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Effect of gamma rays on different explants of callus treatment of multiple shoots in Cucumis melo cv. Bathasa.
Journal of environmental biology - 1 Sept 2008
Venkateshwarlu M
Abstract excerpt
A mutagenesis programme was carried out using physical mutagens (gamma rays) on Cucumis melo cv. Bathasa. In irradiated seeds the number of shoots formed in the lower doses was significantly higher than the controls. Decrease in the number of shoots and shoot bud formation was observed with higher doses in all the explants studies. There was complete lethality in the 10, 15 and 20 kR doses. In irradiated stem...
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