Biotechnological Study of Comparative Mutagenicity on Morphological and Phenological Traits in Wild Chickpea

The chickpea is one of important leguminous cereal crop and India, largest producer of the crop The major concern of breeding is, therefore to increase the genetic potential for yield. The genetic diversity within the genus and characterization of interspecific relationship are crucial for a better exploitation of the genetic resources available for crop improvement. Mutation induction offers the possibility to induce the desired attribute that cannot be found in nature or have been lost during the evolution The crossability barriers might be eliminated from the wild chickpea species through the mutation breeding making it suitable candidates for introgression towards the improvement programme.. The chemical and physical mutagen showed the potential to cause the mutation in the wild chickpea. The variation was observed between control and its induced mutants. The induced mutants with suitable qualitative and quantitative traits which may be utilized in to the improvement breeding programme.