Agronomic characteristics
The agronomy of growing Ambar is similar to all current Australian chickpea varieties.
Ambar has the following agronomic characteristics:
- Ambar is the earliest flowering and earliest maturing variety of the current varieties in southern Australia.
- Similar plant height to PBA Slasher.
- Like PBA Slasher, Ambar is a short, bushy semi-prostrate plant type.
- Lodging has not been seen in any trials in WA including trails where Ambar has yielded more than four tonnes per hectare (t/ha).
- Ambar has robust resistance to ascochyta blight as found over several years of testing in WA and in variable environment is India and New South Wales.
| Variety | Seed weight (g/100) | Seed colour | Flowering time | Maturity time | Plant height | Lodging |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambar | 16 | light brown | early | early | short-med | MR |
| Neelam | 17 | brown | mid | mid | med-tall | MR |
| PBA Slasher | 21 | brown | mid | mid | medium | MS |
| Genesis 836 | 17 | light brown | mid | mid-late | tall | MR |
| Variety | Ascochyta blight resistance | Ascochyta rating | Botrytis grey mould |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambar | R | 3.8 | S |
| Neelam | R | 3.9 | S |
| PBA Slasher | R | 4.1 | S |
| Genesis 836 | MS | 4.8 | S |