Induced Mutations of Plant Breeding Significance in Barley

In order to obtain beneficial viable mutations in C 164 barley [Hordeum sativum Jess), dry dormant seeds were treated with different doses of EMS, gamma rays, ³²P and ³⁵S. Twenty two of the 147 viable mutant types scored in the M₂ and confirmed in M₃ generation, viz., Dwarf, Erectoides, Stiff straw, Very early, Early, Profuse tillering, Synchronous tillering, Late leaf-senescence, Long broad leaf, Erect leaf, Dark-green leaf, Liguleless-ram-auricleless, Thick stiff culm, Male sterile, Thick grain, Double-floret, Brittle awn, Multinodosum-cum- monopodial branching, Many-noded dwarf, Thick-culm dwarf, and Long-peduncled dwarf, of plant breeding significance are described.