Journal of
Plant Breeding and Crop Science

  • Abbreviation: J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9758
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 453

Full Length Research Paper

Studies on effectiveness and efficiency of gamma rays, EMS and their combination in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill.]

Mudasir Hafiz Khan1 and Sunil Dutt Tyagi2
1Department of Agriculture, Srinagar (J&K), India. 2Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Kisan (P. G.), College, Simbhaoli, Ghaziabad, (U. P.), India.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 24 December 2009
  •  Published: 31 March 2010

Abstract

 

Mutagenic effectiveness and efficiency of gamma rays, EMS and combined treatments was studied in terms of M2 (progenies) lethality and chlorophyll mutations in two cultivars of soybean (Pusa-16 and PK-1042). In general the frequencies of chlorophyll mutations were high in gamma rays and combined treatments. Four types of mutants viz., albina, xantha, chlorine and viridis were observed in the study. Gamma rays were found to be more effective to induce chlorophyll mutations in both cultivars. PK-1042 cultivar exhibited higher mutagenic efficiency as compared to Pusa-16 in EMS and gamma rays treatment.

 

Key words: Effectiveness, efficiency, gamma rays, EMS, soybean.

 

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