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Field experiments were carried out between 2004-2006 at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute Farm in Grey Terrace Soils, Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh to determine the effects of seeds collected from different branches on growth, yield and yield attributes of chickpeas. Chickpea seeds of three varieties (BARI Chola-5, BARI Chola-6 and BARI Chola-8) were collected from different sites i.e., B1: collection of pods from primary branches of chickpea plants, B2: collection of pods from secondary branches of chickpea plants, B3: collection of pods from tertiary branches of chickpea plants prior to harvesting. All the seeds were stored in earthen pots until conducting the laboratory and field studies. Significant variation was not observed between the three varieties of chickpea for most of the arameters studied. The maximum pods plant-1, seeds pod-1 and seed yield were observed in BARI Chola-5 and the lowest in BARI Chola-8, though 1000-seed weight was recorded from BARI Chola-8. Seeds were collected from primary branches of chickpea plants (B1) recorded the highest pods plant-1, seeds pod-1 , 1000-seed weight and seed yield. Overall maximum seed yield was recorded from BARI Chola-5 when seeds were collected from primary branches.
