Induced polygenic Mutations in Ragi

Goud, J. V and Nair, K. M. D and Rao, M.G (1971) Induced polygenic Mutations in Ragi. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding , 31 (2). pp. 202-208.

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Abstract

An experiment to study induced polygenic mutations was undertaken in two varieties of ragi, viz., Puma and Hamsa after treating the seeds with. acqueous solutions of 0.2 and 0.3% ethyl methane sulphonate. In M1 generation, the variance was increased indicating the effectiveness of mutagen in inducing polygenic mutations. In the M2 generation, it was noticed that for characters which were subjected to previous selection such as plant height and number of fingers per plant the induced mutations follow the opposite trend but in characters which were not subjected to previous selections like number of tillers per plant the induced mutations are random but with an increase in the variance.

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Cytogenetics Division, U.A.S. Bangalore-24, India
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Other Crops
Depositing User: Library ICRISAT-InfoSAT
Date Deposited: 29 Feb 2012 14:56
Last Modified: 29 Feb 2012 14:56
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3340

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