Effect Of Gamma Irradiation on Yield and Quality of Guar (Cy A Mopsis Tetragonoloba ) L. Taub.

Abstract

The seeds of guar (Cymopsis tetragonoloba L. Taub.)
were irradiated with 2,5, 10, 15 and 20 Kr doses of gamma
rays and the X2 population was raised at the Research
Farm of Haryana Agricultural University Hissar. Investigations
were made to study the effect of irradiation on
grain Yield and its protein and gum contents. Yield per
plant has been found to increase with increasing doses of
gamma rays. Similar trend has been observed for protein
content of the grains. The gum. content was also higher
in all the gamma ray treatments as compared to control.