Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
The seeds of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) varieties -Vishal and JAKI-9218 were treated with mutagens EMS, Sodium azide (SA), and Gamma-rays. M1 generation was raised and studied with respect to different morphological parameters such as germination percentage, plant survival percentage at maturity, plant sterility percentage, and fertility percentage. Germination Percentage was found lesser in both populations treated with chemical mutagens as compared to physical mutagen gamma radiation and control. High sterility is recorded in M1 plants of both Chickpea varieties treated with EMS and Sodium azide. However, the plant germination, survival and fertility percentage were highest in the gamma-ray-treated M1 population of both varieties. An increasing trend with an increase in mutagenic concentrations/doses is recorded for the percentage of sterility while germination percentage and plant survival percentage at maturity revealed a decreasing trend with increasing mutagenic concentrations/doses.