were evaluated against the said abiotic and biotic stresses and then
statistical tools were applied in order to assess their stability. One genotype (AZC-06) developed at Arid Zone Research Institute,
Bahawalpur, and another genotype (CH23/00), from Nuclear Institute for Agricultural and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad have shown
considerable potential by producing average grain yield of 2061 and 2116 Kg ha-1 respectively.
