Induced mutations in chickpea-morphological mutants

Abstract

Seeds of two varieties (PUSA-212 and BG-256) of chickpea (BoldItalic L.) were treated with 0.03% concentration of hydrazine hydrate (HZ), methylmethane sulphonate (MMS) and sodium azide (SA) for 6 h. The M₂ generation was grown from single plant M₁ progeny seeds. Five morphological mutants (dwarf, bushy, one sided branch, narrow leaf and gigas) were isolated in M₂ generation. Some of these mutants may be directly used in selection whereas some are useful in combination breeding programs.

Key words： Cicer arietinum L.; chemical mutagens; morphological mutants

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the chairman of the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, for providing research facilities.

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