Vegetos- An International Journal of Plant Research
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue: 1

Induction of Plant Habit Mutations in Urdbean [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] by Physical and Chemical Mutagenesis

  • Author:
  • Deepika R Gahlot2, VK Vatsa1, Deepak Kumar2
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 117 to 124

1Department of Botany, Hindu PG College, Moradabad–244 001, (UP), India.

2Department of Botany, Dhampur Degree College, Dhampur–246 761, Bijnor, (UP), India.

Abstract

Two improved cultivars of urdbean namely PU-19 and PU-35 were treated with single and combination dose/concentration of gamma rays, ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS) and diethyl sulphate (dES). A number of plant mutants viz. dwarf type, spreading type, umbel inflorescence, long inflorescence axis, broad leaved sterile vine type, broad leaved fertile vine type, lanceolate leaf sterile vine type, hastate leaf fertile vine type, hastate leaf sterile erect type and anthocyanin pigmentation were obtained in M2 generation of both varieties by various mutagenic treatments.

Keywords

Induction, mutagenesis, EMS, dES and plant habit mutants