Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources

  • Year: 2000
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

EMS induced variability in Artemisia pallens Wall.*

  • Author:
  • K. Rekha, S. N. Kak, A. Langer1
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 37 to 41

1Dept. of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu 180 004 (J&K).

Mutation Genetics Division, Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu 180001 (J&K).

* Part of PhD Thesis of the first author, sumbitted to University of Jammu, Jammu (J&K).

Abstract

Davana (Artemisia pallens) is native to India and has gained considerable importance in industry for its fragrance. Because the crop is harvested at pre-flowering stage, there is threat to its extinction, and thus variability is also reduced. This paper revealed that a wide range of variability could be generated through the induced chemical mutagenesis in A. pallens.

Keywords

Davana, Artimisia pallens, induced mutagenesis, variability