BIOLOGICAL AND YIELD INDICATORS OF NEW SPRING CHICKEN VARIETIES IN THE CONDITIONS OF ARMENIA

In Armenia, one of the most common leguminous crops is chickpeas. Valuable biological and economic properties of chickpea is a promising crop for the republic. The diverse soil and climatic conditions of individual zones require the production of new highly productive, promising chickpea varieties that are resistant to environmental stress factors and suitable for mechanized harvesting. For this purpose, by the method of individual selection from the world collection of chickpeas, 4 new varieties of spring chickpeas were studied and selected - Lilit, Alina, Sisian and Atsavan, which surpassed the local variety Leninakani-313 in biological and economic properties.