Mutagenic Effectiveness and Efficiency of Gamma Rays, Sodium Azide and Their Synergistic Effects in Urd Bean (Vigna mungo L.)

Effect of Bio-fertilizer on Different Varieties of Black Gram (Vigna mungo L)

Black gram (Vigna mungo L) is a short duration crop belongs to leguminacae family. Black gram is rich in protein (25-26%) and grown as intercrop, catch crop also as solo crop. It is also called as urd bean. In India the area under black gram cultivation is 3.30 million ha producing 1.60 million tonnes, with the mean productivity of 0.49 kg ha -1 and contributes 11% of total production in the co...

ESTIMATION OF VARIABILITY, HERITABILITY AND GENETIC ADVANCE IN MUTANT POPULATIONS OF BLACK GRAM (Vigna mungo L. Hepper)

Genetic variability and heritability estimates with genetic advance of traits are essential for crop improvement. In this investigation, variability induced by gamma rays and ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS) for different quantitative traits including plant height (cm), flowering time (days), number of primary branches per plant, number of clusters per plant, number of pods per plant, number of s...

Mutagenic interactions in combined treatments of ethylmethane sulphonate,diethyl sulohate and sodium azide on barley

Cytogenetic and biochemical competency of chamomile essential oil against γ-rays induced mutagenic effects in mice

Background: Chamomile essential oil (CEO) hauls out from Matricaria chamomilla L., is a well-known anti-oxidant. Oxidative stress induces clastogenic and biochemical disorders after γ-irradiation of animals. Materials and Methods: Mice were divided into five groups. Control group received vehicle only.              &nbs...

The Influence of Gamma-rays on the Injury and Chromosomal Aberrations of Long Bean (Vigna sesquipedalis, Fruw.)

The effects of gamma-rays on three varieties of long bean (Vigna sesquipedalis, Fruw), namely Melaka, Local Black and Local Long were studied using five doses ranging from 10 to 50 kR. Both Chromosomal aberrations and characteristics related to physiological damage were used to study radiation sensitivity of the varieties. In general, gamma radiation did not affect % seed germination but caused...