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DES Induced variations for Economic Traits in Broad bean (Vicia faba L.)

Afaq Ahmad Khan, M. Y. K. Ansari, Tariq Ahmad Bhat and Danish Shahab

Mutation Breeding and Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202 002 (India)

ABSTRACT: Seeds of broad bean (Vicia faba L.) var. major were treated with 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%, concentrations of diethyl sulphate (DES) to induce variability in seven economic traits viz. plant height, days to flowering, days to maturity, pods/plant, seeds/pod, seeds/plant and 100-seeds weight. The direction of shift in mean values for plant height indicated that negative micromutations out-weighed the positive ones. While as for days to flowering, days to maturity, pods/plant seeds/pod, seeds/plant and 100 seeds weight shift of mean was recorded both in positive and negative direction. Coefficient of variation was recorded to be higher in mutagen treated populations.

KEYWORDS: DES; Vicia faba; Economic traits; Coefficient of variations

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