Vegetable Science
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue: 2

Mutagenic Effectiveness and Effeiciency of Gammarays and Ethyl Methane Sulphonate and Their Comined Treatments in Paprika (Capsicum Annuum L.)

  • Author:
  • G Ashok Kumar, V Ponnuswami1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 129 to 131

1Horticutural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam, (TN)

Dept. of Spices and Plantation Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, CBE-3, (TN)

Online published on 20 May, 2016.

Abstract

The effectiveness and efficiency of gamma rays and EMS in relation to chlorophyll mutations were studied in two rvrieties of paprika (Capsicum annuum L.) viz., Ktp1-19 and Bydagi Kaddi in M2generation. Four types of cholorphyll mutants namely albina, xantha, chlorine, and viridis were observed. Orccurrence of chlorine type was found to be most frequent in the spectrum of chlorophyll mutants. The gamma rays caused more viable mutations affecting plant stature, leaf modification, duration, fruit type and colourant change followed by combination and EMS tratments.