Induced Sodium Azide Effect on Seedling Characters in M1 Generation of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

An experiment was conducted to assess the mean performance on induced mutagenic effect of different concentrations of sodium azide (0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08) along with control on biological characters in M1 generation of chickpea. The mean performance of 0.01 concentration of BRC - 1055 - 155 genotype was found best in biological characters with highest seedling length, germination percentage and seed vigour index. Treated seeds showed variation in biological characters as compared to control (no treatment). This conclude that treatment with sodium azideis more effective in inducing variability and treated seeds of each genotype in M1 generation should be investigate for further generations to observe variation and it can be effectively utilized for development of yield in chickpea.