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Effectiveness and efficiency of electron beam in comparison with gamma rays and ethyl methane sulfonate mutagens in cowpea.
Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine - 1 May 2021
Eswaramoorthy Vijayakumar, Kandasamy Thangaraj, Thiyagarajan Kalaimagal, Vanniarajan Chockalingam, Jegadeesan Souframanien
Abstract excerpt
Cowpea is the poor man's crop that lacks variability due to its autogamous nature. Induced mutation serves as a potential source in the induction of variability in crops. On the other hand, the effectiveness and efficiency of mutagens will vary between species and even varieties. In the present study, a novel mutagen electron beam was used in cowpea for the first time along with commonly used mutagens gamma rays...
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