Agricultural Science Digest

UGC CARE (Group 1)
  • Year: 2000
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 3

Assessment of gamma rays induced variability in M2 generation of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum)*

  • Author:
  • S.M. Yadav, S.L. Dashora, E.V.D. Shastry
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 156 to 158

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, Campus-Jobner-303 329, India

* Part of the M.Sc. thesis by Senior author.

Abstract

A study was carried out for the assessment of magnitude of variability induced by various doses of gamma irradiations viz. 20, 30, 40 dnd 50 Kr in M2 progenies of fenugreek variety Rmt-1. The evaluation of 96 M2 progenies grown in CRD for various yield attributing characters indicated significant differences between the progenies for plant height, number of branches/plant, pods/plant, seeds/plant, pod length, grain yield/plant, 100 seed weight and days to maturity. Based on high mean and CV progenies 10, 25, 28, 77 and 92 were found to have desirable character combinations and selection can be made for desirable plant type for crop improvement programme in fenugreek.