Breeding of pulses, especially chickpea, by exploiting genetic diversity using conventional
methods has been practiced in the past. Nevertheless, these methods at present are …

Crop production worldwide is focus to increasing environmental limitations, particularly to
drought due to its high degree of impact and wide distribution. Conventional breeding …

Mutation breeding has played a crucial role to enhance the world food security, hence new
crop varieties induced by the utilization of various mutagens have contributed to the …

The present study was aimed to evaluate the effect of gamma irradiation on green gram
through chlorophyll mutation frequency, leaf mutation frequency, mutagenic effectiveness …

An annual pulse crop cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.), commonly named southern
pea, is a nourishing constituent for the human diet and fodder. Gamma rays are a potent …

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) variety Rama and Tillotoma were exposed to different doses
viz. 250, 300, 350, 400 and 450 Gy of gamma rays from Bhaba Atomic Research Centre …

Mutation breeding is an important tool for creating variability and the source of new breeding
materials. Ethyl Methane Sulphonate (EMS) is a very potent chemical mutagen. The present …

In the era of burgeoning human population, the ghosts of hunger are making its impact
among millions of people all around. The conditions are worse at present due to growing …

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a member of family Fabaceae. It is an important
monoecious annual legume, mainly grown for oilseed. Gamma irradiation is a powerful tool …

Gamma radiation-induced mutation divergence was studied in sunflower variety BARI
Surjamukhi-2. A number of treatment combinations from T1 to T5 (100 to 500 gamma doses) …