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Variability for Components of Yield Induced in Soybeans by Seed Treatment with Gamma Radiation, Fission Neutrons, and Ethylmethane Sulfonate 1
Author(s) -
Conger B. V.,
Skinner L. W.,
Skold L. N.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1976.0011183x001600020017x
Subject(s) - mutagen , biology , yield (engineering) , glycine , gamma ray , horticulture , ethyl methanesulfonate , sulfonate , chemistry , sodium , materials science , biochemistry , mutation , physics , nuclear physics , organic chemistry , amino acid , gene , metallurgy , dna
The purpose of this study was to determine the variability for individual components of yield in soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] induced by seed treatment with fission neutrons, gamma radiation, and ethylmethane sulfonate. Nine M 3 populations, including three doses of each mutagen, were compared with a control for pods/plant, wt/100 seeds, and total seed wt/plant. The means for individual yield components were not significantly altered by the mutagenic treatments. A comparison of frequency distributions of populations from mutagen‐treated seed vs. the control revealed differences for certain treatments. The most effective mutagen for increasing variability of the yield components was ethylmethane sulfonate.