Plant Populations Densities and Seed Size Interaction in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

This study, conducted in Diyarbakir, examined the plant traits of different seed types of chickpea at four plant population densities. Trail was consist of three seed types of chickpea, which large seeded, small seeded and small desi and four plant populations densities which 20, 30, 40, and 50 plants/m^2. The effect of plant population densities on varieties was different for plant height and number of branches per plant, and plant population densities were unaffected the some varieties for this traits. As plant population densities increased from 20 to 50 plants/m^2 the seed yield increased by 18% for large seeded. As plant population increased from 20 to 40 plants/m^2 the seed yield increased by 24% for small seeded and by 57% for desi. As results, 40 plants/m^2 densities optimum for the maximum seed yield at all seed sized