Determination of lethal dose and effect of physical mutagen on germination percentage and seedling parameters in kodomillet variety CO 3

An experiment was conducted to estimate the lethal dose of the physical mutagen gamma ray in Kodomillet variety CO 3. Genetically pure seeds were treated with different doses of gamma rays viz., 100 Gy, 200 Gy, 300 Gy, 400 Gy and 500 Gy. Untreated seeds were used as check for comparison. The LD50 va...

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Main Authors: J Poornima Jency, R. Ravikesavan, P. Sumathi and, M. Raveendran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Society of Plant Breeders 2016-12-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
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Online Access:http://ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/1568