Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Calcutta 700 019.
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) plants, raised after soaking seeds for 24 hours in 10 ppm mercuric chloride, showed tolerance to effects of higher dose (100 ppm) in the second generation using different agronomic characters as endpoints.
Barley, mercuric chloride, tolerance
