Vegetable Section, College of Agriculture, Ludhiana, Punjab
Air dry seed of tomato variety Sioux were treated with 20,000, 30,000 and 40,000 r units of gamma rays. Treated seeds in general produced fruits late. Average number of branches per plant increased and germination percentage decreased in treated material.
Some mutant plants having a large number of fruits, compact fruiting, deep red coloured fruits and thick stem were detected in the X2 generation.
