Origin and Development

ICCV 7 originated from a cross of H 208 (ICC 4954) and BEG 482 (ICC 4923) in 1973/74. A single-plant selection was made in the F2 generation in 1974/75 and continued by the pedigree selection method up to the F5 generation in 1977/78, when it was bulked. It was then tested in the unsprayed blocks at ICRISAT Center in 1978/79 and 1979/80, after which it was identified as being resistant to Heliothis damage. It was contributed to entomological trials of the All India Coordinated Pulses Improvement Project (AICPIP) in 1980/81 as ICCX 730008-8-1-1P-BP-8EB.