Registration of ILC10765 and ILC 10766 chickpea germplasm lines resistant to cyst nematodes.

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm lines, ILC 10765 (Reg. no. GP-226, PI 629017) and ILC 10766 (Reg. no. GP-227, PI 629018), which are resistant to chickpea cyst nematode (Heterodera ciceri Vovlas, Greco and Divito), were jointly developed by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria, and the Istituto di Nematologia Agraria Applicata ai Vegetali, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (INIA-CNR), Italy. These lines were derived from a cross between a wild progenitor of chickpea belonging to the species Cicer reticulatum Ladiz. and a cultivated chickpea accession. This is the first report in chickpea where genes for cyst nematode resistance have been introgressed from wild Cicer spp. into a genetic stock and made available to chickpea researchers.