1Department of Botany, Shri R. R. Lahoti Science College, Morshi, 444905, (Dist-Amravati), Maharashtra, India
2Department of Computer Science, Dr. Babasaheb Nandurkar College of Physical Education, Yeotmal, Maharashtra, India
3Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati
Online published on 25 December, 2015.
The chickpea is one of important leguminous cereal crop and India is largest producer of the crop. The grain legumes play important and primary role as a sources of proteins due to the protein content of seed ranging from 20% in pea to 40% lupine, in the third world. Thus, the grain legume is considered as a good substitute to animal proteins in human diet. Mutagenesis is utilized to alter the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the seed protein in many cereal crops. Legume seed proteins primarily increase the nutritional quality and impart a variety of functional properties, including structure, texture, flavor and colour to food products. The present study has been undertaken to assess the mutagenic effect of physical and chemical mutagens on protein content in wild chickpea and its induced mutants.
Protein, Wild chickpea, Bradford Assay, Mutagens, Mutant
