The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 1998
  • Volume: 58
  • Issue: 4

An assessment of gamma ray induced mutations in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

  • Author:
  • Sanjeev Singh, A. K. Richharia, A. K. Joshi
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 455 to 463

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005.

*Author for correspondence: R-3, Hyderabad Colony, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005.

Abstract

Gamma ray seed treatment (10, 20 and 30 kR doses) of two cultivars, namely, MPRI-7 and Lanjhi was found to affect pollen and spikelet fertility in M1 generation at higher dose. Chlorophyll and morphological mutations having wider spectrum were also obsrved in M2 generation.

Keywords

Rice, gamma rays, mutagenic effectiveness and efficiency, chlorophyll, morpholgical mutations