Dr. D. A. PatelGediya Lalji N.2020-06-122020-06-122017http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810147530Among the pulses, chickpea is a most important rabi crop with high acceptability and wider use. The present investigation was carried out with 58 genotypes of chickpea in randomized complete block design with three replications at Genetics and Plant Breeding Farm, B. A. college of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during rabi 2016-17. The objective of present investigation was to estimate the extent of variability present in chickpea genotypes with respect to yield and its component traits, genotypic and phenotypic correlations among different traits, direct and indirect effects of different characters contributing towards seed yield by path coefficient analysis, genetic diversity among chickpea genotypes through Mahalanobis D2 statistics and molecular diversity using SSR marker.en-USnullThesis