Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The)
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  • Year: 1968
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue: 1

Differential sensitivity to gamma-irradiation during microsporogenesis in durum wheat

  • Author:
  • Puloma A. Desai
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 72 to 75

Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi-12

*Present Address: Botany Department, M. S. University of Baroda, Baroda.

Abstract

Three varieties of durum wheat were exposed to 4800 r of gamma-radiation at different stages of microsporogenesis. Pollen and seed fertility were severely affected in pre-meiotic as compared to meiotic or post-meiotic treatments.